I keep forgetting that I use Linux, since everything feels .. normal. I switched from Win 11 to Fedora a few months ago.
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I think I've booted my windows install maybe two or three times after getting things setup on my Bazzite box, and each time was desperation because I couldn't get something working on a time crunch (like my microphone no longer working before a telehealth appointment) and most of the time it's user error (like the audio profile being switched so the mic wasn't enabled for some reason).
Honestly, the only complaint I have is that periodically flat/snap apps (idr offhand) don't want to open and I have to reboot a couple times before they do. Can't say the same for my windows installs....
Yep. I've been during linux as my main desktop for maybe a year or two now, and it's been fine. I don't tinker with it. Most things just work.
The only thing that's been a little dicey is mods for games, but I think I just need to figure out how like wine and proton prefixes work. It's probably not hard, I just haven't had a need lately.
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I did the same but I cannot replace it. Half of my devices are not working.
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~~Why are these mainstream media journalists going out of their way to make Linux work and look harder than it is?~~
~~You don't need to open the terminal to install software or configure anything, that's literally the whole point of every big DE that ships well made GUI apps.~~
He solved his problem by switching off of Ubuntu to Fedora, I think I almost shed a tear lmao
But remembered to write a shitty article about it
Install Linux Problem Solved.
Honestly. I had my issues With windows already. I used another harddrive for Linux. I only Boot Windows fornspecific Games meanwhile.
At Work its all Windows and .. the experience is worse before getting used to Linux. I dunno and orobslby don't want to know, how Microslop was able to fuck Up an OS that terribly over time.
The only problem I've had so far on Linux was due to my RAM breaking. Same shit could've happened on Windows. As much as everyone talks about needing "manual intervention" in Arch, I had to do the same shit on Windows after a bad update pushed unsigned USB drivers (which I was unaware of, I only saw the blue screen) then once I did a system restore it just failed after wiping my hard drive despite only using tools from Windows itself. I ended up having to get a third party tool to fix it all, because the vhdx files Windows made assumed my computer was UEFI despite only supporting BIOS. It was a mess.
The moral of the story is: Windows still has these problems, people are just more used to solving them so it doesn't feel like they're solving a problem.