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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by mark-r »

I was forced to switch this last year. I decided to upgrade my 10 year old motherboard, and Windows refused to boot with the new one despite nothing else changing. I absolutely refuse to pay good money to "upgrade" to a worse version of Windows, so Linux it is.

Mostly it's been a good experience. I can still open all my old documents, and you can't even tell the difference when browsing. There are some Windows only apps that I relied on, including a couple I helped develop - I haven't figured out how to deal with the loss of those yet.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by pjmlp »

snide wrote: post #39

Right now Linux on Desktop offers: - The best developer experience with the most hackable toolkit - A great gaming experience that plays the vast majority of titles on Steam - A "dumb by default" non-cloud enabled workstation - IMHO the most well-design, does most things "vanilla" desktop environment with GNOME. The tradeoff is - You will need to learn to update your system and learn some new things. Things will seem…

For UNIX workloads development, and by offering Windows compatibility layer, so that game developers can keep ignoring GNU/Linux, while having no issues targeting other POSIX like platforms.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by pjmlp »

tony-allan wrote: post #37

I have used MacOS forever and it has worked well for me. I would love to use Linux + Framework Laptop (awesome hardware). What I need is some suggestions for a distribution that just works. My workload is development plus lots of web browsing (100+ tabs).

That hardly exists, there is always something on laptops that isn't supported, or needs a couple of late nights to properly configure.

The best Linux experience remains classical desktops.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by AlienRobot »

lucb1e wrote: post #10

Their reasoning is this: > [Hardware on Linux] have mostly become just plug-and-play. That favorite software [and game] of yours probably either works natively on Linux nowadays or there are alternatives/workarounds to make it work. > But this is not an article about Linux and its current features so far. In fact, what should be pushing you towards Linux should not only be the features it has to offer nowadays. Inste…

Terrible reasoning.

I have more faith in Microsoft to stop breaking Windows than on the Linux community to fix any of their desktop distros and environments.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by AlienRobot »

littlestymaar wrote: post #5
cjk2 wrote: post #2

Best time to Linux ever. But worst time to dump other platforms which you rely on. Same as the last 25 years.

Windows is getting worse every years though…

Windows can stop any time. But can Linux get better?

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by beardyw »

As a seasoned Windows (and DOS from the very early days) user for too many years I took a dislike to Windows 10 when 7 came to end of life in 2000. I bought a laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled and never looked back. Yes, some things took a little while to get used to, but really I was at home right away. So glad I did it.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by adhamsalama »

snide wrote: post #39

Right now Linux on Desktop offers: - The best developer experience with the most hackable toolkit - A great gaming experience that plays the vast majority of titles on Steam - A "dumb by default" non-cloud enabled workstation - IMHO the most well-design, does most things "vanilla" desktop environment with GNOME. The tradeoff is - You will need to learn to update your system and learn some new things. Things will seem…

> Your phone is not really connected to your PC

Not exactly sure what you mean, but KDE Connect is amazing for connecting my phone (and any device that has the app, including other PCs) to my PC.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by adhamsalama »

tony-allan wrote: post #37

I have used MacOS forever and it has worked well for me. I would love to use Linux + Framework Laptop (awesome hardware). What I need is some suggestions for a distribution that just works. My workload is development plus lots of web browsing (100+ tabs).

Fedora KDE is working well for me.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by adhamsalama »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #18

If I could use gnome at work I would totally switch back to Linux full time. I used gnome 3 for years during HS and college but it was too jarring to switch back and forth once I had to start using Windows full time. The window management muscle memory is just painful.

Have you tried KDE Plasma?

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by butz »

"Switch" could be too harsh for some users, how about trying it out for some time first as a secondary option? Either grab an old device, or dual boot it on your current PC, or even use in "live" session. And be sure to share your pain points, be it hardware related, or community related, any feedback helps.
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