Pop!_OS was working on their own desktop. Have you heard about it or tried it yet, it’s a full desktop environment mush like Gnome but with window tiling: A COSMIC Thanksgiving - System76 Blog
I’m planing to make the switch to it/give it a try.
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Have you thought about OracleLinux? Very stable, off the REHL stream and you won’t miss a beat.
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@Steven_Fraser Welcome to the community. 
Oracle Linux is definitely rock solid stability!
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I recently switched my entire workflow on Windows 11.
I know M$ sometimes do very bad things with updates, but I understood how to avoid most of problems: M$ uses to publish Windows updates on second tuesday of month (tuesday patch) and one the last week of the month.
Genrally the updates released on tuesday patch are tested and safe, the otheres mostly of times tent to broke some system component. For example on the last update the Windows start menu is currently broken.
I decided to do only updates on tuesday patch, so once at month. So possibility to broke my system with a corrupted update are very small.
Ofc I did not abandon completly Linux, I’m using Linux trough some virtual machines (Windows HyperV).
My current setup is composed by Windows 11 x64 machine, a Linux Lite virtual machine for some native Linux purpose and a Debian 12 virtual machine where I have my dockers and some important database dumps stored in.
Debian 12 does not either have a gui or a de, I just use command in terminal, I really don’t need the entire gui.
I think sometimes to switch to a dual boot system but I need to use both Linux and Windows at the same time, a dual boot would be very unconfortable for my usecase.
Ricky.
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Thanks for sharing that approach to Windows updates.
Regarding needing to use both Linux and Windows at the same time; have you already given WSL a try?
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Thats looking good @hydn i tried the gnome version but i dont like that and also the new miracle desktop environment and not that something you can use regularly. So removed the gnome and the miracle desktop environment. By the way, i learnt something new in RUST community yesterday. I was struggling to understand the multiple ownership, a topic that is only specific to RUST and i completed that, such a wide community support there.
Yes! I tried using WSL in the past, it was meh, because the fact is a little tricky to share files between the Linux system and the host.
For tell you in both my virtual machines I installed and configured Samba, I can explore the LAN and I can easily share files between any computer.
Also I don’t like how they manage to save Linux files in your C:\Users folder, I don’t feel comfortable with that path, I prefer having a single virtual disk file of the virtual machine and put the only file under backup once at week.
That’s my Network explorer in Windows 11, I really like this kind of setup, for my usecase is a must I can access easily on network share in all of my computers.
Ricky
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Indeed. That does looks really convenient.
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After nearly 1 month I switched back to Windows 10.
The reasons about this switch are that Windows 11 in 1 month got broken 2 times with updates.
I mean, Windows 11 is out for nearly 3 years at the date I’m typing, but it continue reciving broken updates.
I ever found Windows 11 very unstable and buggy, but I thought it went better. I was wrong. (for now).
I found Windows 11 daily usage very unconfortable for my workflow, where for me stability is a must.
I know Windows 10 now is nearly EOL, but for now is working great and it’s rock stable.
Maybe next Windows 11 will be more stable (??)
ricky
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I have to agree. I believe MS will have to extend EOL like they did for Windows 7. We will see. Currently, I think Win 10 is more stable for critical use cases.
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I know there’s also LTSC 2021 IoT version wich it will be supported until 2032, but this version is for very critical use cases, for example production machines, industrial sector, medical fields etc etc…
I seen there’s some sites that sell some cheaper LTSC license keys, but I wonder how much are they legals, since a Windows 10 LTSC license are sold in volumes only at corporations not to single home users.
ricky
Privately, I have switched completely to Linx and have no plans to use Windows in any way (except for the occasional case where I use a VM). Unfortunately, I have to use Windows 11 at work - I don’t like it at all. I liked Windows 10 much better.
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