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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.

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[–] well@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah I did. Didn't do it before purely out of not wanting to do the transitional work. But now that Microsoft's bullshittery made me angry enough to do it, I am loving it. Just Debian with xfxe4. It works, it's interesting and I learn new things about CLI and stuff. Also it doesn't feel like I have to fight my os just to have a little privacy and peace of mind. I love the: "everything is a file" thing. It just makes changing settings much more accessible. Still struggling with some things. I still do not understand the logic of the file organization system, but I think this will get better over time. Thanks to all the Debian developers and Foss developers in general. You are the true heroes.