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and what if any do you miss from windows?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just missing codecs right? OOTB OpenSUSE is like that, but you switch repos to one that has the non free codecs etc

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It was the codec. I added them in and it never worked for me but every forum and site all said to do the same thing. I gave up fighting my computer and found another way.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 minutes ago

Sensible choice. Rabbit holes are better left alone, unless you have nothing else to do