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

submitted 5 days ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] ptc075@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

I started baby steps when Steam stopped supporting Windows7. I built my main gaming PC to dual boot W10 & Ubuntu maybe 3 years ago? And that just worked so-so honestly. Felt like everytime I went to play co-op games w my friends, whatever game we picked that weekend didn't work correctly in Linux. But because I had Win10 right there, I also never forced myself to learn anything either. Biggest thing I could find was the problems seemed to be related to the Nvidia drivers, but never could quite figure out how to update them.

Recently I doubled down with a new PC, and this time it's Ubuntu only. Made an effort to find native Linux apps where possible, learned a few terminal commands, forced myself to also learn Bottles (play Windows games), and bought a Radeon video card instead of Nvidia. Learning curve for what I wanted wasn't nearly as high as I feared. If anything, I think it's pushing me to consider distro shopping, as I'm starting to understand why folks don't like snaps. Looks like Mint will be my next stop.

Biggest challenge so far is there's a few apps I use that just don't have a great Linux equivalent. AutoHotKey is the biggest one, but I see there's some new options here I didn't try yet. https://lemmy.zip/post/47337622 I have not dicked around with my 3D printer software yet, but I'm sure that will be a hurdle.