Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
Been using Linux Mint since the summer. I went to create a letter on my newer Acer laptop on Windows 11 because the HP Beats wouldn’t go to Windows 11. Office 365 paywalled me. So I looked up Open and LibreOffice (going to try OnlyOffice soon) and got them both, completed the letter.
Then I thought… Windows is getting so crappy with this insult plus AI & ads… I wonder what Linux looks like these days? I had used it in the early 2000s, mostly Mandrake and Suse, as I recall, on KDE.
I was lucky I happened upon Distrosea, so I played with some there. I almost installed ZorinOS, but decided that dual booting Mint on the Beats laptop was better, because the Software Center has ratings and reviews.
There were a few hiccups with the flash drive, Secure Boot and all that. Ended up having to format the iso in Rufus before putting it on the flash drive with Ventoy, but it worked.
Granted, I don’t use my personal laptops that often, the last thing I want to do after being on my work laptop (which is Windows 11, but my coworker runs CachyOS and brings up work stuff in ThinkCast) is get on another laptop, especially where I work evenings.
Since then, I’ve wanted to put it (or smaller distros) on other older machines in the house for fun, but several of them have some issues… old Dell Dimension 2200 psu capacitors popped, so that was a no go… and the Dell Vostro tower we have is beeping at me, gotta have someone look at that… might be graphics card or mobo needs reseat.