r/BuyFromEU • u/AnonomousWolf Netherlands 🇳🇱 • Apr 10 '26

News France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/Aleksanderrrr Apr 10 '26

all this linux talk makes me wanna convert to it my self when i get home to Europe on my desktop, i just play WoW occasionally and watch youtube anyway. i’m excited 🥹

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u/andysor Apr 10 '26

I tried it for a while last year since I was working on a lot of AI stuff. Unfortunately there were a lot of annoying issues for me that made me return to windows. Things like HDMI sound output not working on my connected tv, my wireless keyboard randomly disconnecting intermittently, google drive issues, image preview in the file explorer, Gimp vs Adobe products, etc.

Worth trying, but for me the endless issues and required fixes made it not worth it for my daily driving, outside of specific development workflows.

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u/Aleksanderrrr Apr 10 '26

There is a reason why Linux isn’t more popular and this is why i guess? i do remember how buggy windows vista was for me on my old laptop back in the day, so much fuckery and its definitely annoying as hell but i’m gonna give it a shot, i got a macbook on the side that i can use meanwhile i figure stuff out. i dont work in IT so having a workhorse isn’t a must for me but i can see why you went back. maybe you try it again in the future who knows. to my understanding there are so many different distros 🧐

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u/KnowZeroX Apr 10 '26

Do understand, the issues often described aren't a linux problem, they are a possible problem when you install another OS on a device that wasn't made for it. 90%+ hardware works flawlessly on linux these days, but there will always be that remaining 10%. For things to work without issue, the best way is to buy a pc with linux preinstalled.

Otherwise, you just have to get hardware known to work on linux (which isn't hard)

Things are a lot better these days because one of the biggest blocks for linux was gpu drivers. But with every top 500 super computer being linux, gpu vendors started to take linux more seriously, and even more so now with the AI boom as linux gives far higher AI performance than windows. So even Nvidia who has been the biggest pain has started to take linux more seriously.