2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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    11 months ago

    “I don’t worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe.”

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        11 months ago

        I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu’s like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

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      11 months ago

      And all of the anti-virus tools are 50 updates behind so they’re essentially non-functional bloatware even moreso