• SuperDuperKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 hours ago

    I remember someone on Discord server I used to be on kept telling people to “use Linux” which back then, I thought it was some scary OS for people who’s tech savvy and wrote him off to be annoying. It was few years when I have my own laptop as early birthday present that I find Windows 10 annoying and remembered Linux exist so I run up a virtual machine and watch so many videos on YouTube about it. Then, I made USB-Boot and installed Linux Mint.

    Far from perfect but I feel so much more comfortable using Linux over Windows, feels so much more smoother

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      6 hours ago

      back then, I thought it was some scary OS for people who’s tech savvy

      That “too hard, too scary” reputation is a big part of what has held back linux adoption.

      But when people actually give it a try, most realize that reputation isn’t really true.

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        2 hours ago

        I think installing Linux exposes you to higher severity issues, like “now it won’t boot”. Once you get over that initial setup, it’s not much different than windows or apple.

        If more computers came with it pre installed, it would be even easier for folks.

        I think about half the time I’ve installed Linux it was fine. The other half were problems with esoteric solutions.

        Still glad I made the switch.

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        4 hours ago

        As a Linux Noob, Linux was lot easier than I expect it to be. Think it was me having the “This isn’t Windows so I might as well as research about anything Linux related” mindset which it paid off for me. It got to point where Windows is now my secondary OS (Mainly to use it to use Tomb Editor to make custom Tomb Raider levels which is annoying to get it running with Wine which I don’t know how to troubleshoot at all.)

        It’s ironic how it’s now my main OS and if you told me several years ago that I would be mostly using Linux, I would think you’re talking total nonsense.