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[-] glassyoghurtsipper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, I think if you used a distro like mint on most hardware your experience is completely reasonable.

I started playing around with Nixos (seasoned Linux user).. That's a real hole though. Not hard. Just different. And weird. Very cool, but still quite a bit rough around the edges.

[-] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

I've been seeing lot of these posts about Linux. Way more since I joined Lemmy. What's the deal?

I have 0 knowledge of programming/coding and feel should be as far away from Linux as possible. Is it not meant for GUI people like us?

[-] glassyoghurtsipper@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Linux is perfectly fine for GUI users. It's really great for most common use cases. You might have issues with games (or so do I've heard), but I'm not a gamer and don't know much about this... Steam has helped make games on Linux a lot better. I just play supertux or supertuxcart or mahjong once in a blue moon and am happy.

Most things work perfectly - stick to Ubuntu or Fedora or opensuse. Once you get the hang of things, things actually feel better on the Linux desktop:

  • much faster than Windows
  • no tracking
  • highly customizable
  • if you ever get into it, you can script your setup to be easily replicable across machines

Things that you'll have to fight

  • fingerprint scanners - only a small subset work. My Dell latitude scanner works perfectly though.
  • some printers might need manual driver download/install
  • some software is only built for Windows (less and less of those these days, unless you're doing something specialized)
[-] Ebsku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Printers were a pain on Windows on Linux they worked without much tinkering at least for me

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