…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!

  • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    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.

    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 hours ago

      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.

      • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        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.

    • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl
      2·
      5 hours ago

      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)