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My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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It is a nice look into the switch from a perspective of a windows user. But since he is experimenting there is a also a lot of bad choices or wrong information.
He gripes about things not going smoothly while replacing his whole desktop environment (when was the last time you replaced your explorer.exe?).
And clamping to old ways of doing things. Which is understandable but would go a lot better with a little bit of guidance. Why force Chrome while Firefox was probably pre-installed or Chromium also works. Using Filezilla while Dolphin can probably do it in an integrated way. Using Notepad++ while Kate probably covers most of his use-cases.
This doesn't invalidate his experiences but it does indicate a resistance to switch.
There is some valid criticisms as well though. The docking station that bugs out or KDE Connect that is confused. We can improve those things, but hardly force Logitech to bring their (horrible) software suite to Linux.
Maybe he should give it another few weeks to actually feel that while his old ways might not transfer over 1:1 the new ways give him a lot more power.
From the article, I wish them the best but this line of thinking is not the Linux way:
If you're wanting to give Linux a try, you gotta be willing to let go of the Windows way. Chrome is not better than chromium because Google. Don't complain that a specific app is hard to get running if you aren't willing to try the alternatives, especially if there's literally a Linux version maintained by the same developer