…and it went very smoothly. I installed on a spare PC for now, but I could absolutely see this becoming my daily driver. I’m mostly surprised at how snappy and responsive it is, even on 10 year old hardware!

  • shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    15 days ago

    Glad you decided to give it a try. It really shines on older hardware and really shows how much bloat windows actually has. I’ve been using Linux since the 90s, it’s incredible how far it’s come. Show us your socks. Especially in relation to gaming in the last few years, there’s almost no reason to deal with microsoft any longer!

    • rapchee@lemmy.world
      4·
      15 days ago

      it’s probably going to be fine, but afaik it’s slightly more likely to be difficult on a laptop due to custom hardware

      • Blemgo@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        The only issues I had with Laptops so far were the WIFI drivers, as some distros, such as Debian, don’t have them OOTB. I think especially the major players with a focus on recent patches however, such as fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch and many others can install them rather easily during the installation.

    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
      2·
      15 days ago

      Don’t be afeared, be bold. Be brave. Know you are taking a great leap forward that others are too timid to take.

      • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
        1·
        15 days ago

        This is just philosophy with computers ngl. Don’t be afraid to break stuff you will fix them eventually.

  • v01dworks@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    I mostly use Linux but I dual-boot windows just for VR and every time I have to use windows it feels sluggish in comparison

    • rapchee@lemmy.world
      4·
      15 days ago

      i do the same thing but i think it’s kind of on us - when you only boot windows once in a while it tries to do a bunch of things (updates, scanning everything for more data on your advertisement profile, virus scan, etc) at the same time
      it was similar when i was running linux less frequently, i was annoyed like
      ugh again bunch of updates, kernel update as well ugh now i have to reboot too

      • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
        5·
        15 days ago

        Just that linux does not force them on you. You decide when and if you even install those updates. Windows does it all in the background without telling you. I hate that behavior so much. This damn machine is under my command and yet on Windows it does whatever Microsoft wants instead of what I want.

  • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    15 days ago

    My biggest hangup (so far) is modding games.

    Nexus is built for Windows. CDPR’s RedMod is too.

    It’s probably not that big a deal. I’m just shit at all this stuff. I’m not a coder. I don’t even know what the fuck sudo means. But I have a very loose grasp on using it. With a moderate amount of help from the internet. Usually.

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      About 15 years ago, I installed Ubuntu for a few months for fun, but not being able to game on it very easily was a major drawback for me, so I bounced back to windows.

      Now that gaming on Linux seems to have come a long way (and Windows is annoying me way more than it used to), I’m feeling motivated.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
        1·
        15 days ago

        I wish you luck with it. I was turned off Linux until recently just because of base functionality. But hey, wifi is working, and my USB HID stuff is all working too. I’m not a hardcore gamer so that doesn’t affect me. If anything, I’ll trade any 3d functions for faster and more efficient 2d and text.

        • salacious_coaster@infosec.pubEnglish
          0·
          15 days ago

          Same. I’ve been saying for years that basic functionality is keeping people from switching to Linux, and nobody wanted to listen. It’s definitely gotten better, but still not rock solid.

            • salacious_coaster@infosec.pubEnglish
              1·
              15 days ago

              Hardware, mostly. Most times I’ve tried Linux something like Wi-Fi or the touchpad was broken out of the box.

              Basically, a user who only needs a web browser and maybe Libre office should not experience any friction or touch a CLI. That’s what Windows has and what Linux needs to become mainstream.

              • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
                1·
                15 days ago

                Never had touchpad troubles on Linux - as long as the device follows standard HID protocols, it’ll just work. WiFi was dicey in the 2000s; the technology was still new and every chip vendor had their own idea of how shit should work, making it difficult to get support merged for every possible device, but that really hasn’t been an issue for quite a while in my experience.

                Everyone’s forgotten the olden days where you’d have to dig through a box of diskettes for all the drivers.

              • felsiq@piefed.zipEnglish
                1·
                15 days ago

                Just a note on windows “having” this: a significant amount of hardware (wifi adapters, nvme drives, a lot of the shit in a Surface laptop, etc) don’t have native windows support and require command line usage and/or hunting for third party drivers to even get windows installed. A user installing an OS on a machine with that sort of hardware would have a much easier time on Linux - it’s only manufacturers preinstalling windows and the needed drivers that give the impression it’s easier on windows. When the user has to wipe / reinstall their OS it’s a much more apples to apples comparison.

                I’m not saying this to imply Linux doesn’t need to get better, because of course that’d be great, but I see this comparison a lot and it’s worth keeping in mind that it’s a bit of an unfair one even if it’s a reasonable standard to hold an OS to.

  • Quadhammer@lemmy.world
    2·
    15 days ago

    Hey so I just got my first raspberry pi what’s the laziest possible way to put an n00bs on my Sim card