RentlarOct 26

Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)?

https://lemmy.ca/post/54018271

Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)? - Lemmy.ca

I’d like to hear people’s journeys and motivations from people who switched over the last few months, and if there were particular challenges that were faced.

Show threadmrcleanup

I switched when they announced Windows was going to start watching everything you do. So it can help you better… of course.

I started with Bazzite and didn’t really understand immutability. I had just heard it was good for gaming. I bricked my installation trying to get write access to the folder where login screen images are stored because that part happens to be immutable.

I switched to Garuda because it is also gamer focused and the system folders aren’t on lockdown. Both were super easy and have worked great.

I’m still learning what it means to be on Arch, but that’s an interesting journey, so I don’t mind.

Oct 26 at 2:08amWeb
Show threadRentlarOct 26

Bazzite gets thrown around a lot as a beginner distro nowadays, haven’t tried it myself. Its immutable quality sounded to me like it was designed to be hard for beginners to break, so I guess you should give yourself an award for that.

Hope it keeps going well, you’ll naturally get it as you use it and deal with the odd curveball.

Show threadTheMadCodgerOct 26
That’s really the gist of it. For the 96% who just need a working computer and aren’t messing with system files, immutable is perfect. You really can’t break it unless you try.