[Thread 1/3] I switched my 8 year old laptop over to Linux yesterday, and honestly I'm impressed. I went with CachyOS which is more focussed on performance/gaming/bleeding-edge updates, as opposed to one that focusses more on stability and ease of use, but even so I'm impressed by how well it went and how easy it was to set up.
Of course it's me, so I streamed the entire process: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2729077096
If you're a regular user who does web, email, youtube, writing documents etc. you'll be fine, you're basically 100% covered. everything you need is either installed by default or is easily available through the built-in package manager, which is basically the same thing as an app store except everything is free. Only real pain point is that the non-commecial alternatives they offer have different names, e.g. LibreOffice instead of Microsoft Office. Security updates are extremely unobtrusive, most don't require reboots and they will never force reboot you.
If you're a PC gamer...




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