merci3

@merci3@lemmy.world

Brazilian 🇧🇷 he/him

FOSS and art enthusiast, chilling in the fediverse.

Also me in the fediverse 😌 @gustavomercier @merci3

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merci3,

I use Linux for about 2 years

Up until February this year, I was still using a 14 year old DDR2 desktop. Windows 10 started to get quite slow and had some annoying crashes (mainly the fault of my goofy old hardware, of course)

I learned about Linux as an alternative through a Linux Tech Tips video about gaming on Linux, and Valve’s announcement of the Steam Deck, I was also interested in FOSS apps as alternative to proprietary ones.

Decided to try Linux Mint. With no prior experience with Linux, lack of luck finding good tutorials, and some weird thing happening with my games not launching, I had a very rough start.

But thanks to Mint, suddenly my DDR2 desktop got a lot smoother :D also, all of my drivers worked out of the box, and I got very surprised with Linux’s plug-and-play hardware capabilities.

So I decided to learn how to use it, tinkered alot with my system, and broken it alot! It was kind of frustrating, but fun at same time.

And without noticing, I had already learned lots about Linux from a more technical, and then, philosophical point of view.

Now I’m a great fan of Linux and FOSS, and have been helping friends to move to it by giving support with issues I had in the past.

merci3,

Rhythmbox

merci3,

Yeah, every experience is valid! I was just stating my opinion about the general state of Linux installers, but the experience varies alot from person to person. Glad you made it to Linux tho 😄

merci3,

I think they should improve their website download page, and have an easier installer before I can recommend it as a first distro to someone. But that’s just my opinion. Some people even get Arch as their first distro, so…

merci3,

Oh, I didn’t mean to oppose your post or anything! My bad 😅, Just tried to point some things out.

merci3,

Screenshot_20231014-001422_1

merci3,

Really like this distro, waiting for Orchid so I can finally stop hopping

merci3,

Oh, I was getting ready to answer you but it seems like candle_lighter already did it for me, and you managed to find your own answers :)

To put it in few words: I just like how Vanilla’s implementation of immutability makes it so simple to use.

merci3,

I thought the joke would be that it was gonna sting itself 💀 goofy ahh me

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