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I'm one the verge. I switched all my secondary devices to Linux and all of a sudden, I hardly heard fans running any more. I literally had enough with Russian

by mrjin 4y ago

I'm one the verge. I switched all my secondary devices to Linux and all of a sudden, I hardly heard fans running any more. I literally had enough with Russian roulette like Windows Update, all kinds of spyware for a long time but it's really really hard to find substitution for some of the stuffs I use also the drives were not that good on Linux.

red-iron-pine 4y ago
Switched over ~10 years ago. Was rough then -- pretty dang easy now. Fedora 36 is pretty smooth. Only issue was a nvidia driver update a couple of years ago, but was easy enough to unwind. Otherwise no issues. It's like that Neil Stephenson passage where he compares BeOS to the Batmobile, MacOS to a Lexus, Windows to a station wagon, and Linux to a tank, with the problem being that people are scared to learn how to drive a tank -- even though it's free.
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  Buddy, Fedora 35 killed TimeShift accidentally and countless people had non-functioning backups. That's a doozy you are overlooking completely.
- znpy 4y ago
  I switched from ubuntu to debian and from debian to fedora (37). Fedora is just great. And being a red hat certified sysadmin, I'm liking it even more.
  - cobbaut 4y ago
    I am old enough to have had years before Windows even existed. So I never switched to Windows, dodged a bullet there :)
    - mrjin 4y ago
      Lol. I used Windows coz I wanted a GUI but BSDs or Linux was not good enough then.
  - dralley 4y ago
    My primary dislike is that gnome continually focuses on touch-centric UI over desktop UI and occasionally makes changes just for the hell of it which bother me and break extensions and themes. The recent changes to buttons just feel like they're chasing Android. Despite all of that, when combined with a few extensions and customizations it remains my favorite despite experience, despite the vanilla experience being sub par. But not when it's broken obviously. It's a love hate relationship.
    - mrjin 4y ago
      I don't know why, I never liked Gnome. I used to use KDE, now I'm mostly using LXDE.
  - mrjin 4y ago
    There seems to be issues with Wayland graphics driver in Fedora 37, after switching to X the issue went away.
- mrjin 4y ago
  You were tough. I tried to switch a couple of times during the past decade or so, but had to give up due to various reason. This time I guess I might have to crack through as M$ really really pissed me off.

by mrjin 4y ago

red-iron-pine 4y ago

Switched over ~10 years ago. Was rough then -- pretty dang easy now. Fedora 36 is pretty smooth. Only issue was a nvidia driver update a couple of years ago, but was easy enough to unwind. Otherwise no issues. It's like that Neil Stephenson passage where he compares BeOS to the Batmobile, MacOS to a Lexus, Windows to a station wagon, and Linux to a tank, with the problem being that people are scared to learn how to drive a tank -- even though it's free.

hammyhavoc 4y ago
Buddy, Fedora 35 killed TimeShift accidentally and countless people had non-functioning backups. That's a doozy you are overlooking completely.
znpy 4y ago
I switched from ubuntu to debian and from debian to fedora (37). Fedora is just great. And being a red hat certified sysadmin, I'm liking it even more.
- cobbaut 4y ago
  I am old enough to have had years before Windows even existed. So I never switched to Windows, dodged a bullet there :)
  - mrjin 4y ago
    Lol. I used Windows coz I wanted a GUI but BSDs or Linux was not good enough then.
- dralley 4y ago
  My primary dislike is that gnome continually focuses on touch-centric UI over desktop UI and occasionally makes changes just for the hell of it which bother me and break extensions and themes. The recent changes to buttons just feel like they're chasing Android. Despite all of that, when combined with a few extensions and customizations it remains my favorite despite experience, despite the vanilla experience being sub par. But not when it's broken obviously. It's a love hate relationship.
  - mrjin 4y ago
    I don't know why, I never liked Gnome. I used to use KDE, now I'm mostly using LXDE.
- mrjin 4y ago
  There seems to be issues with Wayland graphics driver in Fedora 37, after switching to X the issue went away.
mrjin 4y ago
You were tough. I tried to switch a couple of times during the past decade or so, but had to give up due to various reason. This time I guess I might have to crack through as M$ really really pissed me off.