I tried Ubuntu first, because I had heard of it, and too many things didn’t work. At the time I was still on that other link aggregator platform and the Linux nerds there told me to try Mint and they were right. It just worked and I have happily run that ever since. It does what I do and isn’t Microsoft or the overpriced fruit company. I have no urge to distro hop at all. Fussing with my computer isn’t fun for me, I just want to use it sometimes. I agree, though, Linux is good and there’s something for everyone.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I’m not much of a gamer, not because I don’t like to game, but because I’m old and have little time for it. That has made Fedora Workstation my preferred desktop/laptop OS for the last 6 years or so. Maybe that’s the reason why I just can’t understand why people keep putting up with Microsoft’s bullshit.
I have tried Endeavour about 4 times over the years, but in trying to ‘make it my own’ I always end up breaking it badly and come back to Fedora for a stable few months before going on a distro-hop riot all over again. Linux certainly is a lovely drug to be hooked on 😁
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 week ago
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I feel you. Ive been going through this loop over and pver again. Ive landed on the fedora based Universal Blue for this reason. Bluefin for my desktop and bazzite for my gaming PCs. Sometimes you just want your system to be stable and get out of your way and i really appreciate thay about fedora.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
That was the one Distro that appealed to my wife enough for her to allow me to switch her Windows in her work PC. Now she hates to have to go to her windows laptop to do some taxes shit in our country every month because they only allow excel.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Doesn’t one of the office alternatives do .xlsx? Or at least use the web version of excel?
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Only Office and LibreOffice do, I but the macros used by our tax authority completely break there, so she’s left with the excel option alone.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Yes, I’ve been experimenting with different Linux distros since 2008 and I was pretty skeptical about “Atomic” distros when they first started buzzing around a few years ago.
However, this past year we’ve had to make the jump to Linux due to windows 11 shenanigans. But let me tell you. She’s got Bazzite and I’ve had to distro hop different arch distros.
But let me tell you, I am incredibly jealous of the amount of things that “just work™️” on her setup. Things that I’ve had to track down on obscure forums. Avoiding footguns and landmines.
I used to recommend Ubuntu, then it was Linux Mint, and now, I recommend any Atomic distro that fits your purpose.