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Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? (libretechni.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

OQB @kiol@discuss.online

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I need them to decide on Wayland or x and make the damn switch. I'm tired of switching servers for apps.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    They did. It's Wayland. Everything should work in Wayland now. It's the default for everything, even xfce (4.20+), and x compatibility is handled by xwayland.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I've been running Ubuntu lts waiting on a new one, so it's a me problem as usual. Getting new hardware soon, I'll play with some big boy distros

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    You can jump to 25.10 for the short-term release, and there's a preview available for 26.04 (officially releases in April), both of which have Wayland by default in Plasma and I believe Gnome.
    Though I would strongly recommend you try Debian, version 13 (Trixie) includes Plasma 6 and of course Wayland by default.
    It's a bright future.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I don't remember why but I was trying to stay on Ubuntu lts on this computer. Honestly I need to just wipe the drive and start over.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    It was probably from before Debian included the non-free firmware in the installation media, so you had to scramble to put those on a floppy disk or something, all while your system was out of commission.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    🤣 I missed floppy's but I remember those days

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I miss Zip Disks. Those things were so cool and so outclassed by perpendicular progress.

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