As someone who switched to Linux over a year ago. Quit bitching, and switch.
this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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well, maybe you should switch. stare
Ok, what's the best distro to switch to?
My pick is Fedora. Really tho you shouldn’t have a problem as long as you avoid Manjaro. (Sry manjaro bros)
If youre new to Linux I always recommend Linux mint. Rock solid Distros that can even be used by your 80yo grandma.
Distros are for noobs. Real men just use the kernel.
This guy is genuinely immune to the "Ughm, akctually it's GNU + Linux, or as I prefer to call it, GNU/Linux..." copypasta, holy crap.
You may just be the chosen one :O
Or as I like to call it, Linux + Nothin'
As in, Sanders?
As in
One that seems nice to you.
I've been using Linux mint for over a year now. The only problems I've ever needed Windows for is
a) playing obscure Japanese games
b) translating said Japanese games
I've been able to get LunaTranslator to hook into a visual novel by running them both in the same Bottle. Textractor worked in the past too. Not sure about other types of games though, I've only tested a few visual novels. And getting the visual novel itself working in the Bottle can be a bit of a crapshoot. So far I've had luck using the soda runner for my Bottles, and then in the Bottle settings, add the environment variable LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 and set the language to "Japanese".
If you just want translation then LunaTranslator should be enough, but I do sentence mining, so I have LunaTranslator and a VN running inside a Bottle, and LunaTranslator connecting to RenjiXD texthooker page (running in a browser outside Bottles) using the websocket method (in LunaTranslator enable "network service", then in RenjiXD texthooker page settings connect to ws://localhost:2333/api/ws/text/origin, more info here). Then I can scan words using Yomi-tan and add them to my Anki flashcards. I did have to write some hacky scripts to add screenshots and audio to my flashcards as well, if anybody is interested I can share them.
What about Windoes makes translating easier?
I can't really find any ocr-based local translators for Linux
Wine?
Doesn't work. Wine is famously bad at allowing multiple instances to interact within the same container
It took a bit of time, but using a protontricks launcher, I’ve been able to do this for a trainer or two on a game on Steam.
that's why you use heroic or bottles or a number of other wine/proton manager launchers
complains about a thing
Gets a solution suggested that solves issues
Complains about having to hear solution
Okay then, stick with your bullshit Microshit problems
“Man, I’ve had a headache for a long as I can remember.”
“Here, try some aspirin. At least give it a shot.”
“No thanks, I need the headache. It lets me play Fortnite.”
There’s a dumb anime game in Steam next fest called Fate Trigger. It’s not innovative at all, but it runs fine under dwproton, which lets me experience the thrill of battle royale that I’d never been willing to stomach Fortnite to try out.
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Step 1: Just don't pick Ubuntu
Step 2: Refer to Step 1
Optional step: Don't pick GNOME for the Desktop Environment lol
I honestly don't understand the Ubuntu hate.
Then again, my computer usage is just a glorified browser now as all my app needs are on the cloud anyways.
if you want something that just works, and don't have any special requirements, ubuntu is a decent option
Idk, Gnome is quite nice. The biggest downside of gnome is the lack of Settings, but apart from that I really like the look and feel.
So which one should I pick? I have a decent spare pc at the moment and was thinking about trying it out for Linux.
Define "decent".
I tend to recommend Linux Mint, it's pretty easy to grasp for noobs (i've installed on two of my family's laptops, no complaints). Zorin OS also seems nice.
I don't know, I don't know much about hardware. A gaming laptop from 5 years ago. Still usable today, ran windows 11. I only upgraded because I flooded the keyboard and it stopped working.
I will try that Mint, seems nice.
Well, i made the final switch to linux myself last year and i'm pretty happy all things considered. But while a lot of things improved over the last 10 years some deal breakers are still around. In my case: just this week an update broke my desktop enviroment entirely for the SECOND time since august. I couldnt even log in. Yeah, i had automatic back ups and the issue was solved in 5 minutes.
But thats not my point. Every single linux install i had going since 2012 fucking died on it itself at some point because of an update. On three different thinkpads, three different tower PCs, running like 6 or 7 different distros. On some of these thinkpads i literally only used the browser to watch youtube and shitpost for months. Nothing else. Didnt touch the console once and never ran some random c&p command i didnt understand. Didnt install anything else. Also i used normie distros like ubuntu and the like. Still every single time at some point an update killed the entire GUI/OS. In the past i just switched back to Windows.
Now Windows is so bad that i learned to deal with this shit. Maybe i'm unlucky. Maybe i'm stupid. But this is just a constant for me in the linux experience. IDK how i could recommend Linux to my normie friends/family. I let massgrave run for them for LTSC or extended support stuff. Done, and i will probably never hear a thing about that OS/PC again. Linux? Nah, i'm good. I dont have the time to do first level support for them if something breaks.
/Also atm i just have the time to geek out and invest time in my OS. Just 3 years ago that would have been a no-go. Things i use for leisure just needed to work in my very limited spare time. Back then i'd rather have taken a nap than to deal with tech issues.
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