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2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu's like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

sure, if you actually plan to take the device off the network, it should be fine. but that's definitely not what most people who complain about that will do.