I know some people will say that they don’t want to get official hardware for support for Windows 11 because you need a generation 8 or higher to officially support Windows 11. This can be a huge blow to people in a company that have to buy a bunch of new computers because the older hardware does not officially support is Windows 11, The advantages of running Linux operating system is that you wouldn’t need to buy new computers. The other advantage of running Linux is that doesn’t cost you anything to buy. There are many different variations o Linux available and sometimes people have certain preferences over what Linx they would like to run. I know for myself I’d like to run Ubuntu as most of the commands that are online to install things are working. I have used fewer demanding variations of the Ubuntu like Lubuntu but I found that the commands that were used to install programs from servers sometimes would fail so I couldn’t install on this lower end Ubuntu variety. I know for some that really Linux Mint but I never wanted to go through the hassle of learning it over Ubuntu. They say Linux Mint looks more like a Windows environment then Ubuntu which is appealing for some. I think it comes down to personal preference. I know that both operating systems have a software installed manager and this makes it easy to install programs in Linux. I can tell you though that if you have to install things that are not included the software manager that it can be tricky at times. You could potentially run commands and those install files are not in a repository to install. I do know that if you want to run certain Windows programs you have to use Wine. Wine is not emulation but more of a front end. Wine does create overhead though so something to consider when running Windows programs, I know that the support with Wine for Microsoft Office is not great although maybe it’s better now. You could make the argument though and say that there are lots of options besides Microsoft office. You could get Libre Office for Linux for free which is a direct competitor to Microsoft Office. There are also programs that are much cheaper than Microsoft office which are more similar to it that you can purchase and run in Linux. There are more and more gamers who are going to Linux and I think this is great because you don’t want Microsoft operating systems to become a monopoly. I think people really like the freedom they have when they run Linux and I think that’s why more and more gamers are moving to Linux. The operating system is available on the Stream Deck as a Linux variation and is also the driving force for gamers to leave Windows 11. I know that DirectX for computer games is meant for Windows operating system so I do not know how well games could run without it. You can run though OpenGL there is also a Proton option on stream deck to help translate Direct X but don’t’ ask me how well it does as I don’t have a stream deck or benchmarks avavaible.
I feel like someone going to say to me to get to the point of answering the question should you run Windows 11 or should you run A Linux variation like Ubuntu or Linux Mint? I think that is a difficult question to answer as there no easy answer. I think for most people they’re better off to get the official hardware that supports Windows 11 and run this operating system. I think most people are used to running Windows 10 which is similar to Windows 11. This makes a translation from Windows 10 to Windows 11 easier. I think that going to some type of Linux operating system could be confusing and stressful. I think Linux shines more for businesses who have many computers and don’t want to get hundreds of new computers because they are generation 7 or below. It is quite impressive how much Linux has come a long. when I tried Xbuntu which is a lower demanding version of Ubuntu. They do not support for newer versions of Skype and I felt the software manager was lacking in other department for up to date software or software in general. I think it’s really impressive how far Wine has gone to help run Windows programs compared to the past when I first tried Linux in 2011. I think ultimately though most people that are in average user are comfortable with Windows and if they can afford to get official hardware to support it that’s the way they should go. I know several people will mention that there are ways to modify Windows 11 to install an older hardware. There’s also the possibility that Microsoft will change their minds about this and you won’t be able to get future software updates for Windows 11 with this modification that allows to run on older hardware. I don’t think it’s worth it for the average user to go through this 8th generation CPUs or higher are cheap enough now that you should be to afford it. If you want to run Windows1 on hardware that’s older and not officially supported you can but be aware that there’s no guarantee that you will be won’t be locked on a future Microsoft updates. I think it’s great that we have all these different versions of Linux as it gives people a variety of options to try different things Linux. I think some people really like the customization that you could do on Linux that is not an option to do Windows 11. I feel though that sometimes people will run Linux to look like they’re more an expert in computer then they are actually are. I am curious what other people about running Ubuntu or Linux Mint over Windows 11. Do you feel that these operating system that are not Windows 10 or 11 but Linux are good enough for the average user? Do you think that Linux still has too many limitations and is more for businesses with servers? I know that the operating system for Windows server can be really pricey so if your company and your server running a Linux operating system that is free is quite appealing. I think that it’s good to learn new things and if you want to learn how to run different operating systems that could be a fun hobby. I would like learn more about programming within Linux so that I can create variations of Linux and share them with others. I think that’s one of the beauties of Linux is the community around it.