Convinced a friend to give KDE Neon a shot this weekend. I sold him with wobbly windows and the discover store. #Linux #WindowsFree #KDENeon

I think I'm 99% all the way into ditching Windows 11 for KDE Neon and Linux as a whole. I'm only having some minor issues with running certain mod launchers and Monster Hunter Wilds. Otherwise I haven't touched Windows in months. #WindowsFree #LinuxGaming #MonsterHunter #KDE

#WindowsFree Plan cont'd

2) Gaming

Steam + Proton of course.

By mid-2025 I reckon Proton will be Good Enough to run 99% of my games very well.

3) Image Processing

Krita.

I've been using Krita for years and it's might Good Enough™ for my needs.

🧵...

#WindowsFree plan, cont'd.

4) Office Productivity

LibreOffice + web-based

Both of them are Good Enough™ for my needs. And the web-version of MS365 is actually very advanced.

5) Video Editing

KDEnlive. There are many other Linux-native video editors, but KDEnlive is my choice.

🧵...

@kde.org
Today marks officially 4 months running in a non-Windows/Mac environment. Thank you so much for KDE Neon. It's been absolutely wonderful on my setup. Have also convinced a few friends to make the switch after showing them how easy it is to customize! #Linux #LinuxGaming #KDE #WindowsFree

👀 最近の Chromebook が重くなったと感じていますか? 🤔 この方法を試してみると、ChromeOSの隠れた力を解放できて、メモリ最適化でパフォーマンスが劇的に改善されるかも!

詳しくはこちら👇
Windowsはもういらない
no-windows.blog.jp/archives/941...

#ChromeOS #Chromebook #WindowsFree

And come mid-2025, I'll be Microsoft-free as well as I reformat my laptop and zap the 'disk' and go full Linux with no dual boot!

#WindowsFree #MicrosoftFree

#WindowsFree Plan, cont'd

6) PDF Manipulation

Not yet sure about this one.
But I can always run PDF-Xchange in Wine.

7) Programming

All JetBrains IDE has native Linux version. I will have to learn JetBrains Rider in place of Visual Studio, but I'm already familiar with PyCharm anyways.

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Here's my #WindowsFree plan that I expect to already be in place on October 2025.

1) OS

Linux, of course. Probably gonna use Manjaro or EndeavourOS. Although Bazzite also looks nice, but I prefer Arch to Fedora.

Or maybe I'll just use KDE Neon. Already had good experience with it.

🧵...

The only hangups I have left with dropping Windows are the use of mod managers and 3rd party tools.

The Dawn of War Mod Manager is a bit of a hassle. And I straight-up can't get Archipelago to work with my StarCraft 2 install.

#LinuxGaming #Archipelago #WindowsFree

#WindowsFree Plan, cont'd

Hmm... What else?

I think these 7 already cover the great majority of my Serious Computer Usage.

Feel free to pipe up with what else I have left out, and I'll extend the thread!

... 🧵Fin.