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

[SpikeSlania]

You made a good decision. Not to be a hater, but there is nothing of substance in the video, imo...

I have my preferred Linux YouTubers down to 3 that I watch regularly and then there's like maybe 4 that I might watch if the video looks interesting or I'm searching for something. Outside of that I pretty much ignore any other Linux content creator.

Swapped from Mint to Fedora 42 KDE Plasma version. Liking it a lot so far. Now just got to work on ricing the whole thing to my liking.

Fedora for life! I keep ending back on Fedora for desktop. Never dived into the ricing rabbit hole. I felt a little bad of how little I customized my desktop after seeing what PewDiePie did with his ricing. I'm happy just adding dock to dash to my GNOME set up, though if I was on KDE I would probably be trying to replicate the look I have on GNOME.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

There is some misinformation in that video, imo. Manjaro is not "known" for access to AUR... In fact, it warns you when you attempt to enable AUR support in pamac and previously that feature was not included at all. I never used AUR on manjaro, but I assume you would need to use the unstable (untested?) branch to avoid conflicts, but that defeats the purpose of the curation the manjaro team does for stability. You might as well use a different distro at that point...

The selling point of manjaro is the best otb newbie friendly experience, imo.

Never using AUR in Manjaro means you didnt go very far with it. AUR is one of the best selling point of any Arch-based distro...XD

 

[diapered]

Never using AUR in Manjaro means you didnt go very far with it. AUR is one of the best selling point of any Arch-based distro...XD

Well, manjaro isn't really meant for power users, so you aren't really supposed to "go far" with it: it's for newbies and lazy people (like me >_<) that mostly just want everything to work. Yea the AUR is a big selling point for arch-based which is one reason why I moved to garuda since the chaotic-aur makes it so even a dummy like me can use AUR packages easily ^_^

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Well, manjaro isn't really meant for power users, so you aren't really supposed to "go far" with it: it's for newbies and lazy people (like me >_<) that mostly just want everything to work. Yea the AUR is a big selling point for arch-based which is one reason why I moved to garuda since the chaotic-aur makes it so even a dummy like me can use AUR packages easily ^_^

I've still got Manjaro on the wife's box here and it can install AUR fine. It's pretty much the same thing as Arch but with KDE plasma by default.

 

[diapered]

I've still got Manjaro on the wife's box here and it can install AUR fine. It's pretty much the same thing as Arch but with KDE plasma by default.

You enable AUR installation through pamac and it works fine? huh, maybe manjaro is more robust than I thought. That's great! Despite the hate manjaro gets, I still recommend it! I will always manjaro. I just never enabled AUR in pamac because scared from forum posts >_<

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

You enable AUR installation through pamac and it works fine? huh, maybe manjaro is more robust than I thought. That's great! Despite the hate manjaro gets, I still recommend it! I will always manjaro. I just never enabled AUR in pamac because scared from forum posts >_<

No I simpyI use pacman and yay. Both with either -Syu or -S "something" to update or install "something".

 

[popckorn]

 

[pingugaming]

all of my computers have arch linux installed (which was super easy to install with the "archinstall" tool thingy!) except one

 

[LastValsion]

Just wanted to show my current progress on ricing. I still have a good ways to go. KDE Plasma 6 has been fun to learn and work with so far.

Spoiler: Desktop Images

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

Just wanted to show my current progress on ricing. I still have a good ways to go. KDE Plasma 6 has been fun to learn and work with so far.

Spoiler: Desktop Images

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Looking cool

 

[popckorn]

 

[Miles Miles]

I use Linux Mint as my daily driver

 

[Burzuru]

after steamOS released, i've been thinking of installing that in place of windows. if not that then i'll guess i would rather use mint.

 

[SpikeSlania]

after steamOS released, i've been thinking of installing that in place of windows. if not that then i'll guess i would rather use mint.

SteamOS isn't ready for desktop computer use. I am eagerly waiting for when they officially support SteamOS for desktops so I can have a tailored OS designed for Steam Machines. I do currently use Bazzite on my couch rig but it is designed for handhelds in mind with Media Center PCs relegated to 3rd class citizens but it does get the job done

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

SteamOS isn't ready for desktop computer use. I am eagerly waiting for when they officially support SteamOS for desktops so I can have a tailored OS designed for Steam Machines. I do currently use Bazzite on my couch rig but it is designed for handhelds in mind with Media Center PCs relegated to 3rd class citizens but it does get the job done

Yes personally i think steam os is not going to be ready for desktop in some time. There other great options for desktop though. Mint is fantastic but i personally like Nobara Linux as easier for me to setup thing as a creative person. But personally i am more of the “try everything until u found something that u really like group” :3

 

[Krazy Kat]

I have an NVIDIA RTX 5080 Ti GPU and ryzen 9800x3d, so switching to Linux is difficult for me. Since NVIDIA's drivers on Linux are not officially made by the company, you have to compromise on FPS, Compatibility and Stability. Additionally, the game played with Wine emulator consumes more CPU resources than Windows, also there's no daz3d, and 3dsmax on linux so I’m sticking with Windows for now.

I hope that NVIDIA will release official drivers for Linux in the future

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

I have an NVIDIA RTX 5080 Ti GPU and ryzen 9800x3d, so switching to Linux is difficult for me. Since NVIDIA's drivers on Linux are not officially made by the company, you have to compromise on FPS, Compatibility and Stability. Additionally, the game played with Wine emulator consumes more CPU resources than Windows, also there's no daz3d, and 3dsmax on linux so I’m sticking with Windows for now.

I hope that NVIDIA will release official drivers for Linux in the future

Nvidia has released official drivers, the problem with them is they were closed source for the long time, meaning things broke all the time, amd we were at the mercy of Nvidia to fix them. But now there is the close source and an official open source version. Personally i found that the open source version works good enough in some cases but still need a lil bit of polish…

But Nvidia on Linux is not as bad as it used to be… hell some people prefer it for things like DaVinci Resolve or Blender

 

[SpikeSlania]

If using a Nvidia GPU I could only recommend a distro like Nobara which has Nvidia versions of its OS which has GPU drivers supported out of the box. Nvidia has been putting more time and effort into Linux recently

 

[aquova]

I have an NVIDIA RTX 5080 Ti GPU and ryzen 9800x3d, so switching to Linux is difficult for me. Since NVIDIA's drivers on Linux are not officially made by the company, you have to compromise on FPS, Compatibility and Stability. Additionally, the game played with Wine emulator consumes more CPU resources than Windows, also there's no daz3d, and 3dsmax on linux so I’m sticking with Windows for now.

I hope that NVIDIA will release official drivers for Linux in the future

As others have said, Nvidia does develop and maintain drivers for Linux, and IMO they're definitely the ones you should use. Historically, the problem has been A. they're closed source, which draws the ire of many people and B. they tend to lag behind the Windows versions. Less so on supporting their new graphics cards, but more for supporting things that the Linux community is moving towards. Items needed for Wayland support being the famous example (at least until recently)

 

[Dannzy]

SteamOS isn't ready for desktop computer use.

Nor is it meant to be for any desktop computer at all. All the tools that make SteamOS work are available elsewhere and you're better off simply installing Steam and then learning how to manage Proton (which is not hard) on the distribution of your choice. The Steam client and Proton will handle most of your trouble when you get the hang of it.

 

[aquova]

The secret to using Linux is that you can game perfectly fine on all of the popular, modern distributions. Yes, there are some that are more "gaming-focused" and either come pre-installed with additional tools, or more tweaked/up to date kernels, but even your Debian installation with its older, stable kernel will be just fine.

 

[Dannzy]

some that are more "gaming-focused"

For the most part gaming branded distributions are a distraction, they're not much more than a riced up fork of another distribution with bloat pre installed. It's always best to get something widely used so support is guaranteed.

 

[LastValsion]

For the most part gaming branded distributions are a distraction, they're not much more than a riced up fork of another distribution with bloat pre installed. It's always best to get something widely used so support is guaranteed.

100% agreed on this.

 

[Cheela Cheela Cheela's icon]

For the most part gaming branded distributions are a distraction, they're not much more than a riced up fork of another distribution with bloat pre installed. It's always best to get something widely used so support is guaranteed.

I do agree with that even if currently i am Nobara user for convenience with my streaming software.
That been said i definitely recommend base distros: Things like Arch, Fedora, Debian or even more niche options like Void or OpenSuse can let you do everything this gaming distros have to offer, while also letting you learn more about how linux works :3

 

[bigstinkie]

i have found slackware xfce to be the proper fit for me over the years
very stable but admittedly i have only used it for work style things/server work and film viewing