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cygnus@lemmy.ca 9 months agoIn 2022 I was Windows + Twitter + Reddit. In 2023 I’m full-time Linux + Mastodon + Lemmy.
Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
canihasaccount@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Linux is a hell of a drug
drctrl@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I ditched Windows because I could not stand them restarting my PC without my permission after an update. And ads! Fucking ads on my start menu.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
welcome home
WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Same
Retrograde@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve rid myself of reddit (never used Twitter thank God) but I’m still on windows. I just got a steam deck though and I’m loving the Linux desktop mode. What branch of Linux does the deck use? I know I could do a quick Google to find out but damn I love how well it runs. Linux isn’t nearly as scary as I thought
cygnus@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I’ll disagree with Taiyang about Manjaro; I think it diverges too much form Arch and much prefer EndeavourOS (which is what I’m using at the moment).
With that said, I wouldn’t recommend anything Arch-based for a first timer. Quick sidebar: in Linux the “distribution” (the OS, basically - the variant of Linux) is separate from the desktop environment (the GUI). SteamOS uses the KDE desktop. If you like that, I think I’d recommend Kubuntu as a good Linux distro to start with. It’s based on Ubuntu, so there’s a ton of documentation and pretty much every app will work on it.
!linux@lemmy.ml is very active and a great place to ask questions and/or read up, or feel free to DM me!
TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 9 months ago
I personally wouldn’t push anyone away from Arch towards Ubuntu. Ubuntu broke with every major update and you always are running older “stable” versions of software unless you add a bunch of PPAs that are disabled on major updates and left to the user to sort out. And I’m not even going to get into the joy of Snaps. =(
IMHO something like EndeavorOS or CachyOS would far and away be both more stable, and a better noob experience. Or if you’re just gaming, install SteamOS, because if you haven’t broken it on your deck you probably wouldn’t be breaking on your desktop either.
cygnus@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I love EOS, but it would be a lot to take in at once for someone new to Linux - learning KDE, the terminal, plus everything else (flatpaks, the AUR, and so on) is a lot. At least Kubuntu still has the familiar (to them) KDE but has a GUI app store and never needs to use the terminal. It depends how generally tech-savvy the person is I guess.
Ilgaz@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I would absolutely recommend KDE Neon distribution as it comes with current, stable KDE. neon.kde.org . It is a Ubuntu LTS as well.
klangcola@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Like taiyang said, SteamOS is based on Arch which is super not newbie friendly, but the desktop modes “desktop environment” is KDE which available on pretty much any Linux distro, including beginner friendly ones like (K)Ubuntu and Fedora (although I’m not sure how beginner friendly Fedora is, regarding proprietary drivers and codecs)
taiyang@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oh, you’re like me! I did the dive into Linux, SteamOS is a fork of Arch Linux which is super not newbie friendly.
Manjaro is a good Arch Linux fork that works well for gamers, though. Still not idiot proof, as I can atest to breaking it several times, but that’s the deal when you remove the training wheels off your OS.
Lucky it’s easy to reinstall from a USB. A little less if you insist on a duel boot like me, but that’s mostly Windows being a jerk.
Ilgaz@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It is SteamOS based on Gentoo.
CommanderShepard@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Steamos 3 (the steam deck) is based on arch. They moved off of gentoo
Smokeydope@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Steam deck runs SteamOS, a custom distro built by steam specifically. You can download it here