...and it went very smoothly. I installed on a spare PC for now, but I could absolutely see this becoming my daily driver. I'm mostly surprised at how snappy and responsive it is, even on 10 year old hardware!

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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I find this funny because I've been aware of, and even using, Linux for a lot longer than I have been using Lemmy (or Lemmy or even ActivityPub has even existed). Are many people really becoming more aware of Linux because they are moving from Reddit to Lemmy and then noticing people talking about Linux here?

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  • [–] [S] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I've always been aware of it, but I guess I just needed the extra push. Being on Lemmy has been like having one of those Civ missionaries in my base spamming "spread religion" for 2 years, and I think they've successfully converted me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I hate them, wish I could go all Mao on their asses. But yeah, Linux rocks. Heard great things about Pop. Looking forward for your meme posts asking for help here.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I subscribed to a bunch of Linux communities today with that in mind, but I haven't drilled down to figure out which are the most active or are open to random questions.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I was generally planning on switching once windows 10 died but being on Lemmy helped convince me to not only switch earlier, but also I just dove right in with arch. I'd say it was like 2/3 Lemmy and 1/3 Proton that made me switch not because I felt I needed to but because I was actually excited to

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