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Frustrated Windows users are switching to Linux because of Microsoft’s Windows 11 shenanigans (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Which distro did you stay on? I was trying Manjaro but Plasma had random freezes and stutters all the time, XFCE felt like an unfinished product and GNOME was even worse than XFCE. Solus Budgie gave me only black screens, and most others also didn't run well on my old machine. Linux Mint runs stable so far and looks stunning and it also runs my games better than Windows 10 so that's a win.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Xfce is pretty polished; however, you need to theme it to look good. On the other hand, even some themes from the 2000s should just work, so there's that. Either way, Cinnamon looks quite good, so if you're happy with it, good for you!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    I tried Manjaro for a while and had the same issues with KDE Plasma, which originate with the Nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, Manjaro is pretty poorly maintained and always manages to break itself within a couple months.

    If you're looking a for a super stable and reliable Arch-based distro, try Garuda. I've been running Garuda with KDE for over 7 months without a single issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I wanted something with cutting edge. I like hardware upgrades. I also wanted something I could game on without a lot of fuss, because I was new to Linux. And not that it matters, because you can switch easily, I wanted KDE.

    I ended up with Garuda. I'm pretty happy with it.

    I'm glad I did choose something which keeps up with the kernel, because I was having power management issues and monitor issues on every other distro I tried before this one, and none of them affected me here. I'm pretty sure the combo or a newer kernel and Plasma 6.something is what did it.

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