I made the switch around this time last year and haven’t looked back. A few things have taken a bit of effort to figure out, but largely it has been a breeze. I should’ve done this many years earlier.
At first I didn’t understand this because the bottom text was scrolled out of view. Then I scrolled down and was like “OMG YES!” I just love this. I’d totally buy you a beer to celebrate. Virtual cheers 🍻
Desktop linux has never been better.
It’s been very entertaining to watch the microslop shitshow unfold watching from the sideline as someone who isn’t using Windows at all. 10/10 can recommend. Back when I switched to Linux it’s because I thought it was cooler, not because it was better. But now Linux is so much better. It’s not even a contest. If it’s a race windows showed up drunk, ran into the wrong direction and then straight into a wall.
Finally managed to get most games working on Mint . The only thing I still need Windows for is VR desktop for gaming. Once someone makes a decent Linux version then I’m pretty much done.
Hey, me too! I ditched W10 for Linux Mint in Sept last year, so much to learn but it’s been a blast. I’ve never experienced having such a smooth working PC.
I’m closing on my six months anniversary of not booting into windows. I wish I had converted earlier as well.
Not having to deal with the whack a mole of problems that was windows is so very lovely.
A few ongoing bothersome problems that honestly amuse me, and I’m far less stressed when something does go wrong that I can’t fix.
Haven’t had a game (so far) that I couldn’t get running, and really only miss one program that I could probably run under Linux if I really wanted to get dirty.
One ongoing problem for some of my games and it’s so random that after spending an hour trying to fix it I decided I didn’t care enough, because I wasn’t having the crashes I used to under windows. (The game freezes, and will stay stuck until having tabbed out to Steam (and only Stream), tabbing to anything else the game stays hung. Then some process comes along that I don’t see, frees everything and I’m back to playing happily.)
I also have one game that behaves weirdly until I either tab back and forth, or (more consistently) move it to another workspace and back with super+shift+up.
It seems like a windows manager/focus issue.
I’d gotten so used to crashes that started with a lockup under windows, leading to my poor char’s death, or save corruption…
The freeze and then resume feels like winning the lottery. :D
Context for the photo?
No idea where it originated from. I’ve just seen it as a meme template.
Going to linux from windows was eye opening. No more ‘oh you don’t want this well we’ll remind you again in a few days’ or microsoft trying to upsell their services on my own machine or fighting with the operating system in order to do something simple. It is so nice to feel like I own my own machine.
I can’t even remember the last time I logged in to Windows.
I sometimes have to, but it kind of makes me feel I have to wash my hands afterwards.
Switched before Windows 7 came out on my personal computer. Vista was a disaster.
Switched fully to Linux at work too much more recently. Feels good.
