• DivineDev@piefed.socialEnglish
    742·
    3 months ago

    Haha, as if I was just sitting there, content with my choice of OS instead of telling everyone how much better Linux is every chance I get!

  • binarytobis
    25·
    3 months ago

    I went with Mint recently as an initial attempt at linux. It’s clearly not the right distro for me, even a little bit of effort and I would surely find a better option. Still, my bar for success was just “better than windows”. I hit that easily, so I’m very happy and probably going to coast on Mint for quite a while.

    It’s so nice not having forced updates, or “Yes/Remind Me Later” popups, or stupid AI features I constantly have to turn off like I’m playing whack-a-mole. My OS is just the same every time I log in. You hear that?… Silence…

    • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Mint’s a great introduction to Linux. when I switched to Linux I started on Mint and stayed on it for a couple weeks before moving on to something else.

      Distro hoping on Linux is quite easy. a few years on and I still do it to this day if something new comes out that I want to try.

    • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I always say, people starting out should just go to mint. It’s the lowest friction option, and will work fine for just about every use case. Like, there is a whole world of cool stuff to try out, but that’s for after someone has an easy, stable and reliable experience. After they realized that Linux can work for just about anything, that’s the time to start messing about and trying out the more specific distros.

    • Gonzako
      3·
      3 months ago

      What are your use cases? I run a different distro on each of my machines. For example, my first linux machine is a server with Mint on it. I daily drive garuda and I bought a cheap laptop that Antix easily revived.

    • ekZeppOPEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I personally would suggest you to keep Mint for the main work and install some other distro in dual boot to test out. Some Arch derivative like CachyOS or EndeavourOS are light fast and have all the latest toys of Arch with included an easy installer and some decent software manager for beginners still not too used to the terminal. Just remember, newest stuff = less tested stuff, so keep some backup.

    • NotASharkInAManSuit
      3·
      3 months ago

      I will echo the CachyOS recommendation. I gave it a go on my laptop and I like it more than Mint. It’s similar, but a bit more streamlined and has a good few QOL improvements. I was hesitant because it’s arch, but it took considerably less setup to get where I wanted with it than Mint, especially if you’re doing any gaming, but there is more to the appeal to it over Mint than just that aspect, and it’s just smoother to use. I’m really liking it.

      Also, I love the Pac Man bars.

      • PhAzE@lemmy.ca
        31·
        3 months ago

        I liked cachyos quite a bit, but ultimately moved back to windows for now. Ill try it again later this year though.

    • Ziglin (it/they)English
      3·
      3 months ago

      Felt the same way with Ubuntu a few years ago. Then they messed up some graphics driver and I finally switched to something more my style with rolling releases and a tiling wm.

  • httperror418
    5·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been running bazzite as my main gaming OS for about a month now, actually pretty decent. Recent updates have made my Nvidia graphics card “just work” with a few launch options in Steam to support HDR and I’m very happy. I still use windows 11 to play the odd game of battlefield so I have a custom theme for grub which makes things feel fun, even if I only see it for 5 seconds 🤣

    I use Ubuntu in work daily because I HATE WSL when it comes to dealing with network bs, and thankfully my business is happy with Linux on the user side (most companies are windows or Mac shops)

        • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Also, are you going to deny the role Valve has played in helping propel Linux toward mainstream desktop use? They’ve dramatically changed the game (pun intended) in terms of compatibility, and everyone gets to benefit. That’s a good thing, right?

        • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          They’re not beholden to shareholders concerned with nothing more than the near-future value of stock. So they’re more likely to actually give a shit about their long-term viability, the value of their product, and the opinion of their customers, rather than the whims of Wall Street.

        • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I mean, public companies have to chase the quarter, private companies don’t have to. Private is a curse and a blessing. It can be better because the ownership might be reasonable, or it could be worse because the owners are insane.

          Public is predictable, for good and for ill. Private is a a wild card.

          The only safe bet is worker owned.

          • cybernihongo@reddthat.com
            1·
            3 months ago

            And private companies still exist in and play by the rules of a capitalist system, yes. A system that encourages being unethical and chasing profits. So you bet worker-owned is the best bet. That or a lot of regulation, which the US is deliberately lacking.

            So yeah as a Linux user I’m not putting 1% of my faith in a US corporation.

      • cybernihongo@reddthat.com
        3·
        3 months ago

        I have a fair bit of gripes with them, but they stay out of the way instead of embedding yourself into the system. Buy game, download it, we’re both done. You know, like an actual store, and not a parasite? Plus they’re not US-based and giving the Epstein class less tax dollars is always good.

        I’m worried about its new ownership but apart from some LLM shenanigans which they quietly backtracked on they’re still way better than the rest.