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

[NatalieZaki]

hi currently using Fedora 41 with Cinnamon X11 on my piece of shit laptop do not tell me to use Wayland the Wayland version of Cinnamon is really buggy atm

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switched when windows 11 started pestering me at every waking moment i couldnt turn on my laptop without it telling me to purchase Office 365. been using linux for over a year. used to use Ubuntu, but then I switched to Fedora for easier flatpak integration, compared to Ubuntu's forcefulness of snap.

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any of the arch based flavors are about as user friendly as Linux gets.

I personally use Garuda because is tilted to the gamer, but basic Arch with KDE is a great start!

just be sure to image your device if you don't have a second machine

i know its old message but recommending Arch to someone unfamiliar to Linux is not a very good idea. It's like trying to teach a baby how to walk by having them run a marathon. something like Endeavor is a really good Arch-based Distro without the pains of the Arch installation. Mint is also fantastic for newcomers, and I love the Cinnamon Desktop environment so its very nice and pleasant to use. Honestly, most Debian-based distros are quite easy to use so I would recommend those, like Ubuntu (even with my gripes about the snaps) or any of its variants.

 

[HITMAN_99]

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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.

>Linux User.
>Furry.
how surprising? : )

 

[NatalieZaki]

>Linux User.
>Furry.
how surprising? : )

its a requirement for the furry license

 

[Leon]

>Linux User.
>Furry.
how surprising? : )

Uh not all linux users are furries dude, in fact i'm pretty sure the vast majority aren't, we just hate windows.

 

[NatalieZaki]

Uh not all linux users are furries dude, in fact i'm pretty sure the vast majority aren't, we just hate windows.

its a is b, b is not a. furries are linux users, but linux users arent furries

 

[chufflord]

Been considering switching more and more recently given the current state of Windows. Just have a hard time deciding on a distro and actually sticking to one for one reason or another.

A friend of mine is using nobara like OP and gave a pretty good recommendation for it, so maybe I should give it a whirl and see if it sticks.

 

[NatalieZaki]

Been considering switching more and more recently given the current state of Windows. Just have a hard time deciding on a distro and actually sticking to one for one reason or another.

A friend of mine is using nobara like OP and gave a pretty good recommendation for it, so maybe I should give it a whirl and see if it sticks.

id recommend starting out with Linux Mint, as it's the easiest for Windows users to get into in my opinion

 

[chufflord]

id recommend starting out with Linux Mint, as it's the easiest for Windows users to get into in my opinion

Mint was actually the one I used for the longest time, on a more casual use HP laptop I had years and years ago. Just had funky backlight issues I couldn't really sort out, so I wound up not sticking with it.

 

[DukeRed]

Yeah, Can't wait for steam OS to come out. Will change my main PC to it. Windows 10 stops updating this year.

I do not want windows 11 spying on me.

 

[Leon]

Yeah, Can't wait for steam OS to come out. Will change my main PC to it. Windows 10 stops updating this year.

I do not want windows 11 spying on me.

if you want to play around with it, i'd suggest trying garuda as gaming mostly works out of the box with it, though you do need to deal with rolling releases with that, if you don't want to mess with that then nobara is probably the best, if you don't care about the dev's political stances, bazzite is also good.

 

[chxshire22]

yeah i've been using arch on my lenovo laptop since april 2023. my main pc is still windows, i'm not sure if i switch over if i can still run games from the Amelie website ykwim ? if i can, i'll probably do that. also if i can find a decent file browser. windows file browser is still the best imo

 

[Leon]

yeah i've been using arch on my lenovo laptop since april 2023. my main pc is still windows, i'm not sure if i switch over if i can still run games from the Amelie website ykwim ? if i can, i'll probably do that. also if i can find a decent file browser. windows file browser is still the best imo

I think linux mint's is the closest to windows when it comes to file browser, think it's named thunar?
Personally i use dolphin, but it does have a few situations where it's slower than other file browsers, though for transfers it's far faster than windows explorer.

 

[TheDuke_11037]

I recently installed mint onto some old laptop I had gotten from a relative. Apparently the battery failed but it worked fine for me. Had win11 on it and I definitely wasn't going to use that. I'm not sure if i'll daily drive it just yet, mainly because without wine it can't run exe's which I need for my gaming and other things. I'm liking it so far tho, the privacy that it provides is a huge plus.

 

[Leon]

I recently installed mint onto some old laptop I had gotten from a relative. Apparently the battery failed but it worked fine for me. Had win11 on it and I definitely wasn't going to use that. I'm not sure if i'll daily drive it just yet, mainly because without wine it can't run exe's which I need for my gaming and other things. I'm liking it so far tho, the privacy that it provides is a huge plus.

mint can be made into a gaming distro just fine, just gotta install some stuff like wine, lutris, etc, main reason why i went with garuda is i didn't want to have to bother with that but if i distro hopped, it's doable on most distros.

 

[Potapota]

It's been almost a week since I liberated my desktop pc from the shackles of MS with the help of arch and there's only been one (1) system crash so far lol! In all fairness to arch, that was due to an amdgpu bug in the kernel as far as I understood or bothered to debug.
Honestly though, I like games and computers (and computer games) but windows has been sucking the joy out of it more and more in the recent years. I genuinely feel like I actually want to use the desktop pc now that it's running on linux again.
Also I must repeat, the ability to just click on an exe on linux and have it just run like it was on windows still manages to impress me. I really can not thank the community of people responsible for this enough.

 

[FateLanegod]

I use only Debian GNU/Linux Sid for my retro gaming and for other entertainment like watching movies and TV shows. Don’t want to wait for another “important update” never to be completed when I eager to play here and now.

Jokes aside, console emulation never been so simple on general purpose operating system distro. Mostly you just download and run, without any hassle.

When I was buying sixaxis controller, the seller told me it will not work via bluetooth on PC, only on PS. Not a chance. Why that would be, because of drivers?
Guess what, I have enabled bluetooth, though never did that before, turn on the gamepad and it was detected instantly, and then I enabled button mappings in emulator. That’s it. SDL rocks.

 

[lukebuskin]

I've tried Mint, Void and Salix, and I quite frankly really liked all of them (though I reflexively avoid stuff like systemd even if I don't understand it because I'm not a programmer), but, ultimately, being an MSPA artist/writer first and foremost, I can't stay on Linux and rely on Wine to handle all my Windows software. Unfortunately, Photoshop CS2 doesn't work on either platform any more anyway.

If I were to commit to a distro long-term, it'd probably be Void for the independence, nice skeuo UI you can install, and the good aesthetics outside of that crappy flat mouse look it loads with.

 

[Leon]

For what it's worth, people who like me want no politics in their linux distro, devuan, a fork of debian that doesn't use systemd, has also come out as having a "not our business and we don't want to know, we just want to code a good linux distro" stance on politics, devuan made this stance after some of debian's recent actions (won't say anymore as the entire point is no politics here, which i want to and do respect, but since this is a linux topic and is a big deal to alot of people, i feel it should be mentioned here).

Currently the ones known to be apolitical through their statements on the matter are openmandriva and devuan, arch linux seems to avoid the topic but has not openly made a statement one way or another though tbh, that's fine too, since that's also a form of being apolitical.

 

[diapered]

but then I switched to Fedora for easier flatpak integration

Flatpak support is not exclusive to Fedora (Manjaro has good support and I use a few). Also, as other's have mentioned, you do need to use caution with them, so I wouldn't base my choice of distro on that... What is it about Fedora do you like?

something like Endeavor is a really good Arch-based Distro without the pains of the Arch installation.

I don't think Endeavor has a gui for software and package management. Correct me if I am wrong, but you pretty much need to use the command line right? I think it is the same for Garuda, but at least Garuda has the gui "assistant" that helps with maintenance (updates etc.) which I thought was cool; I got curious about Garuda but haven't played around too much, probably more this weekend. For that reason though, I wouldn't recommend those to someone new to linux, no matter how easy the installation is... Yes everyone needs to learn the command line, but package management is just asking for trouble.

If you want a friendly Arch based distro (or distro in general, imo) that is easily Manjaro. Mint is fine, and I installed the recent xfce desktop version on my old laptop to give it another try and was impressed (haven't used mint in probably ~6-7 years?), but retroarch did not work otb while it has never given me trouble across my three laptops with manjaro. Also mint ran slower (in my opinion) than manjaro xfce which I previously had installed on it. It's a trash laptop and manjaro would also chug at points and it is not a HUGE difference, but it was noticeable.

 

[Leon]

Flatpak support is not exclusive to Fedora (Manjaro has good support and I use a few). Also, as other's have mentioned, you do need to use caution with them, so I wouldn't base my choice of distro on that... What is it about Fedora do you like?

I don't think Endeavor has a gui for software and package management. Correct me if I am wrong, but you pretty much need to use the command line right? I think it is the same for Garuda, but at least Garuda has the gui "assistant" that helps with maintenance (updates etc.) which I thought was cool; I got curious about Garuda but haven't played around too much, probably more this weekend. For that reason though, I wouldn't recommend those to someone new to linux, no matter how easy the installation is... Yes everyone needs to learn the command line, but package management is just asking for trouble.

If you want a friendly Arch based distro (or distro in general, imo) that is easily Manjaro. Mint is fine, and I installed the recent xfce desktop version on my old laptop to give it another try and was impressed (haven't used mint in probably ~6-7 years?), but retroarch did not work otb while it has never given me trouble across my three laptops with manjaro. Also mint ran slower (in my opinion) than manjaro xfce which I previously had installed on it. It's a trash laptop and manjaro would also chug at points and it is not a HUGE difference, but it was noticeable.

Flatpak is usable on everything in theory.

As for endeavor, yes it doesn't come packaged with a package manager, but you can easily install pacman through the command line to get it (it's what manjaro uses, modified but effectively the same), endeavor's forums will even tell you how to do it if you google it.
I use garuda linux, essentially endeavor with the package manager and pre setup for gaming.

 

[diapered]

you can easily install pacman through the command line to get it (it's what manjaro uses, modified but effectively the same)

You mean pamac?

And I don't know if I would just say "same as manjaro uses" because isn't pamac pretty much only developed for manjaro? Looking at other screenshots, they all look more complicated and not as "clean" as what I see. Sure, I guess you could install it (I guess it is in the AUR?) but I doubt it works as well outside manjaro...

endeavor's forums will even tell you how to do it if you google it.

I did just that, and I see multiple reddit and forum posts: headaches using pacman, yay etc. to get it to work... Not very beginner friendly... Meanwhile, manjaro just comes with it good to go

 

[Leon]

You mean pamac?
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And I don't know if I would just say "same as manjaro uses" because isn't pamac pretty much only developed for manjaro? Looking at other screenshots, they all look more complicated and not as "clean" as what I see. Sure, I guess you could install it (I guess it is in the AUR?) but I doubt it works as well outside manjaro...

I did just that, and I see multiple reddit and forum posts: headaches using pacman, yay etc. to get it to work... Not very beginner friendly... Meanwhile, manjaro just comes with it good to go

Might be, i get names mixed up sometimes.
Pamac works on any arch based distro, and i had no problems using it on garuda so i donno, works fine for me.

 

[chxshire22]

Hi guys, I've been considering moving fully to linux but i'm just wondering if it will affect anything important?

I have been using linux on my laptop for 2 years but it's an older 2017 model that i only use for programming and web browsing, i use my main pc for heavier tasks like drawing, video editing, gaming, streaming etc.

I've been considering swapping over to linux on my main pc for a while but i'm not sure if i should, has anyone here swapped over to linux fully? if so what are your main gripes (i hear gpu drivers are a mess)

 

[trickybus]

I've been Linux-only for several years. The most important thing you should check before switching is the availability of the software you use. Switching is not going to benefit you if you can't find your most-used applications or FOSS (free open source software) versions of them. Some distros allow you to test them out in a virtual desktop before committing to a full install.

As for GPU issues, I've only run into problems when using the open-source drivers instead of the proprietary ones. Once I switched, the issues disappeared. YMMV

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

No. I actually wanted for some time, but every time i would try to install a distro i would meet a problem that i would not find anyone online ever talking about it, then upon trying to ask politely for answers online i would be met with 300 comments like "well, hehe ? here is a solution that you already tried but now i'm going to explain to you in a condescending way like you are extremely dumb" and after i reply with "Well, i tried it before and it didn't work, and i tried now and still didn't work" i either am replied with "well idk lol" or something in the veins of "skill issue, lurk moar ?"