That’s pretty much it, after several months, maybe even a year of wanting to take the leap, a couple days ago I finally did it. I just wanted to share this cuz I think it’s an absolute win, and I guess just see if anyone has any general advice to keep in mind during the process. I ended up choosing Fedora, right now I’m dual booting while I’m still in the process of finding software alternatives and getting everything set up, but trying to minimize my use of windows as much as possible, and so far I’ve been loving it. I love this community and I just wanted to thank everyone that has given any advice or suggestions in the past, i’m really excited about this and grateful that I could get to this point.

  • stewi@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    I switched aid after windows 10 was launched. It was kind of tough in the beginning, but after a couple years any and all concerns about this or that not working or how to do something on Linux had disappeared.

    Nowadays the os feels like a powerful tool that can do anything I need, and never gets in the way. It’s truly a pleasure to use.

    So I guess id say that there is light at the end of the tunnel, even if the transition seems hard at times.

  • Corr@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    I did the same thing about a year ago, going to fedora (KDE) from windows. I’ve booted into windows about 5 times in the last year or so

  • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br
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    15 hours ago

    I won’t deny, it’s refreshing to see posts like these, and I’ve seen a few of them around the web. Perhaps we’re really going to slowly see some positive change in the tech world.

    Good luck, @[email protected] and welcome to the community!

  • max_dryzen@mander.xyz
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    19 hours ago
    • Always keep a live USB of your distro handy
    • Don’t ignore the terminal, you’re doing yourself a major disservice if you do. Terminal is life
    • The ArchWiki isn’t just for Arch users
  • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    For some of the last really stubborn pieces of software that kept me locked it to at least dual booting windows, I’ve found running them in bottles is working really well. Bottles has a community preset for Fruity loops Studio, but it wasn’t really working. Oh it would run, but with massive input and audio lag, most VSTs just wouldn’t work with FL in that install. What does work, is creating a bottle for gaming, and then just installing everything through the “run exe” at the bottle prefix page. After 8 years of dual booting, I finally nuked my windows installs.

  • Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Post-Snowden and post-Windows, I also started with Fedora, and, well, it honestly didn’t go all that well (this of course was my experience! If you like Fedora and it works for you, then 👍! Not here to dis the distro!). Actually, I think it had more to do with GNOME than with Fedora, so it depends on which desktop environment you’re using; when I switched DE to Cinnamon all my problems seemed to vanish into thin air. And from there, I just went straight to Mint and have been happy as a clam ever since and never looked back.

    In my experience, running Windows as a VM inside Mint was overall much better than dual booting, which can really get to be a pain after a while (and also I think that the Windows partition will sometimes overwrite the Linux part so be careful!); it sounds hard, but it isn’t—if old and senile Erinaceus can do it, you can too! Always happy to provide recommendations.

  • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I did the switch a few months ago and I did it cold turkey. Turning off secureboot and reformating my steam library drive solved all the issues I had. I also reccomend using timeshift or .tar and a bash script to make backups of your os when it’s stable, that way you can experiment in peace.

  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I made the switch in 2010.

    I dual booted for a while, one day I realised that I hadn’t booted into windows for 3 months. At that point I reinstalled, no more dual booting. I haven’t looked back.

    I keep a windows VM, currently has Win10 installed, I haven’t had to use it in about 3 years.

    My advice is, keep dual booting. One day you’ll realise that booting into windows feels like a chore, you haven’t done it in months, so why keep it around…

  • PushButton@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    • It’s not a race, take your time to read and understand what is what and how things are functioning together.

    • Enjoy your stay, it’s going to be your next home, take care of it; make it beautiful, make it efficient, make sure to get rid of all what is irritating you.

    • Start with the minimum and build from there.

    • And, FFS, make backups ;)

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    If you play PC games (and already familiar with Fedora), check out Bazzite. The whole immutable thing is an adjustment, but I really like it.

    Though not really an adjustment from Windows, more of an adjustment if you’re coming from another Linux distro.

    • Allero@lemmy.today
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      1 day ago

      I would warn against using an atomic distro for newbies that want a bit more than Internet surfing and gaming.

      Handling such distros well requires specialized knowledge around them in particular, and not all common Linux solutions will fit.

      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        20 hours ago

        All of Linux requires specialized knowledge. Immutable just takes different knowledge.

        The real kicker with that is just that you can’t always just follow instructions you find online. Usually you can, as long as you’re doing them in a Distrobox, though.

        I went with immutable as a newbie, and I think it’s great. It feels like getting in on the ground floor of the future.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        I’ve been running it on my main PC (framework laptop) for I dunno 6 months now? And it’s been great.

        Distrobox is dope, and “rpm-ostree” is super useful.

        Aside from that, it’s incredibly stable. And games pretty much just work.

        I’ve seen people say that “it’s not for tech people, but good for newbies,” and I have to disagree. Just because it works most of the time without having to tinker (but you can if you want) doesn’t mean it’s for noobs… That’s how your PC is supposed to function.

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Before you know it, it will be over a decade post-Windows like me. This week I have been trying to get a Linux phone to a satisfactory state to leave the mobile duopoly behind…