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[+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 169 points 2 years ago (17 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 17 child comments replies: [–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (5 children) Thanks for this. I loathe the idea of being stuck on a platform that's hard to use and swarmed by too many angry idiots who only ever say that linux is perfect and everybody who doesn't think so is too dumb to read. Everything that makes linux approachable is a big win. Gotta ditch Microsoft though. Ugh. Changing an OS is such a massive pain, regardless of how much of a requirement Microsoft Recall makes it. Anyway, more stuff like this, everybody! Thank you again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago My wife is not good with computers. I moved her over to Linux with vanilla gnome. It took one 1/2 hr session and she was off and running. The next day I got a bunch of questions - another half hour. About a week later she said “this is SO much better than windows - I love it!” Linux is easy to use. Installing and maintaining-no. But using - yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux They don't need to understand DEs or any of that. Press Super ("the Windows key") and start typing "mouse". Please teach people how to use PCs properly; this is the fastest way to access any program or setting in both Windows and popular DEs: Cinnamon, KDE, MATE... Windows will even happily send anything you type here to Bing for easy web search by default 😑 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago You can't get stuck on Linux any more than you can get stuck on Windows. Every OS is just one short install away. And if you switch to Linux, there will come a point, like there is with everyone who tries it, when you start experimenting with different distros and downloading new ones to try every week, before you probably end up settling back on the one you started with. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlackArtist@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'll second PopOs, I was sick & tired of windows, I'd wanted Linux for a while and tried a few, PopOs just clicked for me and I've not had one problem gaming (which is what I mainly do). 20 min install time and not one problem since, which is about 14 months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moleverine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I’m currently on Pop for the last couple years and I’m really happy with it. Being stuck based on 22.04 is getting a little old, but at least it means no new big bugs (in theory). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I was stuck too and I had to reinstall everything to get the upgrade done. That's the Linux game permalink fedilink source parent [–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Honestly, even if I don't like Snaps that much, Ubuntu/Kubuntu ain't so bad after all. I've been running it as a daily for months now on my Linux-only gaming PC and it's working quite well. There's good support for proprietary drivers and media codecs out of the box. And personally, I'd advise on using the Kubuntu version because KDE is so much closer in terms of desktop paradigm than Gnome. And Fedora ain't bad either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It's like a Honda Civic. It's just reliable and easy to maintain with good performance and some good features and some you don't really want but are still practical. And there's a big community giving lots of support and documentation to tweak it if you want more out of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Canonical (Ubuntu) bastardized their own OS. I recommend Mint Debian for noobs; Mint is what Ubuntu used to be when it was good and going Debian gets away from Canonical entirely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wait what did they do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Snaps, their own app-in-a-box format. Which would be fine, except they're provided only by Ubuntu's closed-source Snap Store, have larger size and inferior performance because dependencies are redundantly rolled into each one, and the worst part is that they started turning nearly every app in their OS into a Snap. If you sudo apt install firefox, you get a Firefox Snap instead of a native package. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago You’re clearly wrong. The answer is Arch OK, but seriously. There are two main general use families: Debian based and redhat based Pick something that has a DE out of the box. Use it. The big ones used to be GNOME and KDE. I dont know which one is more recommended now. Find equivalent programs (ie. Notepad -> gedit, adobe pdf reader -> evince). Figure out the windows start menu equivalent: how do I access my programs? Maybe six months to a year later, learn how to use a terminal emulator. Maybe a year later, switch to arch and find out why it’s superior permalink fedilink source parent [–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Been using Bazzite. Super simple install, been working really well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (5 children) Thanks for this. I loathe the idea of being stuck on a platform that's hard to use and swarmed by too many angry idiots who only ever say that linux is perfect and everybody who doesn't think so is too dumb to read. Everything that makes linux approachable is a big win. Gotta ditch Microsoft though. Ugh. Changing an OS is such a massive pain, regardless of how much of a requirement Microsoft Recall makes it. Anyway, more stuff like this, everybody! Thank you again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago My wife is not good with computers. I moved her over to Linux with vanilla gnome. It took one 1/2 hr session and she was off and running. The next day I got a bunch of questions - another half hour. About a week later she said “this is SO much better than windows - I love it!” Linux is easy to use. Installing and maintaining-no. But using - yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux They don't need to understand DEs or any of that. Press Super ("the Windows key") and start typing "mouse". Please teach people how to use PCs properly; this is the fastest way to access any program or setting in both Windows and popular DEs: Cinnamon, KDE, MATE... Windows will even happily send anything you type here to Bing for easy web search by default 😑 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago You can't get stuck on Linux any more than you can get stuck on Windows. Every OS is just one short install away. And if you switch to Linux, there will come a point, like there is with everyone who tries it, when you start experimenting with different distros and downloading new ones to try every week, before you probably end up settling back on the one you started with. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 17 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago My wife is not good with computers. I moved her over to Linux with vanilla gnome. It took one 1/2 hr session and she was off and running. The next day I got a bunch of questions - another half hour. About a week later she said “this is SO much better than windows - I love it!” Linux is easy to use. Installing and maintaining-no. But using - yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux They don't need to understand DEs or any of that. Press Super ("the Windows key") and start typing "mouse". Please teach people how to use PCs properly; this is the fastest way to access any program or setting in both Windows and popular DEs: Cinnamon, KDE, MATE... Windows will even happily send anything you type here to Bing for easy web search by default 😑 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago My wife is not good with computers. I moved her over to Linux with vanilla gnome. It took one 1/2 hr session and she was off and running. The next day I got a bunch of questions - another half hour. About a week later she said “this is SO much better than windows - I love it!” Linux is easy to use. Installing and maintaining-no. But using - yes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux They don't need to understand DEs or any of that. Press Super ("the Windows key") and start typing "mouse". Please teach people how to use PCs properly; this is the fastest way to access any program or setting in both Windows and popular DEs: Cinnamon, KDE, MATE... Windows will even happily send anything you type here to Bing for easy web search by default 😑 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago You can't get stuck on Linux any more than you can get stuck on Windows. Every OS is just one short install away. And if you switch to Linux, there will come a point, like there is with everyone who tries it, when you start experimenting with different distros and downloading new ones to try every week, before you probably end up settling back on the one you started with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlackArtist@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'll second PopOs, I was sick & tired of windows, I'd wanted Linux for a while and tried a few, PopOs just clicked for me and I've not had one problem gaming (which is what I mainly do). 20 min install time and not one problem since, which is about 14 months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moleverine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I’m currently on Pop for the last couple years and I’m really happy with it. Being stuck based on 22.04 is getting a little old, but at least it means no new big bugs (in theory). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I was stuck too and I had to reinstall everything to get the upgrade done. That's the Linux game permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moleverine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I’m currently on Pop for the last couple years and I’m really happy with it. Being stuck based on 22.04 is getting a little old, but at least it means no new big bugs (in theory). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I was stuck too and I had to reinstall everything to get the upgrade done. That's the Linux game permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnygnygny@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I was stuck too and I had to reinstall everything to get the upgrade done. That's the Linux game permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (5 children) Honestly, even if I don't like Snaps that much, Ubuntu/Kubuntu ain't so bad after all. I've been running it as a daily for months now on my Linux-only gaming PC and it's working quite well. There's good support for proprietary drivers and media codecs out of the box. And personally, I'd advise on using the Kubuntu version because KDE is so much closer in terms of desktop paradigm than Gnome. And Fedora ain't bad either. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It's like a Honda Civic. It's just reliable and easy to maintain with good performance and some good features and some you don't really want but are still practical. And there's a big community giving lots of support and documentation to tweak it if you want more out of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Canonical (Ubuntu) bastardized their own OS. I recommend Mint Debian for noobs; Mint is what Ubuntu used to be when it was good and going Debian gets away from Canonical entirely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wait what did they do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Snaps, their own app-in-a-box format. Which would be fine, except they're provided only by Ubuntu's closed-source Snap Store, have larger size and inferior performance because dependencies are redundantly rolled into each one, and the worst part is that they started turning nearly every app in their OS into a Snap. If you sudo apt install firefox, you get a Firefox Snap instead of a native package. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Kraiden@kbin.earth 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It's like a Honda Civic. It's just reliable and easy to maintain with good performance and some good features and some you don't really want but are still practical. And there's a big community giving lots of support and documentation to tweak it if you want more out of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It's like a Honda Civic. It's just reliable and easy to maintain with good performance and some good features and some you don't really want but are still practical. And there's a big community giving lots of support and documentation to tweak it if you want more out of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Canonical (Ubuntu) bastardized their own OS. I recommend Mint Debian for noobs; Mint is what Ubuntu used to be when it was good and going Debian gets away from Canonical entirely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wait what did they do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Snaps, their own app-in-a-box format. Which would be fine, except they're provided only by Ubuntu's closed-source Snap Store, have larger size and inferior performance because dependencies are redundantly rolled into each one, and the worst part is that they started turning nearly every app in their OS into a Snap. If you sudo apt install firefox, you get a Firefox Snap instead of a native package. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Wait what did they do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Snaps, their own app-in-a-box format. Which would be fine, except they're provided only by Ubuntu's closed-source Snap Store, have larger size and inferior performance because dependencies are redundantly rolled into each one, and the worst part is that they started turning nearly every app in their OS into a Snap. If you sudo apt install firefox, you get a Firefox Snap instead of a native package. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Snaps, their own app-in-a-box format. Which would be fine, except they're provided only by Ubuntu's closed-source Snap Store, have larger size and inferior performance because dependencies are redundantly rolled into each one, and the worst part is that they started turning nearly every app in their OS into a Snap. If you sudo apt install firefox, you get a Firefox Snap instead of a native package. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago You’re clearly wrong. The answer is Arch OK, but seriously. There are two main general use families: Debian based and redhat based Pick something that has a DE out of the box. Use it. The big ones used to be GNOME and KDE. I dont know which one is more recommended now. Find equivalent programs (ie. Notepad -> gedit, adobe pdf reader -> evince). Figure out the windows start menu equivalent: how do I access my programs? Maybe six months to a year later, learn how to use a terminal emulator. Maybe a year later, switch to arch and find out why it’s superior permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Been using Bazzite. Super simple install, been working really well. permalink fedilink source parent