“It came out of the box this way. I hate it but I paid good money for the device I own to tell me what to do!”
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Me after using the KDE: how the fuck Linux is better Windows than Windows?
They were supposed to focus on window managing, ITS IN THEIR FUCKING NAME. Instead you need extra things like Powertoys for basic functions that KDE has integrated.
KDE is the best desktop environment I've ever had the pleasure of using. So much better than Windows at everything I want out of my desktop!
I still like Cinnamon better. To quote Jeremy Clarkson, "This is brilliant, but I like this."
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I guess, I won't do the classic "haha you have to run console to install an app" meme because I know there are distros that cater to Windows users like myself, the problem I find is that most software I'd want to use wouldn't be supported like video editing and stuff I care about, I'm glad to see Linux rise because only then Microsoft will learn, but also there's not a BIG issue that's keeping me away from using Windows for now.
It might change who knows.
Davinci Resolve supports Linux natively nowadays, and the FOSS video editor Kdenlive is actually pretty impressive now as well.
If you're into self harm, blender is a pretty well featured video editor as well. Also, is Linux native.
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Just be forewarned:
Nvidia requires a bit of work.
SeLinux….it is a giant bag of gotcha.
That all said I’m not regretting my conversion.
I'm using tumbleweed and getting my NVIDIA card to work was some effort but only because I was an idiot and didn't run the SUSE update tool that would have fixed everything for me :-/
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I use Linux Mint and Nvidea and never had any problem what so ever with it. But maybe i just have been lucky.
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Yeah, really do it ok? Not only are you helping yourself, you're helping everyone by shoving it up the clueless execs at microsoft who still have no idea why people dislike their stupid spy AI thingy.
The only thing that sucks about switching to linux is moving my external NTFS USB drives to my new linux server.
Linux HATES NTFS, hates usb drivers, and hates external drives that aren't formatted to ext4. fstab doesn't work for my WD Elements, so i just gave up and shucked the drive and put it inside.
I can't fit 5 3.5" hard drives in my SFF dell 3070, so i'm stuck on windows right now, but they keep doing random updates the last few weeks and my windows explorer freezes constantly and my computer barely works. So i'm going to have to switch to linux and possibly reformat all 36TB's to ext4. Not excited about that at all.
So either reformat all my external drives, buy a very expensive NAS with an external SATA port and hope my motherboard recognizes them.
I feel your pain. That was my biggest issue when I switched. Initially I switched to popos and after a month I could never get them working quite right. Eventually I changed to endeavor os and suddenly all the guides on how to mount drives actually worked.
You don’t need an expensive NAS. You can get a cheap one and force an of install Linux on that, or make one out of an SBC like an orange pi, raspberry pi, or something from Radxa. Or take an old tower off the street, clean it out, toss your drives on there and give it Linux. Or go to microcenter and get some cheap hard drive enclosures and connect via usb.
You have options. And fstab doesn’t have to be “compatible” with specifics drives. It’s just a todo list for the computer to mount filesystems listed in it. Did you make sure to disable bitlocker on the drive you are trying to mount?
Linux works well enough with NTFS. It’s not a great idea to use as your plan A storage filesystem on anything but windows but it’s accessible by Linux so long as bitlocker is turned off.
Eh? I've never had a problem with reading NTFS drives in linux, including USB sticks and SATA/USB adapters. Are you just wanting to read them or use them as read/write? Write is a bit more tricky, requiring ntfs-3g, but most reasonable distros come with that nowadays.
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Linux doesn't really have issues with NTFS, you just need to install the drivers.
My entire server storage is NTFS (except the boot drive) because its migrated from a windows system, but I use linux.
yeah i can report i've dealt with TB-sized external NTFS-formatted disks for years and never had issues with linux with them :)
Yeah, you will generally have a better time with exFAT, which is a format both Windows and Linux works with well. All my external drives get formatted as such.
exFAT is great for compatibility but it doesn't have journaling, so if there's a power outage while writing to a file, you can expect the file to get corrupted and unusable (which sucks). apart from that, yeah, it's great.
what i can recommend if you're working in a big organization or group or sth is to use a network drive, i.e. a drive that's accessed over the network. you typically don't have problems there.
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"Tech journalists" installing linux in 2025 like it's this hot new tech is not exactly the early adoptership I'd expect from them :)
For ~97% of the computer using population it is a hot new tech.
Compared to the state of consumer-grade Linux 5 years ago to today, it's absolutely a hot new tech.
One cannot understate the impact that the Steam Deck and Proton had on driving consumer-friendly features to Linux simply from the demand of an exploding user base.
This right here. Got a Steam Deck. My Surface Pro 4 finally died. So after years of hassling from my best friend, who runs Arch btw, I got a Framework 13 and put PopOS on it. Zero issues, to the point, sadly, where I haven't really learned to troubleshoot it much yet. We're gonna install Bazzite on my home theatre PC this weekend when he comes down.
The only Windows I'm gonna run from here out is on my work PC, and the AI shilling, spyware, and cloud requirements sure ain't changing my mind.
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Truly. I honestly feel like a lot of the linux oldheads got off on being part of an exclusive club and actually hated when things became easier to use (hence all the crying whenever anyone who isn't literally a cis admin or c developer points out the glaring UX flaws that plauged and still plagued linux).
Steam has the money to both fix a lot of problems and bulldoze through the wave of elitist condescending douches that typically inhabit linux spaces.
On top of that, and I know this part will get hate, now with LLMs, a lot of the questions that would get you absurdly rude and defeating remarks, you can just ask an LLM and get on average more accurate answers and less hazing for no reason. Yes, I am saying that LLMs give more accurate responses, as that has been my experience when it comes to asking questions on forums vs them.
And just to be clear, I have always been the type of person to ask questions as a last resort because I can't deal with those people and don't think being hazed should be a necessary part of doing power computing. You shouldn't need a thick skin to fix a driver issue for instance.
Anyways, I do think that these things have made linux far more approachable, but common apps being supported is still something that needs focus. Like the only CAD options for linux are what, freecad, where its free because you pay with your time and frustration, SolveSpace.... or onshape, which is simply not viable for hobbyists who at all ever want to make any money from their hobbies?
The same is true for video editting where there are absolutely some first class programs that run on linux, but the media creation pipeline also clearly has adobe shaped holes (just to be clear, though I feel it doesn't need stating, I do hate adobe).
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Every time anyone rejects Microsoft's shitty bloatware/spyware it's a win. I just converted a few months ago. Win11 is going to push more and more people away.
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Either just remove the slop and telemetry or switch, no big deal or hassle either way.
This is a very echo chamber/bubble opinion.
Its a massive deal and a huge hassle for most people.
Most people don't change the most basic settings. If asked simply if they want to be tracked they'd say no, but not everyone has energy to fight every battle. In fact, no one does, you and I included.
When we dismiss problems as "easy to solve" or "no big deal" or "not much hassle" we effectively directly support the world becoming worse because in every other area where enthusiasts say the same thing and you are affected you're getting fucked. When everyone does this, this apathy epidemic fucks us all.
Yep.
Just cause it doesnt affect you, doesnt mean it wont eventually have an effect on you.
Lots of people shrugging their shoulders and going "Why should I care about spying? I've got nothing to hide" are exactly why we are where we are right now.
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Also most Linux distros are "free".
Not sure exactly what you're getting at especially as the quotes around free could mean a number of things, most of which I agree with.
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Oooooooor, make services that we want to pay for priced where we can afford them. Just saying. If no one is paying for it, maybe no one wants it.
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