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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Am the the only weirdo who swapped over to Linux without knowing a ton about it, and didn't really have any issues? I just started with a Windows-user-friendly distro (Mint Cinnamon), and then just looked up how to get through any weird (to me) issues that I encountered over time. Gradually learned more about what's under the hood as I went.
But I see these memes and stories about "I tried Linux, it lasted a week and I went back to Windows" here and there.
It's not scary. Am I missing something? XoD
Nah, I think if you used a distro like mint on most hardware your experience is completely reasonable.
I started playing around with Nixos (seasoned Linux user).. That's a real hole though. Not hard. Just different. And weird. Very cool, but still quite a bit rough around the edges.
I've been seeing lot of these posts about Linux. Way more since I joined Lemmy. What's the deal?
I have 0 knowledge of programming/coding and feel should be as far away from Linux as possible. Is it not meant for GUI people like us?
Linux is perfectly fine for GUI users. It's really great for most common use cases. You might have issues with games (or so do I've heard), but I'm not a gamer and don't know much about this... Steam has helped make games on Linux a lot better. I just play supertux or supertuxcart or mahjong once in a blue moon and am happy.
Most things work perfectly - stick to Ubuntu or Fedora or opensuse. Once you get the hang of things, things actually feel better on the Linux desktop:
Things that you'll have to fight
Actually, my experience on Linux was much better than windows for printers. Everything can be downloaded from a repo. No need to go around looking at manufacturer websites.
Printers were a pain on Windows on Linux they worked without much tinkering at least for me
Gaming is actually pretty great on Linux now thanks to Proton. I still use Windows for games usually, but of the ones over tried in Linux, I haven't had any issues.
Is there any way to try Linux on a MacBook. My only gripe with it is lack of games. The Linux library can't be worst than what I have now.
If you have a Mac with M1/M2 chips then I've heard about great things about Asahi Linux. Not sure how it'll work with games though, it already has a hard time on ARM Macs since most games are made for Intel Macs.
I'll look into it thanks