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When and why did you start using Linux? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am just very curious what peoples stories are. And if you are not using Linux what is holding you back?

No judgement of any kind, just pure curiosity.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got my first laptop a bit over 10 years ago with windows 7 on it. Used that for a while, but found myself getting interested in the dark web as an edgy teenager (I wasn't really edgy, just a nerd with diverse interests) and found my way to tails.

I played around with that for some time, which happened to also be the time that windows 8 came out. Used that for about a week, decided to wipe my windows completely and install mint. Within a year I switched to arch and I guess the rest is history. I'm actually on Manjaro now and really enjoying it!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I may ask, what made you go from Arch to Manjaro? Asking because I am currently doing the Manjaro to Arch switch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently have gone from Manjaro to EndeavourOS myself within the past year or so. For me it was similar to the reason I switch from Ubuntu spins to Manjaro in the first place. I want new software ASAP. Manjaro was holding back KDE 5.25.5 with the rounded corner fix for quite a while even from the other channels. I also would run into issues where the kernels would no longer be supported but having them on my system caused problems with updates. Manjaro's various kernels actually saved me a few times, but not sure what the best way to deal with this is while keeping support for additional kernels, but Arch only has 3 available at any time so they're always supported. I still like Manjaro, and it's the distro I would recommend to anyone who has anything but the most basic computing needs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea, things on Manjaro take absolutely too long sometimes. I had problems with Discord all the time which literally won't run on an old version and Manjaro being nope, no update for you. I switched to unstable branch just to not have to constantly deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have migrated my laptop to EOS already, but I still have a VM with Manjaro I'm leaning on ATM. It would just be a few hours of effort to migrate but I will wait until I am more ready for that at a later date.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had been using Linux in virtual machines off and on for various reasons (often just exploring) for years. It wasn't until I bought a Chromebook that I really got to digging deeper into Linux. Before Linux and Android apps on Chromebooks there was Crouton to run a full desktop chroot. I had to learn and use Linux a lot more to get the most out of this. Eventually I would install Linux on any / all secondary machines that I had since it performs so well on low resources. Flash forward to today and my favorite desktop operating systems are ChromeOS and EndeavourOS. I still use Windows 11, MacOS and Manjaro as well. There are pros and cons to all of these OSes. I just prefer ChromeOS and EOS with KDE because they are the easiest for me to get up and running ASAP on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, it seems like you have used/are using everything under the sun. I am scared to ask how many machines do you got or is it just a lot of dual booting/VMs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I currently have 4 laptops and 1 desktop with me in Europe and still have one older laptop and 2 semi new desktops in the USA. The desktops are Ryzen 5700G Win11 with Ryzen 5900X Win10 and Ryzen 2600 Manjaro in USA. The laptops are M1 Mac13, m3 6y30 EOS, m3 8100y CrOS, Kompanio 1200 CrOS and i5 5200u Win10 in USA. Mobile: https://www.kimovil.com/en/user/dbjungle#user-devices

I wish I could say there was some reason for all this but it's just an unhealthy interest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I thought I was bad with the amount of hardware, but jesus christ that's a lot.