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

submitted 2 months ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.world

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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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[–] khanh@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

its nice. just that it runs out of ram when using multiple apps compared to on windows, but i couldnt care less if thats a sacrifice i have to make to escape big tech.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I switched about a year ago to fedora cinnamon. Less frustration than windows, even though cinnamon kinda sucks compared to KDE that I switched to immediately after the first time I tried it (should have tried it months sooner, literally only took a few mins to install and check out).

While I wouldn't say that there were zero problems, I did notice that I spend less time troubleshooting or searching for how to change something on Linux than I did on windows by the end. Also, going from empty disk to gaming involved fewer steps, at least with an AMD gpu.

[–] Consumer2747@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to make this happen. Last block for me is editing documents on my iPhone. I haven’t found a LibreOffice-compatible mobile suite that is solid yet. Latest try was Collabra Office but the navigation within-document just seems buggy and weirdly idiosyncratic. Am i missing something there or can anyone recommend an alternative?

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[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've been using Linux since 2008... It's been fine. I do not miss windows. I get to deal with enough of windows bullshit at work.

[–] quips@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 months ago

Every game needs a stupid command argument, things are broken, and everything is incompatible, but its largely been awesome.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

I switch to linux back around 1999 from HP-UX.

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