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I’ve been learning Linux (Ubuntu) with an old Laptop a friend was going to throw away.
I like it, but I’m not ready to switch. My biggest complaint… why the hell is it so hard to access an external drive??
I eventually got it, but now I can’t for the life of me remember the command line I used to set access for the first one to set up another one.
I put Mint on a PC for my dad because it's first thing easy for him to use and second a 32-bit machine and Mint the best choice I found that runs on that.
Ughh my RDP into work is the only reason I have a minimal windows install :/
I love mint, but I can't get work's IT support people to go near it (needs the preshared key and some settings to get their Sharepoint VPN working). It grates having to boot into windows!
Really hope more people at work ask for Linux support and I don't need 11, but not holding my breath. :)
Ow I can upgrade, I just blocked TPM motherboard side to stop windows from doing it.
But in the end I really would like to give Linux a shot, these days I basically only play steam game or watch a movie, most of it should be easy enough nowadays in linux
Linux doesn't run what I need, getting some form of LTSC is my only option.
Weird everyone suggests Mint, when it's way less user friendly then KDE Fedora. I mean, I guess on old hardware Mint is good, but anything newer (like the last 4-5 years) Fedora is pretty much set and forget.
Same with gaming, Bazzite is a WHOLE lot better than Mint.
I'm on Mint 22 with current laptop hardware (Intel/Nvidia) and it's been completely plug and play, even for gaming.
I absolutely love Mint.
what are the opinions on Bazzite, Garuda, Trisquel? are these ideal for those coming from windows?
Bazzite is probably fine
They're certainly somewhat more exotic choices.
Bazzite is currently seeing a hype wave, because it's strongly inspired by what the Steam Deck does. But that also means, it's somewhat built like an OS for a console (or in fact like Android), in that it's a transactional/atomic distribution.
This means, you can't easily make changes to the OS itself, only to the applications you install and of course your personal files.
It certainly makes it more difficult to break, but it's still a relatively new thing in the Linux world and particularly you might still run into some limitations when trying to use it as a full-fledged desktop (depending on what you're looking to do with your PC).
Garuda Linux is based on Arch Linux, which is what we refer to as "bleeding edge" (as opposed to "cutting edge"), because you get the newest version of all the software on your PC just a few days after it got released by the respective developers. Sometimes, those newest versions will have bugs.
You'll find folks who'll tell you they've been running Arch since they were two years old and never had a problem, but ultimately, why risk it?
And yeah, Trisquel is also getting basically a hard no from me. It's a distribution for purists. For people who want nothing to do with the corporate world, who'd rather not be able to do something than rely on proprietary software.
If you're coming from Windows, the chances of you even really knowing what that means are basically non-existent, so I doubt it's what you want...
the first two can be, but i don't recommend trisquel to those coming from windows
praying for valorant to get a mac port before they kill win10. the second we get that port, i am nuking windows from my drive
Nah, not for me. I've known to use Windows OSes beyond their EOL support. I remember having still been on Windows XP while everyone else went to Vista and then to Win7. When I got to Win8, it was only because I bought another computer from a friend that had it, that was how I got upgraded.
I don't abide by when Microsoft wants me to upgrade by, if they can pull their heads out of their asses (unlikely) for Windows 12, then I might consider.
right? end of support has never meant end of useful life in my experience. I went from 98 to vista. don't inconvenience yourself is my main advice to people looking to switch. Shit I'll probably be installing win 10 LTSC at some point even though I'm all in on Linux as a daily driver already.