Why did you switch to Linux? I’d like to hear your story.

Btw I switched (from win11 to arch) because I got bored and wanted a challenge. Thx :3

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    I heard that the Playstation 3 would be able to run something called Linux and I wanted to become some kind of Neo😅

    Then I went on and off between Windows and Ubuntu until fully switching to Linux around 2020.

    Running Fedora with Gnome these last few years.

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      8 days ago

      Bruh i remember as a kid watching a tutorial on youtube from some guy installing yellow dog linux on his ps3, wanted to try it as well but never managed to do it at the time, and then later the other os feature was removed from ps3.

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        8 days ago

        I don’t remember how I did it but I guess it wasb’t so difficult since I had no previous experience.

        But I think I only used it once and then moced to something else.

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          8 days ago

          Yeah i was pretty young at the time, maybe like 10 years old or something lol, so it was probably too complicated for me back then. I tried ubuntu and linux mint somewhere around 2010 on my first laptop, but i just tried it because it looked so different compared to windows, but i didn’t get the point of it and switched back because my windows games didn’t work lol. Ended up giving it another try back in 2021 when i saw LTT talk about how linux was actually usable as a gaming platform, and i got sick and tired of windows and their creepy questions everytime you clean install. Have been using linux ever since.

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      8 days ago

      It’s almost a requirement for Linux users, spend a few years ( or decades ) distro hopping, but eventually settle in a stable edition.

      • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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        8 days ago

        Yeah. At first you think that you still need some Windows programs so you dual-boot, and then you discover that you don’t need these programs anymore😅