Posted on 01/15/2026 10:59:33 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
Installing Windows used to be a simple process back in the days of Windows 7 and 8, but Microsoft has made it a terrible experience in Windows 11. Linux, which had a reputation for being hard to install, takes 5 minutes to set up and install. Windows 11 takes ten times as long and forces you to jump through countless hoops just to collect more data.
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Linux installers don't have a thousand telemetry toggles to disable
Instead of walking you through the setup after the installation, popular Linux graphical installers complete the setup first. Usually it's a few screens where you select a keyboard layout, timezone, installation destination, and a username and password. That's it. After that, the installation begins and the computer reboots once, directly onto the desktop.
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Local accounts are the default
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There are no ads in the setup process
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PlayonLinux is getting better I can now play another one of the windows games on Linux and couple more Bye Bye windows entirely ,LOL
Most importantly, Linux has almost zero telemetry, while Window 11 is monitoring everything you do and phoning home with it.
ZorinOS or ZorinOS LITE?
I’m using Linux Mint v22 on my computers now and I love it. If you are using your computer for email, web-surfing, document writing and spreadsheet work, Linux has that covered. There may be some specialty programs that require Windows, I’m keeping Windows 10 for that.
There are plenty of tutorials on Youtube and if your computer runs Windows 10 but doesn’t meet Windows 11’s arbitrary requirements, even more reason to switch.
Once you go Linux, you never go back! :o)
Windows 11 runs better than Windows 10 did. It especially handles multiple displays better. However, The latest flavors of Linux I’ve played with are very good. Linux Mint was a bit of a pain to install on one older machine I have, but that was because it had multiple partitions on a terrabyte drive. I eventually had to use the GPARTED utility on the installation to straighten out everything so I could use one big partition for Linux Mint. After that, the installation was easy and it ran smooth as butter. I can see why Linux Mint would be easy for Windows users to switch over. But, plain Ubuntu would be just as good. Either will run like race cars compared to Windows on your older hardware.
Restoring old tagline.
I’ll have to look at that distro, never heard of it.
PlayOnLinux is a program, kind of like a control panel.
What it does is facilitate other programs so you can click click done with the programs you are looking to install.
PlayOnLinux is commonly used to make installing Microsoft Windows super easy.
Save for later.
PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft® Windows®.
Few games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of the interesting points to know:
Nevertheless, PlayOnLinux has some bugs, as every piece of software:
"PlayOnLinux is commonly used to make installing Microsoft Office super easy."
Post 12 is more detailed in its description anyways.
I’ve installed several distros of Linux and all went very quick and without failure.
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I bought an old laptop to play with Linux on. Recently deleted Mint and installed the free version of Zorin. I’m liking it!
Ahh—that makes much more sense. :)
Bkmk
I wish it was easy to utilize Steam’s linux OS on other computers.
Singlehanded the best Linux OS for games and stability of the 5-6 distros I have used as main OS
I’ll have to look at that distro, never heard of it.
No Playonlinux is what you install on Linux to run windows programs
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