I'm switching on Saturday.
2026-03-10 19:14 UTC
Replies (24)
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@mech@feddit.org 2026-03-10 19:16
our local leftist third space. You have no idea how jealous I am.
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@SrMono@feddit.org 2026-03-10 19:19
Nice move. Feel free to check back and share your experience.
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@Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 19:26
Mint is a good choice for your first linux.
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@anarchaos@lemmy.ml 2026-03-10 19:29
i quite like the out-of-the-box experience of debian13 running gnome, but i had to do quite a bit of tinkering to get my nvidia card running. it is running now, and i basically feel like i have a brand new computer.
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@warmaster@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 19:29
2 years ago when I started my switch I tried ~10 distros and then did a prolonged test of about 2 months for each of the 2 distros that were the closest to being perfect out of the box and settled on Bazzite. I wish you a happy journey and if you don’t like one flavor don’t ditch Pizza, there are many more flavors to try and one of them surely will become your favorite.
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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 19:30
Never go to a second location, let a third. You in trouble.
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@MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-10 20:04
Yo, so first of all, congrats on being able to ditch Windows! Second of all, I got hype-convinced to make the switch a few days ago and I have LOVED it. Moving from Windows to Mint (at least so far) was a breeze. There’s a tiny bit more thought overhead that goes into fixing things sometimes, but if I’m really honest about that, I had a lot of that with Windows, too, I just have decades of fixing Windows experience.
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@HubertManne__dup_8041@piefed.social 2026-03-10 20:11
if you ever installed windows you don’t even need help. download iso and burn it to disk or more likely nowadays steup a bootable usb with the image. boot and click next next next and walla.
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@CMLVI@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 20:24
I’m about there as well. I’m worried tho, cause I do some Sim Racing and some games don’t support Linux, and I’m worried the equipment won’t work. I know dual boot is always an option, but at a certain point, I fear I’ll just default to Windows because it’s what I know.
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@JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml 2026-03-10 20:41
The only thing stopping a mass exodus is that there is no single version of Linux that is just dominating. I know that defeats the purpose of Linux, but that is what the dumb masses (such as myself) want. We want easy, and we don’t want to be special. If I have a problem I want a thousand others with the same problem, not my own little unique problem that I have to take hours away from my day to fix.
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@Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2026-03-10 21:32
You’re going to start switching on saturday, and keep switching the following week, and… it’s a process 😁 Have fun !
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@knee@lemmy.ml 2026-03-10 23:04
"It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services. Yay. " Yay indeed. Just started my Cinnamon journey. Old Win7 laptop - never going back, to Apple either.
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@sunnytimes@lemmy.ca 2026-03-11 03:44
Mint is a good choice. It just works.
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@teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2026-03-11 04:47
Good luck!
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@undrwater@lemmy.world 2026-03-11 06:07
That’s great to hear! Welcome, and have frustrating fun! If you don’t mind me asking; in your context, what does “leftist” mean? When I hear the term, it’s usually meant as a pejorative for some nebulous group the utterer doesn’t like.
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@Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2026-03-12 05:30
Awesome to hear! +1 for Linux Mint, it's what I recommend to 99% of newbies. It's simple, stable, and friendly. It's my #1 "just works" distro
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@witness_me@lemmy.ml 2026-03-11 15:39
Have fun! Whatever you do, if you run into an issue you can’t solve, stick with it. You’ll learn and become better over time. I’ve been gaming on Linux for about 3 years now and it’s been great. Had some hiccups here and there but they were solved with some searching.
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@HumdrumMonogram@lemmy.world 2026-03-11 06:32
Finally moved my gaming machine over while upgrading storage the other day. Pretty much seamless.
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@Kirk@startrek.website 2026-03-10 20:51
I know you're getting a million suggestions and to be clear- nothing is wrong with Mint, but I recommend Fedora Kinoite as a first distro if you're coming from Windows. KDE is going to be more familiar and the way the backend is designed makes it basically impossible to meaningfully break.
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@BrilliantBadger@piefed.ca 2026-03-12 14:04
Fantastic love to see it. No recommendations as you will find what suits your zen, Mint is loved by many I comment to add a cheers for bailing on Amazon & not paying for streaming services. Did so also years ago, its a great feeling. Good luck!
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@axx@slrpnk.net 2026-03-11 10:22
Sounds like you're in good hands. Enjoy the ride, plenty to learn and to feel good about understanding :)
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@MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2026-03-12 17:13
Rural France, as far from the 20 biggest cities as geographically possible, a hard-left hotspot for the last few centuries. Tbh we have like 10 local leftist third places (a co-op bar/live shows place, a freecycle place, two boardgame/rpg bars, a pay-what-you-can (good) restaurant with ultra-local food, a community hall for crafts, homework, WFH, and random meetings,two community theaters.)
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@MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2026-03-12 13:58
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@MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2026-03-13 05:52
It really is. Of course, we still live in a wider context of corporate capitalism, and it sucks here as it does in the whole country. They're gutting public transit, school budgets, and healthcare. Our local representatives are hard-right assholes, because the old farts vote more than us.