chocrates comments on Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going?

Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? (libretechni.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca 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?

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 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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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 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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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 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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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 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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