Jon S. von TetzchnerSep 14, 2025

I have finally moved over to Linux as my primary platform. In many ways it is like coming home, as I loved working on UNIX machines in the past. Of course, I have been using Linux as a secondary OS for a long time, but I finally made the switch. Microsoft cancelling Windows 10 and the direction Windows 11 is going was just too much for me.

@ruario helped the transition, by making it easy for me to work with multiple concurrent @Vivaldi installs.
That is a must for me as I test a lot of builds at the same time.

#Windows #Linux #computing #Technology #AI #Vivaldi

Show threadzbrandoSep 16, 2025
@jon Please post your feelings vs. Windows and if you use a laptop how is the battery life.
Show threadJon S. von Tetzchner

@zbrando

Vivaldi looks and feels the same, so that is good. I use Vivaldi for most things.I was already using LibreOffice, so that is not much of a change either. I prefer the terminal on Linux to that of Windows. I spent a bit of time customizing the setup, but not much was needed there either for the OS.

The big difference is really the things that are not there. Things like Copilot, AI, OneDrive, profiling, ads, etc. It is kind of like installing a new PC and finding someone has already cleared out all the junk. Recently when setting up new Windows computers, I have spent more than 1 hour just removing stuff and still finding there are things on there I do not want and typically it does not take long for things to reappear.

I think I might be getting a bit better battery life and things might be a bit faster, but it is hard to compare as I installed Linux on a different computer than I was using for Windows before.

Sep 16, 2025 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadzbrandoSep 16, 2025
@jon Thank you for the detailed impressions. I will probably migrate my old PCs too (3rd gen Intel i7) but I will need Windows in emulation or dual boot for a CAD/CAM software.
I only need to test LibreOffice with some MS Office files and find another cloud provider for backup files.