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I’ll go Linux when I don’t need any more windows based software, and there’s been almost 0 progress made in that sector in the last 5 years.
Between games that don’t run on Linux (Apex, CoD, any other shooter) and professional tools such as Lightroom and photoshop, there’s no way to switch to Linux without needing to boot back to windows multiple times per day.
Weird everyone suggests Mint, when it's way less user friendly then KDE Fedora. I mean, I guess on old hardware Mint is good, but anything newer (like the last 4-5 years) Fedora is pretty much set and forget.
Same with gaming, Bazzite is a WHOLE lot better than Mint.
Mint is on kernel 6.8 what are you talking about(Alteast mainline Mint not LMDE)
what are the opinions on Bazzite, Garuda, Trisquel? are these ideal for those coming from windows?
Bazzite is probably fine
the first two can be, but i don't recommend trisquel to those coming from windows
is it hard? or why?
it's not hard, but it only specifically consists of free software. that can be confusing and some hardware won't work
some hardware
You mean nvidia stuff or could be others? there are open-source alternatives for everything that can be considered general use
including, but not limited to nvidia. network cards might be another issue. yes i know that there are open source alternatives and i most definitely choose foss where i can but people that just came from windows aren't likely to care.
They're certainly somewhat more exotic choices.
Bazzite is currently seeing a hype wave, because it's strongly inspired by what the Steam Deck does. But that also means, it's somewhat built like an OS for a console (or in fact like Android), in that it's a transactional/atomic distribution.
This means, you can't easily make changes to the OS itself, only to the applications you install and of course your personal files.
It certainly makes it more difficult to break, but it's still a relatively new thing in the Linux world and particularly you might still run into some limitations when trying to use it as a full-fledged desktop (depending on what you're looking to do with your PC).
Garuda Linux is based on Arch Linux, which is what we refer to as "bleeding edge" (as opposed to "cutting edge"), because you get the newest version of all the software on your PC just a few days after it got released by the respective developers. Sometimes, those newest versions will have bugs.
You'll find folks who'll tell you they've been running Arch since they were two years old and never had a problem, but ultimately, why risk it?
And yeah, Trisquel is also getting basically a hard no from me. It's a distribution for purists. For people who want nothing to do with the corporate world, who'd rather not be able to do something than rely on proprietary software.
If you're coming from Windows, the chances of you even really knowing what that means are basically non-existent, so I doubt it's what you want...
on desktop, i'm coming with windows, but i do have good relations with the linux kernel, as i am an android custom rom user for 2 years now, i've been on PerryRice kernel, now on Helios. And there are 114 user apps on my phone, and 32 are closed source, so that means 72% of my android is open-source. And my phone is also rooted and has a custom recovery installed. I use my phone for everything, Windows only for gaming and homework. I already daily-driven Tumbleweed in Virtualbox for a little bit more than one week and it was pretty good, i could handle it mostly, despite many people saying it is hard to use for a beginner. But i'm still very new to linux and if something seriously breaks, i doubt i could fix it by myself, so it would be good if the desktop enviroment didn't delete itself, the boot won't corrupt, and no update would brick my system (ik how to solve bricking on android, but desktop is an another story). So out of Bazzite and Garuda, which is more suitable for me?
Oof, so I came to Linux also with a history of Android Custom ROMs. And well, I had quite a bit of frustration, because my phone was so much more capable and customizable than my (Windows) desktop.
In that regard, Linux has been an absolute fucking delight. And it kind of took Android's place, in that I now prefer tinkering with my desktop and am frustrated with how incapable Android is.
If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, I have one recommendation to make:
You want something with KDE Plasma as the desktop environment. It's extremely customizable, extremely feature-rich. Other desktops, as well as more minimal GUIs ("window managers"), can be fun, too, but for starting out, I would recommend KDE.
If your Tumbleweed looked like this, that was KDE:
Well, kind of the default for both Bazzite and Garuda is KDE, so this doesn't tell you terribly much. 😅
But I'm coming at it in this roundabout way to tell you that I'm on Tumbleweed and well, therefore I'm probably biased, but I don't really see why you're looking for something else, if you liked Tumbleweed.
openSUSE has the best implementation of KDE (by some fine details, but still). It's got a really nice snapshotting system (btrfs for the filesystem + Snapper).
Garuda seems to have adopted that from openSUSE, although I don't know, if it's quite as fully integrated in Garuda.
Those snapshots will save you, if your system should ever break.
Basically, if your filesystem and bootloader are still intact, there's a pretty easy way to rollback: https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book-reference/cha-snapper.html#sec-snapper-snapshot-boot (should work the same on Garuda)
But yeah, I would kind of recommend against Bazzite due to it being a relatively new concept (with the caveat that I haven't dabbled around with it yet; I simply wouldn't know, if it's actually already very mature).
I should also say that I actually lied, I'm not on Tumbleweed, but rather Slowroll, which is a semi-official flavor of openSUSE. It's essentially Tumbleweed, but you get one big upgrade once per month and only security updates in between. While the snapshots can easily rollback the breakages, eventually I got mildly annoyed at having to do so once or twice per year on Tumbleweed, when a bad update made it through, so I'm trying out Slowroll. Might be an option for you, too.
And finally, if you feel like I'm coddling you a lot less in this comment than in the last: Yep.
Since you're dicking around with Android Custom ROMs, you'll be fine, no matter what you choose. I mean, Linux will still be a humbling experience, because it has no qualms showing you how much you don't yet know about computers, but it also loves to teach you. The most important 'skill' is having fun when tinkering with technology, which you've got.
A lot of the newbie recommendations, and that people tell you Tumbleweed is hard to use, are like that, because we just don't know who's asking these questions. Some people want to get away from Windows, but have no interest in learning. And then, yeah, I'll also sometimes recommend Linux Mint, because its keyboard shortcuts are exactly like Windows, even though it actively got in the way of my desire to tinker, when I initially switched to it...
I finally switched when I got truly familiar with the terminal in collage and then I happened to get a hand down pc to play around with. Installed Linux on it, and it surprisingly quickly became my main computer, especially once I got it a proper graphics card.
Ughh my RDP into work is the only reason I have a minimal windows install :/
I love mint, but I can't get work's IT support people to go near it (needs the preshared key and some settings to get their Sharepoint VPN working). It grates having to boot into windows!
Really hope more people at work ask for Linux support and I don't need 11, but not holding my breath. :)
praying for valorant to get a mac port before they kill win10. the second we get that port, i am nuking windows from my drive
Nah, not for me. I've known to use Windows OSes beyond their EOL support. I remember having still been on Windows XP while everyone else went to Vista and then to Win7. When I got to Win8, it was only because I bought another computer from a friend that had it, that was how I got upgraded.
I don't abide by when Microsoft wants me to upgrade by, if they can pull their heads out of their asses (unlikely) for Windows 12, then I might consider.
right? end of support has never meant end of useful life in my experience. I went from 98 to vista. don't inconvenience yourself is my main advice to people looking to switch. Shit I'll probably be installing win 10 LTSC at some point even though I'm all in on Linux as a daily driver already.
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