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Until there is one, single distribution that the vast majority of people can install on their existing hardware, that just works, easily and conveniently, Linux will remain a relatively niche desktop OS. I think when Valve finally releases the desktop version is SteamOS, that might do the trick.
Moved my three laptops to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorrin. A week later I'm still dealing with issues setting them up.
Ngl, the move is more frustrating than linux nerds would have you believe. But a necessary move and I don't regret it.
Moved my three laptops to Ubuntu, Mint and Zorrin. A week later Iβm still dealing with issues setting them up.
dunno about zorin, but what's the issues with ubuntu/mint?
And yeah, a lot of the time people will oversell the amount of progress made with linux for noobs, it's come a long way and those OSes *should* be foolproof, but tricky and unsupported hardware be tricky and unsupported.
Doesn't help that some things are massive traps, like dual graphics card when at least one of them is NVidia, removing support for existing things via early wayland adaptation, etc etc.
"But it works on my thinkpad! β’οΈ" Well , not everyone bought a thinkpad/found one next to the trash.
But... Club Penguin was shut down years ago! π©
Once again I am asking you to apt-get update.
I actually did it. And I have abysmal knowledge of software but Linux is so fantastic. There isn't one thing that I can't do on it if it bothers me enough.
And even the one proprietary software that I do have to use (for work, plz don't ask) and comes only on Windows, works without flaw once I configure the WINE environment properly.
Tried Debian, Manjaro, Linux Mint, MX linux and loved them all. They are all fantastic. Finally settled on Mint (I know) because it is the right balance of stable and updated for me.
Fine fine...
That ain't Falco!
I sometimes do. But I'd point a gun back and say, make the penguin run this software in a way that doesn't require a power user or take a newbie three fucking weeks.
I use Linux a lot and have about ten PCs running it so far, but I literally just installed Windows 10 on a shitbox that will very rarely be online because it was my best option for the software and respecting my time. I don't work in IT. I run a small nonprofit and I used to build and upgrade/repair PCs as a side gig.
I honest to god do not think it's any harder than Windows. You're just used to the quirks and skills necessary to deal with Windows shit.
I have made laundry lists in the past of things that either you can't do with windows, or you need to regedit and hack around it. Literally basic as fuck things.
Hell, until a year or two ago, you couldn't open the location of a file from a file search, and it obscured (and still does) the full path of the file in the search pane. Not to mention how bad the search is in general.
Don't get me started on the "modern sleep" bullshit lol
It becomes apparent if you stop using Windows for a few years, when you get on it again the quirks hit back with the power of a thousand suns
Windows 10 on a shitbox!!!! You and I have very different definitions of that - lol. The 'shitboxes' I have (two of them) find it difficult to run even Windows 7, but Linux zooms on it like a breeze.
I know the frustration though. I sometimes use cracked software - mostly for learning new stuff as a hobby (CAD programming, designing etc) and they come only on Windows, SOo....
But these days free and open source have also come up so beautifully. FreeCAD is like this whole new thing entirely, so are LibreOffice, Inkscape, GIMP, LibreCAD, Scribus, Blender (never used this one though). Using LibreOffice has made it next to impossible for me to use MSOffice. But yes I do need that one or two shitty proprietary things because, just because...
i think this is how I'm getting ready to be with Minecraft vs luanti
Luanti is great, but since the topic is about switching to Linux I feel the need to point out that Minecraft Java has been running on Linux I think from the very beginning. I use prism launcher when the kids feel like playing. The setup is more complicated than using the official Linux launcher, but it is more stable.
do you always gotta be logging in and agreeing to terms and shit?
Omg, I'd never heard of luanti... it looks freakin awesome!! Thank you!
i successfully converted a Minecraft bedrock world to luanti!!!
Eat your free soup.
What is this, Northern Irland?