I do dual boot linux on a laptop i have that is 10 years old (linux mint). I would consider myself ‘intermediate’ when it comes to knowledge of software and stuff, and I mostly find Linux pretty frustrating to use beyond simply browsing the web, it feels like there is always a byzantine process to do stuff that Windows can do easily without hassle. Not that I really like Windows at all. Otherwise, I’d use it all the time.
There’s a bit of a learning curve to dial in all the stuff you regularly do with windows on a linux based OS. But by making your daily driver a linux based machine you’ll be kind of forced to figure it out. Took me maybe a month to fully get each little thing setup but now I have more versatile resources to handle the same tasks. Worth it alone to stop the invasive tracking by Microsoft to me. Plus with all the easily accessible open sourced software available in linux, I now often wonder what took me soo long to drive in
I do for all my machines except the daily driver and at work.
I want to switch over my main system to Linux but I’m putting it off because I feel like I need a full day or two to just transfer simple things like browser info, save games, find utility apps, etc. Plus a bunch of games that I like playing still don’t work on Linux. I also haven’t looked into how to attempt to play “unlicensed” games on Linux yet.
I’ve been using Linux for 3 years in college
My Linux distro hop went ZorinOS -> Fedora Workstation -> Nobara Linux -> Now (VanillaOS)
Hows VanillaOS compare to Fedora/Nobara for school? I work + take courses at the college and 99% of the time Fedora works wonderfully. The only issue I’ve ran into is using Respondous Lockdown Browser as it has to be done with a VM and they don’t like VMs whatsoever
Works great, I’ve never had issues. I’ve only had one prof that used lockdown and which I told them. I use Linux, and it doesn’t support it, so they made accommodations (Schools are required to). I use the containers in the software to install various scripts for marketing etc. Flatpak’s are nice and easy to use. It has native AppImageLauncher support.
AppImageLauncher is the move if you use any app images for sure! Super sweet it’s ready to rock on install with VanillaOS
no installation needed
Exactly, I was referencing the VanillaOS install. I’m setting up a VM soon to test the waters 100%
