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Before your change to Linux (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What was the last version of Windows you used before hopping on over? This includes the Linux greybeards too.

I was on Win10 but moved over as the end of life cycle is drawing near and I do not like Win11 at all.

Another thing for this change was the forced bloody updates, bro I just wanna shut down my PC and go to bed, if I wanna update it, I'll do it on a Saturday morning with my coffee or something.

Lastly, all the bloat crap they chuck in on there that most users don't really need. I think the only thing I kept was the weather program.

So what's your reasoning for the change to the reliable and funni penguin OS?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Windows 10, still using it but am browsing distros and aim to switch before August. Most likely candidate for me right now is Pop! OS, but given that they have halted development for it to work on their own DE (by the looks of it at least) I may go for Fedora or regular Ubuntu instead.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was on 10 and now I'm on Pop. That's the first I've heard of them prioritizing development of a DE.

I really don't like GNOME, but switching to KDE was literally the first change I made, so I honestly don't know much about it.

But I don't really care as long as what I do with it works. I don't foresee any killer features upcoming soon or anything. I don't really keep up on news about it or anything though.

I've had a mostly smooth experience with it so far. But I don't use it for anything crazy. I just pay games and stream YouTube and music.

Not trying to convince you that "the water's fine, jump in" or anything. But it worked for me. I don't hear a lot about other people picking it up.

You find a million posts about trying Mint or Ubuntu to get their feet wet, but you don't hear a lot other than those for Linux noobs.

I bought a tiny PC to hookup to my brother's TV at his house because I go over there on weekends and we always watch a movie followed by a few episodes of whatever TV show we're working on at the time. His laptop cord is having issues and want able to power the laptop while it's on. So rather than deal with that I just bought the tiny PC and I did put Mint on that one.

Partly to convert another Windows dependant too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Honestly not planning anything crazy either. And thankfully I do know how to use command line so it doesn't have to be 100% newbie friendly, the reason those two are my top choices is due to the included nvidea drivers. Mint was on my mind too, but from what I read it is better suited for older hardware, whereas I am using a decently modern system (Ryzen 7 3700x & RTX 3060 Ti).

If I may ask, from a user standpoint, how easy was it to switch from GNOME to KDE on Pop! and what were your problems with GNOME in the first place? Browsing both choices, it looks like both are very customizable, and those plugin options for GNOME look pretty neat. I am aware that GNOME does use more resources, but given my system specs it's not my biggest concern.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Just coming in to say that I've tried pretty much all the noob Linux suggested distros, and fedora is what I use now. Started with Ubuntu in 2016. Gone through a few other like mint and peppermint. Even endeavor was really good but not 100% for me. Fedora had been pretty bullet proof.