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How is your Linux Adventure going? (lemm.ee)

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Probably like many of you i switched to Linux. I first used it in 2012 when i heard about it in School. Back then i used Ubuntu, but could not figure it out how to play my Games on CD, DVDs and Steam so i switched back to Windows.

Over the Years i often tried it out again but had various problems with it.

Now, thanks to the Trump Donald, i have a real reason to no longer use Microshaft Proudcts. Our Boycott!

So far i tried Linux Mint, KDE Neon, Kubuntu, ZorinOS, PopOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Gnu Guix, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, Antergos. That is over 10 years.

What i found out:

i dont like gnome, i find the ui weird. xfce is too cobbled together imo and ugly, lxqt too.
i like kde and budgie
im currently on kubuntu and gnu guix :)

Im too much distrohopping bevause of small annoyances. its not a good time spent! lol

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

It's going. Currently, I'm on Bazzite and it's doing well enough for my purposes, but Nvidia support on Linux is so shitty that I'm still not sure if it's worth it. I still keep a dual-boot of Windows for gaming, since a lot of stuff just flat-out doesn't work and the logs point me to unresolved issues with my drivers. A lot of simple games work out of the box, but it seems like anything online and anything requiring real horsepower requires me to be on Windows to work.

Aside from that, I do basically everything else in Linux, but I don't really consider that to be high praise. It'd be almost impressive if it struggled with basic internet browsing and video-streaming, though even that hasn't been perfect. I remember having some issues with certain webplayers trying to use Opera on Ubuntu, but I haven't noticed any issue with Firefox on Bazzite.

I'm still not 100% on Atomic distros. It kinda feels like I have someone standing over my shoulder saying "No, don't change that." I think with how much of a novice I am, I actually need that. I've definitely bricked OS' in the past by not fully understanding the commands I'm executing. However, it does feel limiting in a bad way.