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I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

For my totally tech illiterate wife, the solution was NixOS and GNOME. She struggled so bad with Windows ways of things and its UI, and how slow it was. Installed Nix and no more screaming, she does her spreadsheets for work, zoom calls and email.