You’re gonna love it! What distro did you go with?
Went with Mint. Seemed user friendly for someone new and is great so far.
Nice! That was how I started out too.
Now set up a virtual machine and install Arch on it.
If you want to really learn Linux, that is. After that, you might just settle for pure Debian.
Yeah I started with mint a few years back, expecting to distro-hop… I’m still on mint.
Yes the Mint trial version is free for 3 months, then you have to create a Linux account and signup on their website to purchase activation key for the full upgrade to unlock changing themes and recieving updates unless you’re okay with occasional popup reminders every 2-minutes that your Linux copy has not been activated. /s lol
Had me in the first half…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed way too hard at this ☠️
Holy fuck. I am someone with Win 10 and was thinking about trying Linux Mint and then your post made me say WTF, should I investigate something else?
I’m glad the /s was added because it seemed wrong, but then I was second guessing. Absolutely hilarious though! Got me to laugh after.
There’s a package called
activate-linuxthat puts the activation warning overlay on the screen in case you ever feel homesick.
…and there’s Ubuntu advertising its pro subscription in the terminal.
That’s too fuckin funny
Just so you know, the Arch free trial is 6 months
Because that is the maximum time an average Linux user can stand without trying out a new Distro.
Actually for many people rolling release is a cure for that issue because it’s the extensive version upgrades (that also like to fail) which often gets people to the point of reinstalling then trying another distro while being at it.
I’m using the same arch install on my home server for 10 years now.
You’re not wrong…
I hear you can extend the free trial by telling random people you use Arch. Just what I’ve heard. Linux Mint started the same program from what I gather.
That explains sooooooooooooooooo much
I envy the people who live a life that enables them to just ditch Windows like that.
One day…
I switched like 25 years ago. For a long time I had a Windows partition for booting up games, until Microsoft stopped accepting my old licenses. Luckily I really didn’t care at that point.
What’s Holding you back?
Proprietary software required for work.
Vmware, lutris
GPU-accelerated?
Yep
I thought virtualising GPU effectively was not possible, since the both the host as the guest are using it?
Upgraded my father-in-law from Windows 10 to Linux Mint last week. I use Arch btw on all my stuff, but that’s no beginner’s distro. He’s very pleased - basically used it for browsing and some light office work, has hardly noticed the difference. One more person off Windows forever.
yesss join us
This is my favourite meme format of all time
Welcome to the team
Me too, but he covered the wrong guy’s face.
The guy on the right makes these update posts about his friendships.
Lol oops
dual boot or single boot? and is this on your main device?
Single boot. And yup, main device. Bye, bye, Windows 👋
Yeah I made the switch and finally moved my daily driver of to kubuntu and it’s been surprisingly painless. Only thing I’ve really struggled with is finding a music player I like.
Welcome!🐧 Personally I like seeing giant album covers and synced lyrics with mpv, idk if it might work for you. Not a music library program tho
Elisa is good too.
Or, once OP has come fully to the dark side, ncmpcpp
In case you haven’t heard of it, I like strawberry.
I’m finally back on Linux after a while away. I went with pop os just to have the Nvidia drivers pre-installed. I used Mint back in grad school and liked it.
My pleasure to meet you 😇❤️
welcome to the club
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US
I wouldn’t say I was friends with Windows. It’s more like escaping an abusive relationship IMO.
I was its friend, but it wasn’t my friend
“Would you like to activate Co-Pilot for text entry?!”
“For your convenience, you are now sharing all of your personal files with Microsoft.”
And for Microsoft’s pocket book. And for the U.S. Government’s research purposes.
Nice! I switched my desktop from win11 to popos this weekend. So far so good, but all I’ve done is play some games (guild wars 2, binding of Isaac) and some quick tests (camera, HDMI to the TV, music)
I’m a fellow pop user myself, and enjoying it. It’s my first Linux distro. I’m excited to try their new version when it’s ready. I’ve been thinking about switching and trying it out in beta cause I’ve heard good things already.
Is it actually in beta? Last I tried it was in alpha 7
Still Alpha 7. https://github.com/orgs/pop-os/projects/23/views/1 When CosmicDE hits Beta, I’m going to jump as well.
https://github.com/orgs/pop-os/projects/23/views/1 still in Alpha 7. When it hits beta, I’m going to jump over as well.
Fool, you fell for our linux propaganda! I condemn thee to suffer distro hopping for 3 years after which you will settle on one distro of your choosing. Iä! Shub-Niggurath!
Don’t listen to the demons! Just install Mint and be done!
I did choose Mint! Ha.
Way to go!
that is how I started 6 months ago, but then I noticed how awfully outdated all the packages are. As I wanted to use it for gaming I’d lije to have the latest drivers and latest Steam, and a modern wayland window manager etc. which is why I am now on Fedora and am very happy so far. Good luck on your journey.
Shub-what now?
🧐
H.P. Lovecraft was extremely racist.
Windows 11 is enshitified enough to be annoying and loaded with government and corporate spyware enough to be alarming. Meanwhile, Linux has become user friendly, optimized for everything but the latest hardware and capable of running most games.
“A computer is like an air conditioner – it becomes useless when you open Windows.”
This might become my favorite quote.
