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Stillhart, to linux in I feel like I'm missing out by not distro-hopping

Linux can be a hobby, not just a tool. If you want to have fun with a new hobby, distro hopping will have plenty to keep you busy. But if you just want something to run your computer and your current distro does it for you just fine, then you’re not missing out on anything but a headache.

It’s funny, I’m in an opposite situation. I don’t want to distro hop, but my current one has some issues that I’m getting a little fed up with (issues that are a result of my hardware and use case) so I am working up to swapping distros to find something with fewer issues. For me, I just want my OS to be transparent. I don’t want a hobby. That’s why it took me so long to swap to linux in the first place.

Anyways, IMHO, unless you’re really into the idea of playing with your OS as a hobby, don’t let FOMO trick you into making the mistake of throwing out what works in the hopes of greener grass.

Stillhart, to linux in Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!

I swapped last summer and landed on Pop!_OS after trying a few different options. If you game, Nobara is a great choice too. Other ones I considered were Mint, Ubuntu and SUSE Tumbleweed.

I would highly recommend trying them all with the live disk thingy. Mint didn’t even work at all on my computer for some unknown reason, which was rather surprising considering how often it’s recommended. It kept freezing right when the GUI logged in. So yeah, try em out for a little bit just to make sure there aren’t any weird incompatibilities.

Stillhart, to linux in Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...

Windows was still DOS under the hood for a long time. Win 98 was Win 95. Win 8 was Win 7. This is nothing new for MS.

Stillhart, to linux in Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...

Windows 98 enters the chat

Stillhart, to linux in Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this month

This is Clippy v2.0 and I’m sure it will be just as helpful.

Stillhart, to linux in Friendly reminder

Thanks, all setup!

Stillhart, to linux in Friendly reminder

Linux noobie here. Any tips on what to search for for instructions on how to do this? Bonus points if it has a GUI and is easy to use.

Stillhart, to linux in Dual Booting: How in god's name?!

I’m no expert, but if you’re installing both from scratch, my understanding is it’s easier to install Windows first.

Stillhart, to linux in I didn't know where else to ask this, if there is another comm i should ask please lmk. Do you have any suggestions for wireless headphones i can use with linux?

You might check out the 1More wireless headphones. They’re my go-to recommendation for someone who wants something that’s not garbage but doesn’t want to pay full audiophile prices. I haven’t heard this particular headphone from them, but they’re known to have good sound quality for the price, generally by sacrificing some build quality. However, this beats out a lot of the comparably priced competition that sacrifices both.

Stillhart, to linux in I didn't know where else to ask this, if there is another comm i should ask please lmk. Do you have any suggestions for wireless headphones i can use with linux?

My laptop has BT built in and it works fine with everything I’ve connected to it so I don’t see why any BT headphones wouldn’t work. I think you probably just need to get a BT card/dongle for your system and then you can use whatever headphones you want. So the question you probably should be asking is: what BT card/dongle works with my system?

Stillhart, to linux in Nobara 39 Officially Released

Because of the switch to KDE from Gnome? Or something else I’m missing?

Stillhart, to linux in What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"?

Garuda. I tried it because it’s supposed to be “gamer” oriented. I thought it meant it would make it easier/smoother for gaming. What they actually meant was it felt like being locked inside a gaming PC with flashing and spinning RGB lights everywhere. No fucking thanks.

Stillhart, to linux in As a normal, boring user that does nothing special other than browse the internet and the occasional "casual coding" -- what am I supposed to do with 32GiB of ram?

Yeah, that day when you got your first whole MB of RAM… I remember mine was on SIPP chips.

Stillhart, to linux in Just moved to linux

Easier for a linux noobie. Some people want easy, some people like to fiddle. It’s good to have choices.

Stillhart, to linux in Just moved to linux

If you’re using nvidia and like Fedora, try Nobara. It’s gaming focused and comes with nvidia drivers.

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