…and it went very smoothly. I installed on a spare PC for now, but I could absolutely see this becoming my daily driver. I’m mostly surprised at how snappy and responsive it is, even on 10 year old hardware!
…and it went very smoothly. I installed on a spare PC for now, but I could absolutely see this becoming my daily driver. I’m mostly surprised at how snappy and responsive it is, even on 10 year old hardware!
Welcome aboard!
Linux has it’s tradeoffs, you must accept that sometimes, in some cases, you may get somewhat inconvenienced, but in exchange, your computer is truly yours now, with time you learn to deeply appreciate that, also, people who develop desktop, usually want to do it so people who are normal, can use it, I’m not a technical person and have never had a problem I couldn’t fix, you just need to keep trying!.. or find your way around it, contrary to popular beliefs, a big chunk of the Linux community is eager to help new people, for sure there are people who are elitists and gatekeepers, but are a loud, obnoxious minority.
Enjoy Linux!
Thanks! I think I’m willing to make that tradeoff. I also wouldn’t consider myself techy (as in, not a tech professional or anything), but I am pretty confident in my ability to google and figure stuff out.
I’ve even run into my first issue now: It turns out that Realtek wifi USB devices don’t play well with Linux.
To save yourself some headache on the wifi front, I recommend - at least for non-Laptops - getting a repeater and hooking your computer up via Ethernet cable. Yes, WiFi does work, but it can be a major PITA.
I might do that in the end, but I’ve already ordered a different one that is supposed to be more Linux friendly. The other one was falling apart anyway - I had to sort of bend it back together.
Googling is all you need (maybe change the search engine for a more privacy respecting one, like brave search or kagi, but still the same)