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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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[–] pantomime@leminal.space 5 points 2 days ago

I settled on Mint and now want to hop to CachyOS. I'm not sure I'm a fan of Cinnamon; setting up the panel (aka taskbar) on multiple monitors was an absolute nightmare and I ended up just giving up. There were other hiccups getting things set up here and there, but that's the Linux life, baby.

I dual boot Windows because I need it for a few professional applications, but I swapped it to Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, have a local account, ran the ChrisTitus WinUtil to debloat and remove telemetry, and completely blocked all Microsoft-owned domains using NextDNS. It's stable, does what I need, and Microsoft doesn't need to know every time I turn my computer on.

Not strictly Linux but relevant to ditching Microsoft, I'm currently in the process of moving my projects off Github and into Codeburg for public repos and into Keybase (fully E2EE) for private repos. Fuck Microsoft's AI data-scraping bullshit.

Bonus, I also recently completely degoogled, and installed GrapheneOS on my phone. It is awesome, and was absurdly easy to set up.