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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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

submitted 3 days ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34247715

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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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Love it (CachyOS). For the most part, everything "just works." I have no plans to go back—not even wishful musings.

There have been a few...let's call them...stnanks.

Not all of the sensors were recognized for my motherboard out of the box. The important ones, like basic CPU temp and a few others were fine, but more granular ones, like fan speed, T~junc~, T~die~, etc. were missing. I like to apply my own fan curves based on various sensor conditions, so this was a sticking point initially.
- Thankfully, the Arch wiki and a thanklessly maintained dkms module for this specific (problematic) chipset came to my rescue. Pretty easy to get set up.
A small number of very specific games and mods don't work on Linux. If you exclusively play competitive online games, there's a good chance you are going to be out of luck.
- I have friends that play League, but I'm not willing to give up Linux just for that one game. Plenty of other multiplayer games out there that work just fine.
Audio routing is both easier and more difficult.
- There's great GUIs to manage audio connections.
- Trying to get automatic connections going, like with VoiceMeeter, is a lot more technical and involves learning Lua and Pipewire/Wireplumber. Not impossible, and audio tends to work just fine otherwise, but if you want a specific custom setup, it will take some effort.

Overall, I wouldn't trade what I have for Microsoft any day of the week. I'm done being their product.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Recently learned about cachy and installed it yesterday to give it a try. I love it. It's like arch, so that's nice if you're already familiar with arch, but a little less manual, and more functional out of the box; literally every bit of hardware wierdness on my 2in1 laptop just worked out of the box. Also, I love the fish terminal.