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Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution in c/linux@sh.itjust.works
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

Holy Shit, Barrier but good is here!!!!

I had no idea, I thought we were all waiting for input leap to get out of alpha and release something... My heart goes out to all the devs <3

Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution in c/linux@sh.itjust.works
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

AFAIK it is packages but also default configurations. I am not an expert though this is just a guess.

Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution in c/linux@sh.itjust.works
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago

Ubuntu is great. Lots of guides for things, great community support, and things usually just work. Plenty easy enough to do what you want to do without having to learn a bunch of stuff all the time.

I think this is why it is not the preferred choice for experts who want to configure everything themselves, or have strong opinions about the internals of how it works.

But I basically want to never have to think about the os if I don't have to.

Flow chart for choosing a Linux distribution in c/linux@sh.itjust.works
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, is the live USB / install experience that different than kubuntu? I've never tried mint.

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Collab guide to Windows EOL -> linux for october (piefed.blahaj.zone)
 

So October is coming, and this is as good a time as any to switch to linux, but it is somewhat of an overwhelming task. I'm already used to desktop linux, but I am NOT good at migrating apps and settings and stuff. So I'll have some blindspots. I thought perhaps we could come up with some kind of collaborative outline for how to do it. Here are my ideas.

  • Make backups of all data.
  • Install linux as a dual boot / new machine.
  • Troubleshoot any hardware / software issues.
  • Make some lists on windows of apps
    -- Apps you absolutely need to have / replace
    -- Apps that would be nice to have / replace
    -- Apps that you don't need to migrate over.
  • Migrate user data, files, etc., to linux
  • Install apps on linux
  • For each app on the lists
    -- export settings and data from windows
    -- import settings and data into linux

At each step along the way, you can check things off the list.

Not everyone can switch to linux, but for those who want to, would this be a good procedure? What would you add to it?