Any other Linux users here? And has anyone fully migrated?

[Leon]

Oh ok I see. Speaking of that. One of my main laptops failed a SMART test recently and so, new ssd indeed! and it was a bitch taking this fucker apart! WHY make this so hard LENOVO?!??!
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I hope these leftovers weren't important
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And so if you all are still wondering why I love xfce, it is because I can't help buying cheap/trash laptops I don't think they can run KDE without lag...

If they can run windows they can run kde, kde isn't really resource heavy on it's own, it's resource heavy in comparison to linux DE's like xfce, it's still very light on resources in comparison to windows.

 

[t3mpt0n]

Yea I've been linux-only for four and a half years now.
I use NixOS btw.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Oh ok I see. Speaking of that. One of my main laptops failed a SMART test recently and so, new ssd indeed! and it was a bitch taking this fucker apart! WHY make this so hard LENOVO?!??!
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I hope these leftovers weren't important
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And so if you all are still wondering why I love xfce, it is because I can't help buying cheap/trash laptops I don't think they can run KDE without lag...

Oh my... I'm sure there's some video on youtube or an a DIY site with where those should go for your laptop model. Usually if it's only for replacing a SSD there's easy access...

 

[diapered]

If they can run windows they can run kde, kde isn't really resource heavy on it's own, it's resource heavy in comparison to linux DE's like xfce, it's still very light on resources in comparison to windows.

Even windows chugged badly (in my opinion) when it was new on it! Had to actually boot into windows to disable the secure boot or w/e bullshit on that one (that had me stumped why it wouldn't usb boot). Maybe I'm so used the how fast linux is, but windows felt barely usable, so I think kde would chug at least a little at times. To be fair though, never tried kde. I've gotten so used to xfce, I just roll with it.

Usually if it's only for replacing a SSD there's easy access...

Not that one... Yea, my thinkpad was easy for both the drive and the ram (I figured if I have the tools out, upgrade drive and ram for that one while I'm at it...) That one, you need to completely dissemble

 

[t3mpt0n]

Even windows chugged badly (in my opinion) when it was new on it! Had to actually boot into windows to disable the secure boot or w/e bullshit on that one (that had me stumped why it wouldn't usb boot). Maybe I'm so used the how fast linux is, but windows felt barely usable, so I think kde would chug at least a little at times. To be fair though, never tried kde. I've gotten so used to xfce, I just roll with it.

Not that one... Yea, my thinkpad was easy for both the drive and the ram (I figured if I have the tools out, upgrade drive and ram for that one while I'm at it...) That one, you need to completely dissemble

Funny you say that because I gutted the HDD out of on old school thinkpad from a flea market and am now using it to play my wii games.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Not that one... Yea, my thinkpad was easy for both the drive and the ram (I figured if I have the tools out, upgrade drive and ram for that one while I'm at it...) That one, you need to completely dissemble

You found where those screws went missing yet? Maybe check there for the model they should have pics for the disassembly. https://www.ifixit.com/

 

[diapered]

You found where those screws went missing yet? Maybe check there for the model they should have pics for the disassembly. https://www.ifixit.com/

Oh, I was mostly joking about that. I'm pretty sure they are all just for attaching the case and sometimes I leave crap like that out intentionally to make disassembly next time faster; the casing is back on pretty good. I'm pretty sure all the important internal screws like to hold the hdd brackets and the heat sink to the board and fan etc. were put back. I hope...

 

[SpikeSlania]

My boy Brodie made a video for April Fools Day detailing your average morning routine as a Arch Linux user

 

[Leon]

My boy Brodie made a video for April Fools Day detailing your average morning routine as a Arch Linux user

Lol i remember when i thought arch linux was gonna be hard, in the long run arch is easy, if you want difficult linux you go to like slackware or linux from scratch.

 

[SpikeSlania]

Lol i remember when i thought arch linux was gonna be hard, in the long run arch is easy, if you want difficult linux you go to like slackware or linux from scratch.

Always heard EndeavorOS was difficult. I guess SerpentOS is also difficult but for a completely different reason with everything in it being coded in Rust so if you want a program that isn't in it's repo you have to recompile it to work in a Rust environment. I know the OS was in Beta with the developer behind it only work on it in his free time.

 

[Leon]

Always heard EndeavorOS was difficult. I guess SerpentOS is also difficult but for a completely different reason with everything in it being coded in Rust so if you want a program that isn't in it's repo you have to recompile it to work in a Rust environment. I know the OS was in Beta with the developer behind it only work on it in his free time.

Endeavor isn't really hard, it just lacks a application manager like octopi, which means you need to install it yourself, one of the reasons i prefer garuda is i don't have to jump through too many hoops to set it up like i want to.

 

[diapered]

Lol i remember when i thought arch linux was gonna be hard, in the long run arch is easy, if you want difficult linux you go to like slackware or linux from scratch.

You forgot about gentoo

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

if you want difficult linux you go to like slackware or linux from scratch.

i thought slackware was a fully featured graphical distro that came with 15 gigabytes of stuff by default every tool you need already installed and that the only hard bit was a lack of a package manager that handles dependencies

can't be as hard to use/install as lfs

 

[Leon]

i thought slackware was a fully featured graphical distro that came with 15 gigabytes of stuff by default every tool you need already installed and that the only hard bit was a lack of a package manager that handles dependencies

can't be as hard to use/install as lfs

Unless slackware has changed fairly recently, i'm pretty sure no, it comes with almost nothing.

 

[diapered]

Always heard EndeavorOS was difficult.

Difficult in the respect you will need to use the command line for some setup and updates, if you are comfortable with cl, I don't think it should be difficult. You can install octopi if you want a gui package manager like you can on any arch distro, but you will have to know how to use pacman to do that. Not a big deal, of course, to install one package with cl, but not beginner friendly (garuda does also not have octopi preinstalled, but the setup assistant makes it easy to just check it, so you don't need to use cl). Also, octopi does not handle updates and you will need to know how to do that with pacman because endeavor does not have a gui assistant for updates and other tasks like garuda does.

pacman scares me ;_; so that's why I like garuda ^_^

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Difficult in the respect you will need to use the command line for some setup and updates, if you are comfortable with cl, I don't think it should be difficult. You can install octopi if you want a gui package manager like you can on any arch distro, but you will have to know how to use pacman to do that. Not a big deal, of course, to install one package with cl, but not beginner friendly (garuda does also not have octopi preinstalled, but the setup assistant makes it easy to just check it, so you don't need to use cl). Also, octopi does not handle updates and you will need to know how to do that with pacman because endeavor does not have a gui assistant for updates and other tasks like garuda does.

pacman scares me ;_; so that's why I like garuda ^_^

I dont think it's scarier than apt, really.

Maybe you should try Guake. That program sure made me use the command line a lot more, on any distro. I bind it to F12 so it acts like a good ol' Quake console, and when I need it full screen it's just F12+F11.

 

[diapered]

I dont think it's scarier than apt, really.

I can't comment on pacman, since I have not had to use it myself, but yea, apt is pretty scary I remember it not too hard to break a system.

That program sure made me use the command line a lot more

I use the command line for a lot, just not software management or updates.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

I can't comment on pacman, since I have not had to use it myself, but yea, apt is pretty scary I remember it not too hard to break a system.

I use the command line for a lot, just not software management or updates.

I really dont think there's much to know more than apt install/update/upgrade. Or pacman -S/-Syu, really.

The ffmpeg command, now that would be scary command line shit. It's the best shit tho, and it's not even specific to linux.

 

[diapered]

The ffmpeg command

Funny you mention ffmpeg. That IS a program I only use from cl (is there even a gui developed? and why would you use that lol?). The difference is, if you mess up an ffmpeg argument, you can't bork your system >_>

pacman -S/-Syu

I have no idea what that means, and I don't want to learn.

I just want to click a button

I am hoping to leave the terrible days of cl package management behind me forever.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Funny you mention ffmpeg. That IS a program I only use from cl (is there even a gui developed?

Lossless Cut can get you some basic function while never re-encoding. KDEnlinve and Handbrake are powered with ffmpeg, like many other stuff.

 

[diapered]

Lossless Cut can get you some basic function while never re-encoding. KDEnlinve and Handbrake are powered with ffmpeg, like many other stuff.

Hm, I might give them a try. I guess I can see being able to seek and export in the same program could save time, but I never found it that hard or long to just find timestamps in mpv then just put the times in at cl...

 

[MegaDrive1987]

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I am curious if there is any other Linux users here and if you do what's your Distro and your experience with it ?

In my opinion while PC game can be hit or miss with proton (But mostly hit) emulation with the exception of the 3DS works flawlessly, I love using Gnome and swich between virtual desktop effortlessly, I also love the convince of being able do download emulator using my package manege instead of going to the website to dowload the EXE files there.

Of course I do have issues with proton from time to time, but I don't imagine myself going back to windows anytime soon, I love using Linux since I started using it in setember of this year

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I am curious if there is any other Linux users here and if you do what's your Distro and your experience with it ?

In my opinion while PC game can be hit or miss with proton (But mostly hit) emulation with the exception of the 3DS works flawlessly, I love using Gnome and swich between virtual desktop effortlessly, I also love the convince of being able do download emulator using my package manege instead of going to the website to dowload the EXE files there.

Of course I do have issues with proton from time to time, but I don't imagine myself going back to windows anytime soon, I love using Linux since I started using it in setember of this year.

Yeah me, I switched over about a year ago to Linux Mint and although having to sacrifice some games (that I didn't really care about anyway) I'm SO much happier on Linux. I could never go back to Windows now personally.

Had a few problems with some games with Proton here and there, for example videos not playing on Resident Evil Remake but I soon sorted that out.

 

[azurek1985]

Whole family is on Linux. We don't have powerful PCs so new games are out of question. Kids have Mint and i have PopOS with steam, heroic launcher and various emulators.
The only thing that kids complain is lack of Roblox but I not going to cry about it.

 

[sunofpearl89]

Garuda Linux (based on arch btw) has yet to fail me. I want to try Nobara (fedora based distro with specific gaming tweaks ootb) when I build a new PC later this year.

 

[Varyag]

All my laptops are on Linux, and have been on varying levels of it (dual boot) for over a decade, since I went to university. It's pretty great. My main gaming PC is on Win10 still, mostly because of the trove of niche (and/or pirated lol) programs I have amassed on it over the years. But, since end of support is quickly approaching, and Win11 is somehow worse than our worst nightmares, I refuse to use it. I'm only waiting until I can buy one more additional SSD so I can install Linux on it (haven't decided the distro yet) and still keep my old Win10 for retro reasons.

Oh, and I use Arch on my laptop, btw.