>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Right before the Win10 announcement
>Why?
Win10 EOL
>Previous OS?
Win10
>Current distro?
Bazzite
>Usecase?
Gaming, mails, browser
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
That you have to allow flatpacks to see stuff and lossless scaling doesn't work
>What works great or is impressive?
I don't have to download any drivers and better Frametime and privacy

>>107018422
I did.
Couple months ago.
Got fed up by microsoft.
Guess.
Fedora KDE.
It's my side laptop which I only use for browsing and office stuff. Si I just need a browser and some office suite, OnlyOffice seems to work amazingly ime.
I don't like the absurd amounts of fragmentation. Or that my hardware works flawlessly on one distro and doesn't on another. Ended up on Fedora exactly because it's the only distro where all my hardware works flawlessly and has the least amount of bugs. I really wanted to use Mint or Arch for my daily driving.
On the bright side, Linux is a breath of fresh air. Not having to depend on big tech corpo bs os really freeing. I'm sure if more people started using it then its problems would start to get fixed more quickly. Perhaps one day, soon.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
I built a new computer because old one was damaged.
>Why?
I do not like Windows.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10 Enterprise.
>Current distro?
Arch Linux
>Usecase?
Gaming and server
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Tons of software is buggy and doesn't work correctly.
>What works great or is impressive?
Server works better than ever, maintenance is so much easier.

>>107018422
>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
Back in March / April
>>Why?
I bought an Asus ally x and I installed bazzite for steam os game mode
>>Previous OS?
Windows but I still use it.
>>Current distro?
CachyOS on laptop, Bazzite on my ally x.
>>Usecase?
Ally x is largely gaming. I like the steam os game mode and think it's one of the best user experiences on a handheld out there right now. Once bog picture mode can be used as the launcher for Windows full screen experience, I'll probably switch back. I'll still keep Cachyos on my desktop . For the desktop it's just general computer and browsing. Basically a stand in for windows. Only reason I won't go full Linux is because of work needs with Microsoft teams. I wish Microsoft would just release teams like they did with edge on some repo somewhere.
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Secure boot, LUKs auto unlocking , and setting up bootloaders. I fucking hate grub and think it looks like ass. I have no idea why every distro insists on that ugly ass bootloader when refind provides a beautiful setup and easy to theme setup. I'd be less pissed at grub if the distro shippers actually grub with some basic theme instead of the ugly console mode they do.
I also hate that certain things are jenky on unsupported hardware but thats largely the fault of hardware vendors being níggers and not doing it themselves/ the community doing it for them. Nvidia can suck my asshole.
>>What works great or is impressive?
If you buy the right hardware (and everything) Linux works so well out of the box and you won't really have to deal with anything. I think AI LLMs are lame and gay but they've largely been a great help in answering my questions. Enough that I can say I'm an intermediate terminal user now after 6ish months from not using Linux since the mid 2000s when package managers were still in their infancy. Linux was awful then.
Bazzite is a very well polished and excellent distro for new Linux users.

>>107018422
I switched back to Linux. I used Linux previously from about 1999-2015.
>When did you switch?
Early 2025.
>>Why?
Win 10 EOL
>>Previous OS?
Win 10
>>Current distro?
Pop! 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04.
>>Usecase?
My work machine, both my kids' laptops, and my HTPC.
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I want a real screensaver because of how audio is routed from my HTPC.
>>What works great or is impressive?
Ubuntu 24.04 gets rid of all the little things that were broken in Pop! 22.04 like not detecting when headphones are plugged in.

datamining thread

>>107018539
Good, I hope some jeet at Microsoft is reading this and crying.

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>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
January 2024
>>Why?
Win10 EoL.
I'm a fucking nerd loser and was always early
>>Previous OS?
Win10 Pro
>>Current distro?
Debian 12
>>Usecase?
Replace Windows
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I can't play Battlefield 6 with my friends and I have to manually remove a loopback from my audio interface that blasts my desktop's audio into teamspeak
>>What works great or is impressive?
Everything else

>>107018516
>Secure boot, LUKs auto unlocking
I think bazzite has a ujust command for that

>>107018504
>Tons of software is buggy and doesn't work correctly.
any specific software? Because OBS on wayland is really annoying with wayland and shortcuts...
>>107018534
>My work machine, both my kids' laptops, and my HTPC.
Champ!
>>107018618
>Debian 12
Will you upgrade to 13 soon?
>I can't play Battlefield 6
Yep annoying. I hate that many of the popular games have kernel anti cheat.

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>>107018539
I hope so. Let shitcrosoft know they are being replaced.

>>107018771
I must admit that I admire your optimism.

>was boutta finna switch to linux
>check my bios on my 2016 motherboard
>it has tpm 2.0,just need to enable it
>install windows 11 no problem
lmao

too bad, but im forever a windows cuck (except on my laptop)

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
4 months ago
>Why?
I dont want anything to do with Microsoft ever again. They are one of the most anti consumer companies in existence and Windows seems now only to exist to siphon data from its users to be sold and traded by MS. I dont care if its possible to turn off telemetry sometimes, i didnt want to constantly be paranoid about some telemetry bullshit that i had missed or some other kind of spying.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>Current distro?
Fedora +kde
>Usecase?
gaming/work (organizational shit/media player
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Wine prefixes and wine in general just fucking sucks. Im really glad proton with steam exists and will just handle most of it most of the time.
>What works great or is impressive?
Proton, the speed of updates, stability, the feeling of the user experience, most things really just work.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Early September
>Why?
I believe I downloaded a trojan via Nicotine+ from a Song of Saya executable
>Previous OS
Windows 11
>Current distro?
Mint (as of the past week), but I was on Fedora but after attempting a dual boot for Windows 10 (for one application) Windows did something to fuck with my firmware, aside from deleting GRUB, so after many trials and errors even testing out Fedora KDE Plasma, I wound up installing Mint.
>usecase?
Mainly downloading music and coding, I wanna try out a DAW but I haven’t gotten settled yet
>What annoys you or doesn’t work?
On Fedora, my laptop used to crash on sleep, though Mint handles it way better. Only problem I have on Mint is setting up whipper to rip CDs to flac. It was way easier on Fedora. Some anon told me to use Exact Audio Copy with wine but I’m not sure if I want to set up wine for just that.
>What works great or is impressive?
The simplicity of Cinnamon is all I need right now, though I do miss GSConnect frome Gnome extensions. And KDEConnect doesn’t work well with my iPhone (I know)

>>107018836
>, but I was on Fedora but after attempting a dual boot for Windows 10 (for one application) Windows did something to fuck with my firmware, aside from deleting GRUB
when you were dual booting, was it 2 different drives or were you dual booting from the same drive?

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
couple days ago
>Why?
fuck windows 11
>Previous OS?
windows 10
>Current distro?
mint :/
>Usecase?
Light gaming and shitposting
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
TBD
>What works great or is impressive?
TBD

I've used linux before but its been a long time. I am more open to learning the OS now that I am older and feel forced.

>>107018422
>New Linux users:
How new is new? I've been a Linux user for years and still feel like a newfag

>>107018789
I have nothing else left.

>>107018708
Nvidia driver, the kernel USB BT drivers, KDE Plasma had a bunch of bugs (I think a lot are fixed now), pipewire seems to have some issues. There's tons of random crap that isn't quite right, you could stay here for days listing it. Also you can do global shortcuts on wayland with KDE for OBS, but it requires going through the websocket thing as far as I remember, since OBS itself doesn't support KDE keybinds.

Windows has stuff like that too, but on Windows it tends to be much harder to encounter all the bugs.

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>>107018422
i switched because i got tired of microsofts bullshit the main annoyance i had was actually my nvidia gpu but i got rid of it and now i am comfy

>When did you switch?
Early 2024
>Why?
I got myself a new system, and my existing installation could not be moved. Faced with either dealing with setting up Windows or dealing with learning something new that will actually last, I'd take the latter
>Previous OS?
Win7 with a lot of patches
>Current distro?
Kubuntu 24.04 LTS
>Usecase?
I'm developer and head honcho of a big webgame. I don't actually ask that much from my OS, I just need a simple but good editor, and some way to get the visual design (and audio design) tools I need. Despite being gamedev I don't game a ton, and when I do it's not often on PC.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I don't reboot habitually, only for occasional updates and if I need to really clear my mind. KWin is the main culprit of breakage, after a day of use it will simply stop rendering windows. I made a keybind for restarting KWin though which works well.
Beyond that, at 30+ day uptimes I get popping in Pipewire which also needs a restart then. The biggest actual annoyance isn't anything specific, it's moreso when things refuse to want to work together so you have to pick a lesser evil (snap vs appimage vs native vs flatpak is one example...).
Also VMWare recently suddenly started doing a thing where using any VM will unbind the modifier keys in the host until you replug or setxkbmap
>What works great or is impressive?
Having tried the Linux desktop a good amount of times a decade or more ago (but never seriously), I honestly expected much much more jank, but in reality using it is a lot smoother than even my existing Win7 install I was used to. That on top of having certain incredibly useful features, like SFTP mounting that just works (fuck you fuck you fuck you cyberduck), etc.
There's also just some Windows things you didn't realize were idiotic until they're gone, like "can't open this file as another program has it open", or "scroll a bit too hard and it starts beeping"

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
last year
>>Why?
figured out you can run windows on a vm with hardware pass-through so no reason not to anymore
>>Previous OS?
win10
>>Current distro?
debian
>>Usecase?
personal computing
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
can't install the cool new hyperland thingy everybody is talking about
>>What works great or is impressive?
it's mostly the same

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
6 months ago
>Why?
I was bored and wanted to try something new
>Previous OS?
Windows 11
>Current distro?
Debian 13
>Usecase?
Work and gaming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I do miss some kernel level anti cheat games
>What works great or is impressive?
that you can make everything to your liking

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
2019. I still consider myself new to linux
>Why?
Microshit told me I wasn't allowed to use Windows 7 anymore
>Previous OS?
Windows 7
>Current distro?
First used Linux Mint, then switched to QubesOS
>Usecase?
Impeccable security, privacy, compartmentalization, IP/location obfuscation
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Copy/pasting between different domains requires an extra step, the app/template separation can be kind of unintuitive, etc. It's really an OS best suited towards people with intermediate/advance cybersecurity knowledge
>What works great or is impressive?
Complete and total control over the entire system, ability to easily and simply chain proxies/VPNs together, seamless sandboxing of USB/networking hardware allowing it to do its thing without giving it the ability to compromise the host OS, the way it minimizes overhead while allowing you to run many VMs/isolated work contexts. It's basically the ideal, perfect operating system for the paranoid/security minded user

>>107018847
I mean you can post your shit, but I wanted to hear about real new users
>still feel like a newfag
Relatable, but if you can do your stuff for your usecase, it doesn't really matter. I used Windows all my life, but I basically knew nothing about the OS.

>>107018708
>Will you upgrade to 13 soon?
Nope. Not until I build a NAS and put my data on it. That'll happen in Summer the earliest.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
About 5 months ago
>Why?
Win 11 is malware
>Previous OS?
Win 10
>Current distro?
Arch on laptop
Garuda on desktop
>Usecase?
Laptop was my first switch and I raw dogged an arch install to see if I could do Linux and it turned into a hoppy machine/testing ground
Desktop is for gaming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Bluetooth on my laptop is fucked but that I think is a firmware or hardware issue. I got it in 2012.
>What works great or is impressive?
I mean I went with arch as my first distro knowing it would probably break something or get bricked but so far no issues. People say it's hard to use/install but it's about as hard as a Lego set, you just read the instructions.

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
2003
>>Why?
Windows update on XP nuked my GRUB
>>Previous OS?
Windows XP
>>Current distro?
Artix (fedora then)
>>Usecase?
Programming, reading pirated books, writing/playing video games (same then and now)
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
There's no good CAM software and I do all my CAM/CAD in XPCB which is kind of retarded.
>>What works great or is impressive?
Literally everything. I run CWM and have an amazing vimrc with integrated LLMs and festival that's usable completely blind. I feel like my body merges with the machine when I'm using it.

>>107018843
Two different drives

>>107018678
They do. My problem was getting refind to work with secure boot and windows. For some reason the command never passed over the modified keys to my bios and I never bothered digging beyond that. Arguably the commands I used for Cachy will probably work for Bazzite but refind works post install and it's already operable. Not going to change it now!

>>107018884
Didn't know uptime was such an issue, my homeserver is running basically 24/7, but I guess it's different on the desktop. Impressive, have you ever tried qemu/kvm instead of VMware?
>>107018822
Nice fastfetch, monitor, gpu and loaded with drives.
>I'm reading all the posts btw, I'm just not reacting to everything lol. Glad so many people switched.

>>107018422
>when
About a yearish ago? Idk when did the windows recall shit start.
>why
see above. i'm just fucking done with microsoft at this point for a lot of things tho
>previous os
windows 10
>current
fedora
>use case?
drawing, video games, basic office nonsense
>what annoys
kde is fucking garbage until they give it a real virtual keyboard
>what works great
i like not having my machine restart itself and a lot of o|d windows software that no longer works in windows often runs just fine in wine or via steam

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>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
2020
>>Why?
I wanted to join the cool club.
>>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>>Current distro?
Arch Hyprland
>>Usecase?
It looks cool.
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Strange as it might seem, the only fucking thing that I can't seem to get to work is the way that browsers display image thumbnails when I'm looking for an image to upload. WEBM previews won't display, so all I have to go by when selecting them is the file name. I believe that this problem has something to do with Dolphin, but I could be wrong. I've asked on /g/ before and nobody knows how to fix it or cares.
>>What works great or is impressive?
It looks cool.

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
Around late 2023
>>Why?
Was curious so I tried mint out on my laptop
>>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>>Current distro?
Fedora 42
>>Usecase?
I like it
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Anything NVIDIA related
>>What works great or is impressive?
idk I like using package managers to update over the Windows way

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
About a year ago
>Why?
Because of Windows Recall
>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>Current distro?
Linux Mint
>Usecase?
Gaming, some games don't work and some actually run better than on Windows.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
The latest games sometimes don't work
>What works great or is impressive?
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis works flawlessly on Linux but the controls are fucked on Windows 10/11.

i switched back to windows after 10 years of exclusively linux (arch btw)

>>107018516
Teams can be used in a web browser.
https://teams.microsoft.com/v2/

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>>107019142
>The latest games sometimes don't work
sucks. are you using proton experimental/ge for new games? And if you are using AMD, that could also be because of the MESA GPU driver, since Mint is more conservative, the mesa stack could be slightly outdated and missing new bug fixes for games, if so... you could try to use Flatpaks, they come with their own Mesa runtime, thats usually up2date. Just a guess tho

FIX THE LANGUAGE INPUT FFS im a weeb

>>107019154
thx

>>107019086
>have you ever tried qemu/kvm instead of VMware
nop, i really do need to though. vmware being limited to 60fps is one of those things that Pisses me off to no end because i made the awful decision of getting 144hz monitors as opposed to 120
uptime isn't an issue on server generally but on desktop there's just these small things that have issues. but honestly if you just restart the few things that get pissy then you can get 100+ days easy

>>107018471
About a year ago
Wanted to try linux.
CachuOS, though I ran Ubuntu for most of my time
Old/low requirement games, study, writing, web browsing
There's no tidal client, I had to jump through some hoops to get discord to work, shit like that
It runs super smoothly on my old ass laptop

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
month ago
>>Why?
dont want the windows 11 spyware
>>Previous OS?
windows 10
>>Current distro?
cachy with KDE
>>Usecase?
mostly gaming and shitposting
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
kernel level anticheat doesnt work but that's because the devs are being faggots
there's no drivers for my simracing gear so i have to dualboot for that
bottles doesnt work at all for me, normal wine is fine tho
not all games work right even tho theyre supposedly playable according to protondb
had to make a kernel patch? because it was loading the wrong driver for my motherboards fan controller
>>What works great or is impressive?
package manager saves a lot of clicks
firefox uses like half the ram
lore behind proton is funny
cant really think of anything else its pretty much the same as windows

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
1998
>>Why?
I was using Linux for webdev and needed a test platform. I also wanted as much Linux experience as possible.
>>Previous OS?
Windows
>>Current distro?
AlmaLinux
>>Usecase?
Everything except for gaming. I have a win10 PC for that.
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
systemd, gnome, wayland
>>What works great or is impressive?
installing and upgrading, got the source code to read if something goes wrong

>>107018422
>New Linux users:
Not exactly
>>When did you switch?
I didn't "switch" but I've been using Linux for years
>>Why?
WSL just works. Linux desktop sucks.
>>Previous OS?
Windows 10 ltsc, 11 at work
>>Current distro?
Debian
>>Usecase?
developing software, getting paid
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
multiple versions of the same library
>>What works great or is impressive?
containers are great

>>107019352
Sounds sketchy as fuck.
Anyways you need to give permissions to Bottles via Flatseal or via command line but Flatseal is probably easier to work with.
Gaming on linux is still trash and unreliable. Just wait until you face a game what doesn't want to go fullscreen and when it does, alt tabbing will crash it. And then wonder why gamemode doesn't work etc etc. Cool times, so much fun to be had.

>>107019142
Dinosaurs are gay

>>107019391
Gamescope not gamemode

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Around a year ago
>Why?
Customizability, fast boot times, and being able to use vim keybinds for everything
>Previous OS?
Windows (dualbooted for audio reasons)
>Current distro?
Arch
>Usecase?
daily driver, gaming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I hate having to guess syntax if I'm trying to customize something
>What works great or is impressive?
Gaming is easy, package managers are great, and being able to just look up instructions for fixing/installing stuff on the wiki is fun

>>107019352
>bottles doesnt work at all for me, normal wine is fine tho
For gayming or applications? I used bottles before and I really like how you can install dependencies with 1 click. But I think if you are on cachy, you should stick with native packages.

>>107019391
>>107019400
i gave it all permissions in flatseal and with the terminal
it just doesnt work
meanwhile the default wineprefix with a few dependencies installed just works
>>107019417
yeah for nonsteam games
i know that i can add them all to steam and play them with proton but i dont want to have a bunch of porn games cluttering my library

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>>107019117
Have you tried installing and fmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers

>>107019437
>yeah for nonsteam games
You could just create a gaming bottle, install all common dependencies in it (vc redist 2015-2022, dotnet etc.) and select proton ge as runner then add your coomgame.exe and play it. Or get Faugus launcher, I prefer it over bottles now, because it has umu.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Sometime in 2014
>Why?
Coding for uni, at the start
I found the more I did stuff in the terminal, the better Linux was for me
>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>Current distro?
Arch + Hyprland (absolute meme I know, but it just werks nicely)
>Usecase?
Web browser, documents, notes, and SSH client for small business IT services, for the most part. ESP32/PlatformIO projects too
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Well Hyprland is a bare experience and I wrote a lot of my own scripts that fuck up very often, so mostly my own shit. Also Wayland cannot set a preferred monitor for gaymen, and it's unfortunately a design flaw.
>What works great or is impressive?
Driver support is incredible and resource usage is cheap and minimal. I like my setup more and more each day as I refine out the bugs and quirks. Usually I just hop on, do what I need to do in 15 minutes, and shut it down. It simply doesn't get in the way and that's all I could ask for

>>107019481
>You could just create a gaming bottle, install all common dependencies in it (vc redist 2015-2022, dotnet etc.) and select proton ge as runner then add your coomgame.exe and play it.
yeah thats what i did
works fine in wine but not in bottles
i can give faugus a shot i guess

>>107019465
Yep. It's installed.

>>107018422
Alright anons, here's the summary of the thread for anyone just jumping in.

Why everyone is switching:
> Windows 10 EOL is coming.
> Fed up with Windows 11 telemetry, ads, and general M$ bullshit.

Most common distros being used:
> Fedora KDE, Linux Mint, and Debian seem to be the most popular for new users.
> Plenty of anons jumping straight into Arch-based distros too.

The Bad Parts (Biggest Gripes)
> Gaming: This is the big one. Kernel-level anti-cheat (Valorant, Battlefield, etc.) is a hard NO. If you play these, you have to dual-boot. End of story.
> NVIDIA: Still a pain point. Expect more bugs and jank compared to AMD, which is generally a smoother experience out of the box.
> Random Jank: Stuff can be inconsistent. Hardware that works perfectly on one distro might be broken on another. Wine/Bottles/Lutris can be a hassle compared to just clicking an .exe.
> Initial Setup: Bootloaders (GRUB), Secure Boot, and filesystem stuff can be annoying hurdles for a first-timer.


The Good Parts (What's Impressive)
> Freedom: Your PC is yours again. No forced updates, no spying, no bullshit.
> Performance: The desktop feels faster, and many report better/smoother framerates in games that do work.
> Package Managers: A revelation for Windows users. Installing and updating all your software with one command is incredibly comfy.
> Proton: It's basically magic. A huge chunk of the Steam library works flawlessly with zero effort.

Quick Advice for Newfags
> Just Pick One: Don't agonize over distros. Try Linux Mint for a stable, Windows-like feel or Fedora KDE for a more modern setup.
> Gaming: Check ProtonDB for game compatibility. For non-Steam games, ProtonUp-Qt can make managing Wine versions easier.
> Software: Use your distro's software center first. If an app isn't there, Flatpak is your next best bet.
> It's not Windows: You'll have to learn some new things. The Arch Wiki is a great resource even if you don't use Arch.

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>>107019507
yeah faugus just works
thanks for the suggestion

>>107019532
>> Just Pick One: Don't agonize over distros.
I keep forgetting people who are new don't know this. A distro is more like a social club than a technical thing. You pick the distro with the people who have attitudes you like and let them set your computer up for you.

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>>107019541
Nice np. Now you have to do me a favor and name the best gooner game, or a top 3

>When did you switch?
Fully switched last year
>Why?
Power user that started to notice the pot was getting too hot for normal operation
>Previous OS?
W10
>Current distro?
Arch, tried a lot of others but had issues with most
>Usecase?
Creation from 3D to audio (and no, I'm not a faggot "content creator")
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Photoshop. The CS6 installer I have won't initialize with wine either, bummer. KDE's clipboard saving files even with that one setting off, it's a fucking clipboard guys
>What works great or is impressive?
Nothing is impressive, it's a computer I turn on and work off of and does everything I expect, like it should fucking be. Maybe being impressed by how many of my obscure devices just work? But that's the GNU/Linux meme, no?

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>>107019532
Thx anon, I just hope you didn't feed this thread to gpt...

>>107019591
if you like loli
>imouto monochrome/seikatsu
>lost life
>hizashi no naka no riaru
if not (not really my top 3 i just cant think of anything)
>summer memories
>wolf girl with you
>do you have akira points

>>107019619
i must admit that i did feed it to an LLM, but did you know that 4chan infact makes it trivial to do so?
>>107018422.json

>>107019666

>>107018422.json

>>107019613
>Nothing is impressive, it's a computer I turn on and work off of and does everything I expect, like it should fucking be. Maybe being impressed by how many of my obscure devices just work? But that's the GNU/Linux meme, no?
based

>>107019675
i give up
boards.4chan.org/g/thread/107018422.json

i wasn't able to install it :(

>When did you switch?
dual boot since 2010, but completely ditched windows last year
>Why?
ms copilot 11
>Previous OS?
win10
>Current distro?
laptop - arch
desktop - cachyos
>Usecase?
work on laptop
gaming on desktop
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
time sink to fix stupid shit
>What works great or is impressive?
hardware support has come a long way

>>107018422
Why would someone become linux tranny when Windows exists?

>>107019712
windows doesn't exist anymore
it EoSed this month

>>107019712
I think this is a new record, it took more than 3hrs for a microshaft winjeet shill to join

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>>107018422

>When did you switch?
Today, though I did use Zorin on my laptop for almost 6 months to acclimate.
>Why?
Fuck AI, fuck screenshots of my stuff, fuck Windows 11.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10.
>Current distro?
CachyOS + KDE Plasma, both on Desktop and Laptop now.
>Usecase?
Daily driver, work and gaming.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Not being able to play BF6, also gonna have to use some microsoft software like teams in-browser, which is not good.
I've also have issues with the KDE system monitor not showing the gpu. I installed Mission Center, which it does show the GPU usage, but it spazzes out with graphical glitches and just freezes out right some times.
>What works great or is impressive?
Impressive and better responsiveness even on the same stuff I used on windows, like firefox, discord, steam. Transfer speeds seem to be a lot better as well, between storage devices.

Inb4 holy intel retard. I got the CPU and GPU for $400.

>>107018422
is it over for windows?

>>107019769
Nice, have you tried other distros before? How is cachy (placebo os)?
>Inb4 holy intel retard.
I actually like it lol, would be funny if you went with clear linux(intel distro) instead, but they will stop the project iirc.

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>>107019769
>censored local ip

>>107019792
I've only tried Zorin before. It was actually quite problematic on my laptop. Had some mayor issues with the Wi-Fi chipset just not working at all, and when I managed a fix, it kept disconnecting randomly from the network. I even emailed their team, to which they gave me a fix I already tried. It seemed to be ok after some clean OS reinstall I did. The main reason I switched at the end was GNOME, though, and it was being updated too slowly for Zorin. Also, I kinda got caught up in the placebo train I guess.

>>107019825
Yeah, that's what I get for posting while high.

>>107019856
Good. I really need to try cachy, I only heard good things about it. And lol zorin actually based for answering your consoomer email.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
last month
>Why?
windows 11 updates were getting to be vomit inducing in how low quality they are, on top of the OS itself being low quality
>Previous OS?
win11
>Current distro?
mint cinnamon
>Usecase?
GAYMEN, vtubers
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
quickviewer zoom levels are entirely arbitrary steps toggled by two keys for zoom in and zoom out, zero granularity or customizability
>What works great or is impressive?
everything else, I greatly regret not switching sooner, an operating system family and philosophy that's actually tangentially related on the personal computing paradigm, imagine that, holy fucking shit.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
3 months ago
>Why?
tired of windows crap and linux seems cool
>Previous OS?
windows 10
>Current distro?
catchyos
>Usecase?
vidya, drawing, some programming maybe
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
nvidia sometimes refuses to be used for some apps unless I force it by using the terminal and some flags to launch it
>What works great or is impressive?
ssh for sharing files between my computers is surprisingly easy to use

I have a mixed environment at home. Mostly Linux based internals, Windows user facing

>>107018422
>New Linux users
that's discriminatory
>When did you switch?
w8
>Why?
w8
>Previous OS?
w8
>Current distro?
void
>Usecase?
web goop consoomin
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
everything i need just werks
>What works great or is impressive?
?!?

i replied because history repeats itself. in 10 years some retard will say the same about ditching windows because w11.

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>>107019939
>i replied because history repeats itself. in 10 years some retard will say the same about ditching windows because w11.
Probably, but this time and hopefully in the future people have a solid alternative, even for normies and gaymers + there is huge social media coverage.

>When did you switch?
dual boot since 2024
>Why?
for fun (and so that I can shit on windows 11)
>Previous OS?
win11
>Current distro?
manjaro
>Usecase?
for fun i guess
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
when I return to windows and find out its even more unstable than manjaro of all distros
>What works great or is impressive?
its more stable than win11

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
I didn't
>>Why?
I didn't
>>Previous OS?
10, now 11
>>Current distro?
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS in WSL
>>Usecase?
PC stuff
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Nothing
>>What works great or is impressive?
Patch tuesday (security), double click exe = werks, Seemless one drive integration, free to use AI, biggest software availablility, group policies

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Over a year ago
>Why?
Windows 10 EOL announcement. Friend at work suggested it to me.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10.
>Current distro?
Linux Mint Cinnamon.
>Usecase?
Daily driver OS. Internet use, media consumption, basic office shit, some occasional gaming.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I'm struggling to think of any. It just works.
>What works great or is impressive?
I'm impressed at how easy it has been to make the switch. Last time I tried using Linux was when I tried Knoppix back around 2003 or 2004. I gave up because of hardware issues.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
~1 month ago
>Why?
Cause I'm done with windows
>Previous OS?
Win11
>Current distro?
Fedora KDE. Had Mint installed for like 2 weeks first
>Usecase?
Browsing, downloading, watching movies, posting stuff, playing games. I still switch back to my win11 drive if I need anything there but I plan to phase it out fully at some point
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
everything just werks frankly
>What works great or is impressive?
that everything werks

>>107020398
Do you miss any Windows Software? Do you have everything you need in the fedora repos?
Good picrel, saved.

>>107020445
Text says arch lol

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>>107020445
a few, Directory Opus and Everything Search come to mind right away. Everything else, I've found a satisfying alternative on Linux (and I haven't really tried out most of what outs there). Was using librewolf on windows, have that here. Thunderbird too. Most other software also have a linux version as well. For image viewer I am using qimgv which is okay but I'll see if there something better (want something like Jpegview) and Haruna as my video player which feels mpv.net-like.

I tried GNOME but that felt too tablet-y so I installed KDE instead and it werks, haven't really bothered customizing it though. Considered Arch just for "the fun", but its probably not a good idea as an actual os since I'm not that experienced, but I might vm it just for tinkering fun and learning at some point.

>>107020459
Here's another version I have saved

>>107018422
>autohotkey
lol
>Everything
lmao
>vidya
be a shame if you ever intend to use saves, or change settings, or...
>drivers
look buddy you should have known that small, barely known hardware like nvidia gpus (with its tiny 94% market share) will require you to spend some plundering the depths of support forums to get it working
>excel
what is it, microsoft?
>backups
we have 99 solutions and all of them suck dick
>stability
*krashes*
>system updates
well you better have figured out backups before you even think about it cause there's at least a 50% chance of your entire OS imploding if you do this

I really enjoy the actual OS, Dolphin is great, not having ads and shovelware is great, but sweet fuck so many simple tasks are a total ballache on linux. Some of it is my familiarity with windows but good fucking lord something as simple as undervolting a gpu is a huge ordeal. Win 10? Install Afterburner, scan, set breakpoint and you're done.
It's also by far the most error prone when updating - or maybe Winblows is worse but you upgrade once a decade, while Linux you do so once a year or so.

Great facebook machines but that's about it.

>When did you switch?
5 months ago
>Why?
Old drive doesn't boot anymore
>Previous OS?
Win 10
>Current distro?
Mint
>Usecase?
Gayming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Goldberg, Gamepads, Midi, Wine in general is a massive pain in the ass
>What works great or is impressive?
nothing

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
A year after Windows 10 was released.

>Why?
I switched for privacy and control. I stayed due to ease of use and convenience.

>Previous OS?
Windows 7

>Current distro?
Bazzite (Aurora and Bluefin on my other 2 devices)

>Usecase?
Everyday computer for work, gaming, shitposting, shopping, communication, etc.

>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Everything I need works right now. But it wasn't the case a decade ago when I first started using Linux
>only 30% of my games were supported in 2015-2018, compared to 100% today in 2025
>installing software was complete ass until Flatpaks and Appimages became popular and solved the dependency hell issue inherent to regular package managers
>updating the OS was a frustrating chore usually causing me to give up and just do a clean install every year or two. immutable distros like Silverblue completely solved this issue for me
>all desktop environments felt clunky until the 2020-2022 releases of KDE Plasma
So yea, in the current year Linux is pretty much perfect for me and everything really just works.

>What works great or is impressive?
- Both KDE and GNOME are infinitely better than Windows UI. Not just visually, but the overall usage.
- Updates actually work. They're perfect in immutable distros, but still better than Windows in non-immutable distros.
- Installing software is much more convenient and better.
- Using the OS doesn't feel like a chore. I never felt the need to "debloat" it or "install an anti-virus". Aside from needing a handful of GNOME extensions when using GNOME, I never had to install 3rd party software to unfuck the usability of the OS.
- KDE Connect is amazing.
- Starting with 2024 the feeling of using Linux is what I imagine macOS users feel like, where everything is convenient and just works.

i only used linux for 3 months because i'm almost no time at home anymore and only had a dogshit laptop from 2015
i installed windows 10 again because i finally bought a gaymen laptop capable of doing everything i need.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
A year and half
>Why?
Linux
>Previous OS?
Linux
>Current distro?
Linux
>Usecase?
Linux
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Using proton for .exe softwares
>What works great or is impressive?
Linux

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>When did you switch?
few days ago
>Why?
Im fed up with microshit spyware and copilor ai screenshoting my pc
>Previous OS?
win11
>Current distro?
Mint cinammon
>Usecase?
casual pc stuff and gaming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
nothing actually
>What works great or is impressive?
control over my own pc, ability to customize everything, it works out of the box

>ctrl + f "mint"
>17 matches
you poor, poor fucks

>>107021525
what even is the go-to "try this one first" distro these days? the one i tried first was discontinued over 10 years ago

>>107021557
Aurora or Bluefin, depending on the DE you prefer. Or Bazzite if you're into video games. Mint was the "try this one first" a decade ago when people were migrating from Windows 7.

>>107021663
i haven't even heard of them

>>107021663
>>107021671
having a look, they both seem like fedora forks with a focus on dev/ai stuff, why not just fedora?

- id say i switched to it twice now, first time in 21 and another this year
- some dude convinced me i should try it, he was right, also windows is aids these days
- windows 10 and windows 11
- arch
- i like customisation, i did such a thing since my days on windows xp, what makes linux better for me is that it is far more modular compared to windows so im free to pick whatever the fuck i want. about every other thing, it has about the same exact use case as every other os for a normie
- creative software problems annoy me, alternatives pale in comparison
- very impressed by steams proton, most of my library runs really well

>>107021692
This is like asking
>why not just Ubuntu instead of Mint
>why not just Debian instead of Ubuntu
>why not just LFS instead of Debian
The answer is additional polish and convenience which matters a lot to the end user. Fedora has some severe pain points like having to manually enable RPM Fusion for proprietary drivers, codecs, etc. A good OS eliminates all pitfalls out of the box.

>>107018422
I switched to Linux back when WinXP was released, I did not want to deal with product activation

I'm waiting for Nvidia to fix their dx12 performance, but it seems that it will take a very long time.

>>107018422
CIA thread? CIA thread
>>When did you switch?
2014
>>Why?
Windows 10 mandatory update overwrote my UEFI partition and broke my dual boot setup one time too many
>>Previous OS?
OpenSUSE
>>Current distro?
Nobara
>>Usecase?
Daily driver, web browsing, developing, some light gaming
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I don't really have any complaints so far (have been using it for five months already). Very stable, even if a daily update breaks something it usually gets fixed in the same day.
>>What works great or is impressive?
I was ready to suffer configuring the GPU drivers but it worked out of the box, so that?

>>107019481
nta but I did try to find alternatives to lutris and bottles (hate both, lutris actually convolutes the workflow lot more but people still use it because it has install scripts). Bottles, while its UI is better, is still clunky in some cases.
Never heard about Faggus or saw any search results about it. Looking at the screenshots that looks like a viable option.

I went from windows 10 tot arch linux because I have a big pee pee and am not scared of command lines.

Literally everything just fucking werks. The only thing I'm missing is Office because sometimes I need to edit and send documents in docx and other proprietary formats and no Libreoffice is not a viable alternative. That's the only thing I even have to use a VM for.

>>107022019
>office
WPS always covered obscure documents I needed to open and edit.

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
It’s a gradient starting from 15 years ago. Got a laptop and installed Linux on it but still used a desktop with Windows for games at the same time. I tinkered with dual booting Windows 7 and 10 but at some point 7 just killed itself for no explicit reason and was irreparable. 10 did work but I never really switched to it.
>>Why?
Each new game was a bigger disappointment so I never renewed the desktop. There was just no point, I got all my work done on Linux laptop anyway.
>>Previous OS?
W7
>>Current distro?
Void
>>Usecase?
Pastime programming, web, old and light games
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
DRI_PRIME=1. IYKYK
>>What works great or is impressive?
A lot of small things, most importantly it doesn’t feel like it’s wasting my time

>>107021783
>Fedora has some severe pain points like having to manually enable RPM Fusion for proprietary drivers, codecs, etc
it literally asks you during startup whether you want to enable rpm fusion
as in "yes / no" button
that doesn't seem like a big pain point
>>107021557
fedora kde
it just werks

>>107018422
>Did you switch to Linux?
No. Unfortunately, and I really mean it, Linux does not meet my computing needs. So I have to cope with Windows LTSC

>>107021557
Realistically, for a turbo normie, Ubuntu or Fedora.
Really good beginner distros with high polishing, hardware compatibility and abundant software repositories.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Haven't switched yet, waiting for a new SSD. I have fucked around with Mint and Cachy on a VM though.
>Why?
Feels natural to do so. Win10 sucked cock and Win11 will suck even more. What could I do other than switch to Linux?
>Previous OS?
Win10.
>Current distro?
Mint.
>Usecase?
Gaming, emulation, watching shit I torrent, browser. Maybe drawing.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
On my Mint VM I had to fuck around for a hour or two to get the Japanese keyboard to work properly. Also tried switching to Japanese localization but it was pretty shit, felt like a trap and I ended up switching back to English.
Other than that the terminal I guess. I don't mind it at all, but learning to use it seems like a pain in the ass. I've already done embarrassing shit like writing "install kde-plasma" only to fail and have to look it up, to find out that it was "install kde-plasma-desktop" instead. That's my main issue really, I simply don't know what to write.
>What works great or is impressive?
Ricing as well as the general DE and WM stuff is pretty interesting. Other than that the relatively little bloat, I suppose. I haven't really interacted enough that I can say much else.

>>107018422
After much deliberation, I have elected to stay on Win 10 for the next year until I would have to pay for the ESU. My configuration is just too stable too mess with. Probably going to switch to mint next year so I’ve been spending the past month or so learning all of the various things I’ll need when I switch. I think it’s mostly going to be gaming and audio mixing software that holds me back.

>>107022257
>that doesn't seem like a big pain point
Believe me, it is. An average user is not really going to stray away from any defaults especially if they have no idea what the implications are.

>>107018422
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New Linux users:
>When did you switch?
never
>Why?
l00nix sux
>Previous OS?
windows 7
>Current distro?
windows 7 professional
>Usecase?
suckless, blazing fast
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
win10 dependant slop
>What works great or is impressive?
everything

>>107019117
>the only fucking thing that I can't seem to get to work is the way that browsers display image thumbnails when I'm looking for an image to upload.
Firefox? If so try setting widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker to 1.

>>107022521
>An average user is not really going to stray away from any defaults
you're talking about somebody willing to install linux
those people are at least capable of reading popups before clicking, and the popup is very explicit, as in "hey fuckass you might want third party repo rpm fusion if you have nvidia"

>>107022418
Which version of fedora? There are several

>>107022768
gnome is macOS but shit
KDE is winblows but good

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Oct 14
>Why?
Been wanting to because I hate MS, Win10 eol was the final push.
>Previous OS?
Win10
>Current distro?
Nobara
>Usecase?
Games
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Discord screen share sucks
>What works great or is impressive?
I've been able to play literally every game I played on Windows using proton-ge latest. No issues at all besides an easily solved mic bug on phasmophobia. I'm very impressed.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
1 year ago
>Why?
Windows will never be good again
>Previous OS?
Win7
>Current distro?
Mint
>Usecase?
Using up a lot of electricity to browse 4chan
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Fractional interface scaling causes problems.
Audio stuff is somehow just as fucked up and confusing as in Windows.
GTK file chooser.
>What works great or is impressive?
Drivers just werk, Proton usually just werks

>>107022896
>Discord screen share sucks
Kids still use discord?

>>107022896
>Discord screen share sucks
what does this have to do with what os you use?

>>107018422
>New Linux users:
I suppose I qualify, so here goes...
>when did you switch?
about a year and a half ago
>why?
CS student. the windows environment is atrocious for programming
>previous OS?
switched while I was on windows 7. I still use 10 for kernel anticheat gaymes with friends but that's about it
>current distro?
Gentoo. started out with Arch, switched to Gentoo about a month ago and I'm never going back
>usecase?
normal daily use and programming
>what annoys you or doesn't work?
everything that I set up works. it's kind of amazing actually
>what works great or is impressive?
LUKS on root and boot partitions works great
kernel takes up under 30M on disk and under 150M in memory when idle
the GNU shell experience is fantastic
the whole system is oddly fast
battery life on my laptop is ok in spite of the fact the battery is at over 400 cycles
more to the speed point; disabling turbo and pegging clocks on all cores (Intel 8250U) to 400MHz to batterymaxx still leaves me with a usable system

I now shudder every time I have to do something remotely technical on a windows system, it's insane how unusable that toy OS is

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Earlier this month
>Why?
Got an amd card
>Previous OS?
Win10
>Current distro?
Cachy
>Usecase?
Gaming and surfing the interweb
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I miss musicbee
>What works great or is impressive?
Everything worked ootb

Give it to me straight
I have a nvidia GPU, is it over for me?

>>107023310
no. ignore the propaganda. nvidia is fine.

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>>107018422
pufferfish wit da big ass lip

>>107023310
It's usable, but not ideal. Up to 35% worse performance in games compared to Windows while AMD/Intel is mostly on par or faster on Linux. Wayland support is quite shit so some things don't work well, like high refresh rates and Waydroid hardware acceleration.

>>107023590
>Up to 35% worse performance in games compared to Windows
bruh
I'll stick with ltsc then

>>107023605
It's not that big of a deal since it's mainly affecting DX12 games played in Proton.
Any older game or indie game that's using Vulkan, OpenGL or DX10 will perform the same as Windows or even better even on nVidia. DX11 is a hit or miss but still mostly similar to native Windows.

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>When did you switch?
3 months, 9 days ago
>Why?
I didn’t like Windows or Microsoft, and I was also one of the people who’d get that random black screen bug with the NVIDIA drivers there. I already owned a Steam Deck, which made me realize that gaming on Linux wasn’t a complete meme, so one day I got so fed up I just said “fuck it.”
>Previous OS?
Windows 11
>Current distro?
EndeavourOS
>Use case?
Gaming, work, web browsing, and media consumption
>What annoys you or doesn’t work?
I’m at the point where 99% of my issues with Linux stem from having an NVIDIA GPU. My main problems are: VKD3D performance being ass compared to Windows or AMD users, Waydroid not being able to use hardware acceleration, my Elgato PCIe capture card not working, and some anti-cheat games like BF6 being unplayable.
>What works great or is impressive?
Pretty much everything just worked out of the box. I can set a GIF on my AIO screen using CoolerControl despite the GitHub page saying support for my AIO is broken. After updating OpenRGB one day, it started detecting my Lian Li fan controller, so I no longer need a Windows VM to change colors. I can track my headset’s battery life right from the tray, something I couldn’t even do on Windows with the official software, and my Stream Deck works perfectly using OpenDeck. Also using the terminal so much has improved my typing speed

Last but not least, fuck Nvidia! The moment AMD releases a card that outperforms the 4080 by a decent margin, I’m drop-kicking this thing out of my system.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Last year almost to the date.
>Why?
Mainly because MS keeps finding new and miraculous ways to make Windows shittier with each iteration. I've been flirting with various dual boots and VMs of Linux distros for the past decade and finally felt comfortable enough to make the permanent jump.
>Previous OS?
Win 11
>Current distro?
CachyOS
>Usecase?
Mainly gaming.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I hated having to fuck around with fstab to get my NAS to automount. It's not a big deal but one thing I miss about windows was how painless that process was by comparison.
>What works great or is impressive?
CachyOS is insanely quick. I've never had an OS load everything so damn fast before.

>When did you switch?
Around when proton came out
>Why?
Windows Update. Its speed & the fact that you cannot control it are major factors. Since then reasons not to go back have been piling up.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10
>Current distro?
Arch btw
>Use case?
Gaming, programming, LLMs
>What annoys you or doesn’t work?
HDMI 2.1 on AMD and kernel level anti cheat but at the moment i have no title i want to play that uses it.
>What works great or is impressive?
I had to scan a document for my landlord. The scanner dropped support for Windows in like the XP era and could only be used with some software that some guy in his garage wanted 30 bucks for. On Linux i plug it in and it instantly works. Also SSH is fucking magic.

>>107019241
ah, forgot to mention this, you have to perform a ritual to type in moon

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Fuck, I didn't add:
>Born in? (60s/70s/80s/90s/00s...)
I feel like only older people switch to loonix

I'm using tumbleweed-gnome, and uhh I like having no need to touch a terminal to update, but forced defaults annoy me. Was on Win11 but slow booting times were kickin' in as well as some other issues I can't remember.

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>>107024760
tumbleweed is good, but yea some of the defaults suck. Sudo for Flatpaks??? And a 3rd party repo for codecs, just like Fedora??? Software availability is lacking. But still a solid distro with good security ootb, snapper rollbacks and relatively stable for a rolling release.

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>>107022452
>Install CachyOS (Comes with KDE Plasma)
>Install fcitx5 and fcitx5-mozc (Can use a GUI called Octopi instead of the terminal)
>Select fcitx5 as your virtual keyboard in KDE Plasma's System Settings
>Log out, log back in
>Add your keyboard and Japanese keyboard on the Input section in KDE Plasma's System settings
難しくないよ〜!

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Switched my work/study laptop like five years ago to Arch, switched my main desktop to arch a week before win10 went EOS.
>Why
Laptop is old as fuck, Linux just works well in it. As for the desktop, FUCK windows 11, literally no upside to using it, scales naturally tipped towards linux.
>Previous OS
Windows 10 on my main desktop
>Current distro?
Arch
>Usecase?
Work laptop is for office stuff, some freecad and slicer software for 3d printer, I also emulate some PLC shit, arduino. Main desktop is for vidya.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Rootkit anticheats, they're annoying as fuck, and don't stop cheaters anyways, but they definitely do not work on linux.
>What works great or is impressive?
Honestly for the arc raiders beta, it uses EAC and Epig Online Services, but even with that it was just download, double click and play. Also, credit to hyprland, I thought tiling stuff wasn't gonna be for me but I know I'm not going back.

>>107025520
Arch user that does meaningful stuff? Based

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>>107025476
>The only place that matters, Japan, has 0 users
very based

>>107025476
it's a sad fucking state of the world when the jeets are right about anything

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>New Linux users:
New?
>When did you switch?
Probably around 2006 with Ubuntu 6.06, kept using WinXP for games. Left Ubuntu before Unity and switched to Mint for long. Gradually Windows has become irrelevant in my PC use.
>Why?
Curiosity at first, now convenience.
>Previous OS?
WinXP
>Current distro?
I fell for the Manjaro meme when it was a /g/ favorite then I stuck with it, Arch being too barebone for my distro liking. The packaging manager is handy.
>Usecase?
Web browsing, light audio editing, torrenting, aMuleing (?), documentaries on human mating vision
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
After all these years it's still evident that everything is a patchwork of programs glued together.
>What works great or is impressive?
That despite the patchwork everything is done faster than commercial OSes, from installation to upgrading.

>>107026638
I dont care if there are trannies using linux because it has literally nothing to do with me or my use of it.

>>107026638
Idk, but I'm not selling my BMW, just because some tranny works there or some other tranny is driving a BMW. And if you are worried about trannies, niggers or libtards touching the code that is running on your machine... at least you can see the code, check it or remove/replace it entirely. And on windows you are forced to run that kike/tranny/jeet/nigger code.

>>107026820
one day they will start putting malware in their packages that will wipe your drives and release all your browser passwords to the public, all because they detected that you use some program they don't like, or you said something they don't approve. Mark my words.
>>107026930
>muh car logic
rogue emoloyee of a car manufacturer , or IT company like Microsoft in this case, can be held accountable for sabotage. Making a linux tranny responsible for something like this is almost impossible.
>muh open source
Sure, you will totally carefully examine every system component you install manually, lmao.

>>107024050
>Wayland
Goyvidia drivers still need Xwayland to work in-betweenand even then Wayland can be bit iffy. You should try xorg only.
It could be better. Emphasis on *could*.

>>107026638
>Basing your use of something on if other people use it.
If they kill themselves, should we kill ourselves too?

>>107026976
>schizo headcannon fearmongering
Meds>>107026976

>>107018422
>When did you switch
December last year
>Why?
Was curious and windows was fucking gay
>Previous OS
Windows 11
>Current distro
Arch. Started with Debian. Made the switch six months ago.
>Use case
Studying, work
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Some vidya. Sometimes shit breaks for no reason.
>What works great or is impressive?
I feel fully in control of my system. I like it. If I want something to work in a particular way, I can make it so.
Also I plug in any monitor and it just works, no turning off HDMI deep color to make the TV work or manually searching for the right Hz option (where there's 3x of each) until windows let's me pick the resolution I want.

i wanna switch to mint but im scared that it will fuck up my laptop from 2017 what should i do?

>>107018422
>>107018422
not really new
i just now committed to daily drive it not just as server OS
>>When did you switch?
2 month ago
>>Why?
because fuck microsoft
>>Previous OS?
windows 10
>>Current distro?
Cachy
>>Usecase?
daily driver
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
>every time i update something breaks
>took so long to get shairport working with incredibly stupid bodges (while it just werked on fedora)
> going insane trying to pass through an iGPU and get looking glass working
managed the pass through today after a few days of trying
>>What works great or is impressive?
i like tiling WMs

honestly i regret not going for fedora again (not my first attempt to switch over to linux)

>>107027352
You wont + You can keep an usb stick with Windows, if you really don't like it and just reinstall.

>>107026638
You just posted this in the thread on /v/ you insane faggot

>>107026638
tldr

>>107026976
Nigger, you're using a corporate operating system that is managed top down by people that make the most mentally ill trannies look absolutely benign and you don't even have access to the source code. You're fucked to a degree it's not even funny anymore. Never mind rogue employees, you have to fight with a systematic approach to the same thing.

I really like how your scaremongering tactic is to bring up "data loss" and "publicizing account passwords" which are a huge nothing burger prank compared to what could be done. You can't even imagine the ramifications of someone having full access to deploy software on your computer.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Oh man, 2 maybe 3 years ago? Could even be 4.
>Why?
Uh, I was still using a copy of windows 8.1 at the time and it wasn't updating
>Previous OS?
W-windows 8.1
>Current distro?
EndeavorOS. Started with mint and she's my girl but endeavor has been good to me.
>Usecase?
Gaming, media, work, general computer use. Pretty much everything
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Some appimages dont work, I'm sure I'm just missing a package or something but its annoying. Also arch based so its a bit barebones and I have to go sniffing for packages. Manual interventions are annoying but eh.
>What works great or is impressive?
Gaming, pretty much everything. I've learned a lot about using yay and pacman and I can figure out everything myself now that I got my feet wet. Aur is pretty slick for some cool programs. Yeah, it just werks. Super customizable, I don't think I could ever go back to windows now.
Its also super fast.

>>107027567
Holy trvke! My ESL ass could never, thank you for delivering basically a knockout with words.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Ten days ago
>Why?
Got tired of 200 processes and services running in the background
>Previous OS?
Windows 11
>Current distro?
Bazzite
>Usecase?
Games, AI, coding, editing, general PC stuff
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
A lack of documentation on settings and stuff for certain packages
>What works great or is impressive?
Installation and setting things up was smoother and easier than I expected. Every game so far works flawlessly. PC actually becomes quiet on idle for once

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>>107018422
>>>When did you switch?
~10m ago
>>Why?
previous os experienced catastrophic levels of enshitrification and i experienced the alternative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
>>Previous OS?
before my first linux based one it was windows 11 (like an actual paid license i got for like 5$ from a keysite). before that it was 5$ paid win10 and pirated versions of earlier windows going back to 98
>>Current distro?
fedora 42 kde, but i tried fedora atomic kde on my laptop and i like that more i might make the switch on my desktop to when fedora 43 officially releases
>>Usecase?
gaming,watching shows/movies/youtube,shitposting,coding
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
nothing really im very happy 95% of the time. i guess the one thing thats kinda jank/not as smooth is VR. the last thing i did before switching over is play some PCVR over ALVR to see it works and it did but it's not as good as virtual desktop which is the windows PCVR program
>>What works great or is impressive?
having options, even if 95% of the many hundreds of distros out there are irrelevant to me the fact that they exist means no distro can do enshitification because people can just hop over to something else with little effort. this kind of happened when ubuntu did some unpopular stuff.
this is a double edged sword for normie adoption tho because the sheer number of distros scares normies. i dont think we have anything perfect for normies rn zorin os kinda has the perfect UI for that, universal blue's aurora/bluefin/bazzite have the perfect software/update system but still have some jank, mint has excellent on boarding experience but has old kernel/drivers/software.

>>107027862
10 month not 10 minute that is
also i still have my old windows install on an older ssd that i kept 'in case i ever need to hop back' but i literally never did

>>107027862
>Why? previous os experienced catastrophic levels of enshitrification and i experienced the alternative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
lmao
>fedora 42 kde, but i tried fedora atomic kde on my laptop and i like that more i might make the switch on my desktop to when fedora 43 officially releases
I'm in the exact same situation, I just like the extra stability and rollback feature of the atomic desktop. Is everything you need available as flatpak? I mean you can still layer stuff, but still.

>>107018422
>14 years ago
>couldn't stand vista
>windows xp
>arch

>>107028224
*24 years ago

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
On and off for a couple years before permanantly this summer.
>Why?
Tired of Windows bloat and updates making my pc unusable for up to half an hour at a time.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10.
>Current distro?
Arch.
>Usecase?
Quick and efficient with streamlined updates via pacman and yay as well as custom automation tools.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
One bad command can entirely brick my system and backups are a must.
>What works great or is impressive?
Getting new apps is a breeze. updates are super quick and I can work while they install.

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>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
the start of covid
>>Why?
windows 10 corrupting itself once a year on average
>>Previous OS?
windows 10
>>Current distro?
mint
>>Usecase?
why i chose mint? because i felt like i would be seen as a major noob if i chose ubuntu
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
sometimes i run into cross-distro compatibility issues. it would be nice if there was finally a universal format that everyone agreed on like appimage
>>What works great or is impressive?
i like how stable everything is. my computer has been on for almost a year now. i can update a lot of things without needing to reboot anything. haven't broke my operating system ever as opposed to my windows career being full of corruptions

>>107028272
>One bad command can entirely brick my system and backups are a must.
It's not that extreme. I bricked my arch install like 3 or 4 times now and every time it has been trivial to recover. No backups needed.

>>107028277
>i like how stable everything is. my computer has been on for almost a year now.
wtf

>>107028304

# uptime
 17:53:11 up 308 days,  5:39,  2 users,  load average: 1.34, 1.37, 1.41

>>107019507
NTA but thanks for mentioning the faugus thing. Tried a lot of "just werks" launchers (lutris, heroic, portproton) and all of them failed to run most games, and for some reason protontricks wasn't working in any of them, not correctly at least.
Faugus did everything right at the first try with zero issues.

>>107018422
>Did you switch to Linux?
Yes.
>When did you switch?
2007-ish?
>Why?
Guy refused to sell me Windows XP. Said I needed Vista for 64-bit.
>Previous OS?
Windows XP.
>Current distro?
Several. Fedora on work computer, Nix on this shit machine that I'm just using for shitposting and probably going to nuke it. There's a machine I want to turn into a server, I will format it. Currently it has Suse I think? Idk.
>Usecase?
Programming for work, shitposting on this one, and want to run a few /hsg/ on the other.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Fedora: too fixed to their way.
Nix: shitty tinkering format.
Suse: doesn't just werk.
>What works great or is impressive?
Free as in beer. I get good pay on my job, but I hate spending money on myself. Junkie beggar on the street? Give him a $20, no questions asked. Want to eat a $20 burger? Nope, better to fast today than to waste money on such indulgences. Plus free as in freedom, I can install FVWM3 and config it to my liking on the shitposting machine instead of being forced to endure whatever UI some overpaid retard did just to justify his continued employnment. If the UI works, there's ZERO need to keep paying UI people to "improve" it.

>>107028401
Honestly, most people shill Lutris, but I think faugus is the best (for now). Spread the word, homie. Btw, if you have the Flatpak and want MangoHud to work, make sure to get every major version. 21, 22, 23 etc. "flatpak install mangohud" you just have to enable it in faugus, right click, edit, tools.

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>>107028197
>>I'm in the exact same situation, I just like the extra stability and rollback feature of the atomic desktop. Is everything you need available as flatpak? I mean you can still layer stuff, but still.
i only layer the terminal app (ghostty) because its a super weak potato pc and regular package launches a bit faster than flatpak (on a non potato pc its not noticable)
you can basically get anything in homebrew/a toolbox container without layering, if you really need a package quick in a pinch you just go

rpm-ostree install --apply-live fastfetch

this creates a new image with the package layered and creates some 'overlay' bullshit on your current running system allowing you to use the package immediately. so in practice it's like installing a package in the regular fedora (it's not, if the install somehow fails midway and you restart you will have a clean working system image that you had before the update)

even if in practice this level of security is probably rarely needed, (what are the chances ill get a catastrophic power outage mid critical update?, i also have a basic UPS) i like having it its basically an unbreakable system (unbreakable by mistake that is, ofc you can force it to break)

>couple weeks ago
>"Windows is better with a Microsoft account. Sync your settings across all devices for enhanced security"
>Win10
>Fedora KDE
>ComfyUI gens while watching movies, some gaming
>I can't multitask as well as I did in Win10 so I upgraded to 64 gigs of RAM... worth it
>customization of my UI to make it sexy as possible, free of periodic "updates" and no more unauthorized "PLZZ MAEK ACCOUNT, NOW YOU MUST MAEK ACCOUNT PLZ PLZ PLZZZZZ" notifications popping up on my private machine

>>107028501
Thank you. Do you think it's fine, if I layer ~8 packages? Waydroid, qemu/kvm, lact, rocm, lsfgvk and more? Or should I stick to normal Fedora?

>>107025438
>install cacheos
>install susikskskskks (can use a gui called octopus instead of the terminal)
>select jsofkdnkslsksn as your virtual keyboard in kek plasma's system settings
>log out log back in
>...

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>When did you switch?
One year ago
>Why?
Windows 11 came out and the writing was on the wall.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10 LTSC
>Current distro?
Debian Sid
>Usecase?
Daily driver, poweruser, gaming, media, research
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
everything works with enough fiddling besides some games that use crappy anti-cheat(battlefield 6 for example).
>What works great or is impressive?
Everything. It's mine. It does what I tell it to do and nothing else, ever. It's free. It's better than windows.
t. windows power-user for 25+ years

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>>107028635
>Waydroid, qemu/kvm, lact,
i think those are all available on flatpak
as for the rest yea you'll need to layer
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/getting-started/#package-layering

also check out these distros based on the same fedora atomic images
https://universal-blue.org/#images
i think bluefin and aurora come with out of the box with the shit you need to run LLMs on an amd gpu it might have all you need out of the box without having to set shit up

>>107020353
I just remembered the one annoyance I have with Linux, and honestly it's a minor one.
Whenever I install an updated nvidia driver (usually after a kernel update), I have to manually uninstall the older one.
I suppose it's the price I pay for being dumb enough to still be using an nvidia card.
The annoying thing is that when I built my current desktop I had wanted it to be an AMD build, but I couldn't because of hardware shortages at the time.

>>107029477
really? I switched to Fedora KDE. Asked Grok how to install nvidia drivers, copy+pasted a bunch of unintelligible crap onto this weird linux CLI, and it just worked

>When did you switch?
2014
>Why?
Read the Snowden book back then.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10 Enterprise
>Current distro?
linux mint xfce
>Usecase?
Web surfing, watching YouTube, and working on MS Office using a VM.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Banking business
>What works great or is impressive?
Speed and lightweight

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
2009 June

>Why?
I wanted more life out of my aging desktop, was a poorfag at the time.

>Previous OS?
Windows Millenium Edition on the aging 2002 desktop, several other Win flavors on various other hand-me-down machines.

>Current distro?
Puppy Linux

>Usecase?
Internet, image editing, writing, media playing.

>What annoys you or doesn't work?
>What works great or is impressive?

It's been pretty smooth, actually. Puppies built from Debian-packages have been well behaving. Puppies run from RAM, so I've been able to all but ditch virus scanners completely. Also love how 8 Gb of RAM still feels luxurious.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
during the recall fiasco
>Why?
recall and copilot. duh.
>Previous OS?
windows 10.
>Current distro?
fedora but im starting to get into arch 'cause i dont care for fedora accepting ai contributions and red hat/ibm keeps promising to not fuck with shit which has repeatedly been a complete fucking fabrication.
>Usecase?
drawing/animation
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
i need lazy nezumi but its developer is too much of a retard to know how to program for linux.
>What works great or is impressive?
pretty much everything including windows software.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Sometime in 2020, during the wuflu bullshit.

>Why?
Didn't care to use Windows anymore, didn't play modern games much and didn't really even play my older games too.
Older hardware that Win11 wouldn't install on also helped out making the final decision.

>Previous OS?
Windows 10

>Current distro?
EndeavourOS

>Usecase?
Wanted to try Arch, have used Ubuntu during college so wanted to see what the difference is like, but didn't want to learn everything from scratch with basic Arch install.
Tried Manjaro first, used it for about a year but couldn't stand all the issues with AUR and their dumbass way they were maintaining their certs.

>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I have a 3D printer and wanted to learn CAD and working with FreeCAD was okay but learning that various CAD software on Windows is much better does kinda sour my experience with CAD and Linux but I'm not doing this professionally so I don't really mind.

Even though I don't play games much I did wanted to try some of it out on Linux, overall I am happy that my older games are working but maybe its not as up to par with Windows performance but as long it can keep a stable 60fps with moderate settings I am fine with it.

>What works great or is impressive?
Overall things seem to just runs much snappier than Windows 10 especially after all the updates they pushed and new "features" they would add.

I was impressed that connecting to my wifi Brother laser printer was pretty easy, shoot sometimes Windows will have bullshit connection issues with various printers in my experience especially when its a network printer and I don't have to use a shitty spyware software application from these various printer companies to install a driver to get it work.

>>107029545
>Read the Snowden book back then.
Do you recommend it? I don't read much tbqh...

>>107027567
tranny, did you even read my post? Access to source code is irrelevant onto itself if your codebase is too big to be practically audited. There were open sauce projects out there like Phobos Client or ImageGlass that concealed malware in plain sight, because people made the assumption that others will look upon the code for them. I use Windows 7 , which is the last decent windows version, although I know that nuwindows can still be installed on old hw, without ms account, which will still be a better choice than troonix

>>107029500
I think it's just a case of my package manager sperging out.
I'm thinking of getting an AMD card at some point in the future anyway.

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
I started using Linux in 2010, but my official switch was 2025.
>Why?
Windows 8.1 wouldn't let me play League of Faggots and some steam games started injecting DLSS even if they weren't using it. Main reason: to avoid W10/W11.
>Previous OS?
Windows 7 when I started Linux. Windows 8.1 when I switched.
>Current distro?
Arch
>Usecase?
Daily driver (which includes: 154 tabs open in chromium, KVM to Windows 10 for ring zero anti cheat games, FL Studio 10, Shitcord, FLAC music, SSH, Virtualbox, Parsec, torrents, VSCodium, Sublime Text, Commodore 64 coding, working on LostCity.rs, python scripts, data hoarding everything, displaying my waifu in feh, shitting up 4chan, etc.)
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
On Arch? It's not an Arch problem but... I wanted to dick around with doing live backgrounds for the lulz, but with XFCE, I'm forced to use xwinwrap with mpv to do it. And even then, it covers my icons, hides my desktop selection. And when it changes wallpapers every 30 minutes, it goes over top of my current application. However, some russian has been working on video backgrounds for XFCE currently. So that's not so bad. My only real Arch (or possibly Linux?) complaint that I have is that if there's a space in the file location, and I double click the .sh file, it will say it doesn't exist. For example I have a sh file at, ~/GOG Games/Four Elements Trainer/four elements trainer.sh. I double click the .sh, and in the terminal, it says ~/GOG doesn't exist. Because there's a space. So I have to open terminal here and then type ./four \elements \trainer.sh
>What works great or is impressive?
Dude, easily the sheer amount of no tasks running. When I boot it up, there's usually only around... 31 threads running (pretty close to Windows XP) Whereas on Windows 10, it's somewhere around 6,322 threads.
For arch compared to other distros, I really love the AUR. Sometimes it's annoying that maintainers will leave (but I don't blame them)

>>107029904
>I have is that if there's a space in the file location, and I double click the .sh file, it will say it doesn't exist. For example I have a sh file at, ~/GOG Games/Four Elements Trainer/four elements trainer.sh. I double click the .sh, and in the terminal, it says ~/GOG doesn't exist. Because there's a space.
this isn't a fundamental issue with .sh files, that's caused by a poorly written .sh file, namely, it's likely doing something like using $0 (the path that was executed), and isn't handling spaces correctly. you can fix it by editing the .sh. it's a common pitfall in scripting, because depending on how you handle "four elements trainer.sh", it could be uses as a single string with spaces, or three strings (four, elements, trainer.sh), as space is a common delimiter

>>107018422
>>When did you switch?
2012
>>Why?
to conquer the revered Arch Linux and join the hacker club
>>Previous OS?
Windows 7
>>Current distro?
Arch + nixOS
>>Usecase?
programming, gaming, day-to-day
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
sleep/hibernate is still iffy, makes audio DACs shit themselves
>>What works great or is impressive?
maintenance and ease of use, its comfy. TWM is the best workflow

>>107018422
Almost. I found out that migrating data from NTFS to EXT4 filesystem needs more effort especially if you don't have spare free disks.

>>107030851
there's a tool to convert ntfs directly to btrfs

>>107029904
>>107030202
My sh experience improved drastically after I started considering whitespace to be special characters (just like $ > etc.)

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>>107030202
I'd say it's pretty common pitfall when every single game in that folder does the same:
>List of games in that folder with .sh's that have that same problem
Clara's Love Hotel (itch.io)
Four Elements Trainer (the island torrent)
Graveyard Keeper (GOG)
DD Escape (itch.io)
Opus Magnum (GOG)
RimWorld (GOG)
SM64ex Redrawn (Github)
Summertime Saga (Summertime's website)
Turing Complete (LinuxRuleZ)

>>107031371
yea, linux native games are usually fairly low effort, or done by people as an afterthought with little linux experience. not to blame them, it's still a small platform
i don't have any of those to check, perhaps put one of the sh files on catbox and i can have a look

>>107031362
yea, one should always, always test their scripts with the script in a path with spaces, and named with a space, and with inputs with spaces. because it's too temping to test "/tmp/test.sh test.file" and call it good when it explodes when you give it someone and they put it in a folder with spaces, name it with spaces, or use it on a file with spaces

>>107031383
Never done a codeblock, hope this works.
But also, I just picked the shortest one.

#!/bin/bash
# Author: Y@Ldysse
# sm64ex
# Super Mario 64 (USA)

CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
cd "${CURRENT_DIR}/Assets-SM64"
chmod +x ./sm64.us.f3dex2e
./sm64.us.f3dex2e --savepath "${CURRENT_DIR}/Assets-SM64/save-sm64ex" "$@"

>>107031409
how exactly are you running these? like the empty terminal and the graphical error suggests you're not just executing them directly, do you have some kind of "run with/in terminal" feature of your FM?
it seems like it might be an issue with whatever you're using to run them, rather than an issue with the script

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>>107031409
>>107031486
i installed thunar to see what options it has, and it seems that by default it won't execute shell scripts (wtf?). it might be running it with something else which itself can't handle a path with spaces, because the script looks fine.
i confirmed with this option set to "always" (and presumably "ask"), it runs the script fine

>>107031486
So this is all I've done, if I recall correctly.
Arch + XFCE (which uses thunar)
Right click .sh file, allow program to be executed. Go to the program itself that gets executed, make that executable.
Right click .sh file, open with terminal emulator (which then remembers that choice for all .sh files).
Any .sh file that has a path with no space in it runs fine.
But usually to get it working, I just open terminal at that location then execute it from the term.

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>>107031523
sent unedited pic but i'm sure you could see it

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>>107031523
Oh, that worked. Huh. Thanks anon, you're the best.

>>107031537
never would have guessed it was your file manager, especially a well-known one like thunar, to have this issue

>>107031541
To be honest, I don't remember thunar ever having this issue before until I updated XFCE to 4.20. It was fine on 4.18.

>>107031546
i can't imagine why it would be set to completely disable executing shell scripts, especially when it has an "ask" option. i've seen file managers ask, but never just hide it entirely, that's an easy way to get users stuck

>>107031546
i looked around, and xfce reckons this isn't their bug
https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/issues/365
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/1661

basically, they disable script execution by default, and apparently don't provide an option to run them with a terminal either

the same guy is even considering making that option apply to other non-system binaries
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/1664

i haven't been able to find any such custom action being added by arch in arch's repositories, it does seem to me like a thunar bug

>>107018422
switched to babby linux because win 10 home was crashing on me every 25 minutes

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>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Back in January or February, I think.
>Why?
I had been slowly getting sick of Windows bullshit for years, but the impetus for making the switch was that W10 EOL was on the horizon.
>Previous OS?
W10.
>Current distro?
Debian 13.
>Usecase?
Writing, web surfing, and schoolwork.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
For whatever reason, I couldn't get my built-in speakers to work properly. I ended up just buying a pair of Creative Pebbles and those work fine. The one other thing that annoyed me when I first started out is that for some reason, every single Linux install defaults to the Radeon driver, which causes flickering on my machine. I couldn't figure out what was causing it initially, and I almost gave up on Linux.
>What works great or is impressive?
Apart from the two things I mentioned above, every else has been a stark improvement over Windows.

>>107023590
so this is the power of linux xD

>When did you switch?
A little over 1 year ago
>Why?
I bought a new laptop. It came with Windows 11 installed. It disgusted me. I wanted to switch anyway but 10 minutes after seeing that crap Linux was installed on here.
>Previous OS?
Windows 10 1809 LTSC
>Current distro?
Kubuntu
>Usecase?
Normal laptop stuff. Shitposting. Torrenting. Doing my work.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
My Airspy SDR works, there's driver support. But the problem is in order to use SDR# which I prefer I need to use a really old version in Wine and connect it up to a server running natively on Linux. It's really annoying.
>What works great or is impressive?
Any linux terminal emulator > cmd.exe

>>107032922
I also want to state another opinion. Sure, I could install LTSC again and use it until 2032 with security updates. But I can't count on software and driver support forever. I see it as an abusive relationship with Microsoft. I can't get a decent version of Windows unless I pirate it. No respect for their users.

>>107032909
"Linux" isn't in charge of making nVidia drivers. It's entirely up to nVidia what they want to do with their drivers.

>>107032909
Nvidia is not Linux. Also the Nvidia driver has been getting better. I think in 1-2 years they will get there. Give them some slack they are only the most overvalued company on the planet.

>>107033092
>I think in 1-2 years they will get there
That's the most optimistic scenario. The most likely scenario is 3-5 years. Apparently a bunch of developers have signed an NDA and got access to some private nVidia documentation so that they can work on the open source parts of the driver a lot easier. But it's not really enough for them to implement a proper driver within 2 years unless nVidia opens up a lot more and opens up to more developers.

>>107033293
I was talking about the "official" driver from Nvidia themselves. All that is missing is
- Proper Dx12 performance
- VAAPI if the browsers not switch to Vulkan video themselves first
- Somehow Waydroid needs to get accelleration figured out

Of course the Nova driver will take way longer and i doubt it will reach performance equality in this decade.

>When did you switch?
5-7 yrs ago
>Why?
work
>Previous OS?
win 7
>Current distro?
ubuntu
>Usecase?
work
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
realtek
>What works great or is impressive?
python

>>107018422
I've dabbled a bit with linux, ultimately decided that it isn't fit for my use cases, but I had to at least give it a proper try before going back to Windows 10 Enterprise with ESU.
>When did you switch?
October.
>Why
EOL.
>Previous OS?
W10 Ent
>Current distro?
Fedora Workstation on a secondary drive, most likely wiping it soon.
>Usecase
General use and gaming.
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Lack of experience, I have years of experience on windows and having to re-learn is not fun, and linux documentation is absolutely awful. I dislike how the OS (I specifically used Ubuntu LTS and Fedora Workstation, but mostly Fedora Workstation) feels very online/cloud/centralized, I don't feel like stuff is local and *mine*. It's difficult to backup programs, unlike on Windows I can't just backup a random .exe from the internet on a local HDD and have it be installable and working at any point without any internet and all redist/requirements being packaged with the program. I hate relying on package mangement and package maintainers, I don't trust them, and I don't want my shit tinkered with. Firefox on Fedora ships with settings different from default installs on Windows, and it even has Fedora docs in bookmarks. I don't like it. There's a lot of software/hardware incompatibility issues. Every game has to rely on lutris or heroic launcher. I want to try out Battlefield BR when it releases, and it most likely won't work at all. The performance in games I tested was overall slightly worse than in windows, not major, but still ranging from 5-15% loss depending on the title. Modding is practically impossible, I spent like 45 minutes trying to get SMAPI to work on a GOG copy of Stardew Valley and it just wouldn't work. Not sure if it's Fedora or SELinux, but it just won't work despite the .install sh file seemingly completing the install in terminal.
>What works great or is impressive?
GNOME is really nice, and I love Foliate and Amberol.

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>>107018422
>New Linux users:
>>When did you switch?
Few days after Win10 killed itself.
>>Why?
Because I'm tired of the Windows Botnet and Win11 was 10 but even fucking worse for SysAdmins (installing shit you don't need, removing it, update month later will reinstall it AND make it unremovable).
>>Previous OS?
Windows 10.
>>Current distro?
I use Arch, BTW.
>>Usecase?
Gaymen and general office work.
>>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Disk drives not automounting to the fstab, but I'm wagering that's an Arch issue because any other distro would be SANE and mount the drives automatically like Windows does, right?
>>What works great or is impressive?
Gaymen has improved in the decade that Proton was started and is leaps and bounds better than WINE by itself, but it's still Linux. There's still annoying issues (fstab above) but as long as you only have to use webapps, you're probably going to be okay on Linux as a desktop now.

>>107033686
>Some guy with a smartphone camera.

Here is "the guy" of KWin development showing some actual numbers.
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2021/12/14/about-gaming-on-wayland.html

>>107033750
>Disk drives not automounting to the fstab
fstab is for permanent mounts, stuff the system should care about. you don't need to add your flash drive to fstab
>I'm wagering that's an Arch issue because any other distro would be SANE and mount the drives automatically like Windows does, right?
well did you install and configure an automounter?

>>107025438
NTA, but ありがとう

I'm impressed with the number of replies of people switching recently.

>>107034208
Most people who switched long ago don't visit 4chan because they no longer need to use it as a forum to complain about shit and ask questions.

>>107018422
Linux is pozzed I switched to bsd. The cuck license prevents it from being undermined like every linux distro

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
2016
>Why?
windows 7 was being force upgraded to either 8 or 10 (I don't remember) and I had enough
>Previous OS?
win 7 / ubuntu, depending on what this means in detail
>Current distro?
devuan
>Usecase?
home PC, so watching slop, playing old games and shitposting
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
lxqt not having support for different wallpapers per virtual desktop, but I can make a kwin_x11 script
I won't use kde because kde is being gnomified with each new release, will go gayland-only with version 7 and are pretty hostile to xlibre
>What works great or is impressive?
me having complete control over my machine, unlike windows/mac/android folks being bullied with forced "up"grades

>>107018549
based

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
A few years ago.
>Why?
Proton got really good.
>Previous OS?
Nobara
>Current distro?
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
>Usecase?
Gaming, deving, and general other computer use
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Nvidia shit continues to be a pain the ass
>What works great or is impressive?
I can run an update script that takes care of everything on my own time and can easily roll back if something fucks up. Usually once per week

>>107033946
>fstab is for permanent mounts,
Yes, I know. I'm talking about the 4 other disk-drives in my system and not thumb drives. I'm not THAT retarded, Anon.

>>107033946
>well did you install and configure an automounter?
Not yet, but I'll have to look into Arch's packages for that. I did read the fstab article so I could just manually edit that (need to figure out the mount points, can't be / like the main drive, surely, if I'm reading the article right), I've just been lazy/busy to not fix that issue yet.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
2019
>Why?
windows 10 was really slow on the machine i'm on plus was bored
>Previous OS?
nobara
>Current distro?
fedora kde
>Usecase?
gaming with some light daily driver
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
modding games with a mod organizer
>What works great or is impressive?
doesn't occasiona;;y annoy me with update and i feel it's fun using the cli

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>When did you switch?
1998, I've used a lot of OS's though
>Why?
Got tired of Windows 98 crashing all the time on my 486DX laptop with 2MB ram and 100MB hard drive. Also I wanted to be a cool haxor like my friends on IRC. Linux let me turn my pc into a "proper" server. My specs were too shit to really run a good desktop environment, I could run X but I was always fighting for space for graphical apps so it wasn't worth it. I just used the terminal for two years. That was Slackware loaded off about 12 floppies.
>Previous OS?
Windows 98SE
>Current distro
Fedora 42
>Usecase?
I like it
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
KDE, currently better than alternatives though. Also Microsoft Fucking Teams
>What works great or is impressive
Wayland is pretty nice actually. I thought it was shit and stayed on X/i3 tiling wm for a long time, but I'm tired of tinkering. I have to do stupid Microsoft Fucking Teams calls a lot and it's a drag to have that working with a riced up desktop. I got tired of having one last tinker to get that garbage working.

>>107026978
I'd do this if I used a compositor that had a x11 version like sway and i3, but I'd rather not spend the time recreating my setup in a x11 window manager for what might not even be a noticeable improvement

New Linux users:
>When did you switch?
August 2025
>Why?
Windows 10 EoL
>Previous OS?
Windows 10 Pro
>Current distro?
Linux Mint. I used Mandrake Linux in the early 2000s but the hardware and software support was so ass, I went back to 98.
>Usecase?
FFXIV, youtube, Steam, MUDding, anime
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
- DPI scaling is stuck between 100% (impossibly small) or 200% (hueg shit). Yes, I know about fractional scaling, but its implementation is half assed
- No way to adjust the number of lines scrolled per mouse wheel click.
- Bluetooth support is wonky. My Sony headphones will repeatedly disconnect and reconnect until I unpair and repair them manually. My PS4 controller pairs via Bluetooth and immediately disconnects.
- Linux versions of Valve games have weird issues that are only resolved by switching to Proton. For example, I tried to play Counter-Life on Linux Half Life, but it kept CTD every time I tried to run it. I switched to Proton and it ran fine.

>What works great or is impressive?
- I like the applet or panel autistic settings that come with cinnamon. I can name the launcher button "Start".
- I like being able to choose when I update.
- I like only using 1.2GB idle and how fast it is
- I like AppImages and Flatpaks. One click install.

>>107018422
>when
About 6 months ago at the start of summer
>why
Telemetry, AI shit, every update breaking something, and the OS removing the option to power down until you update. The last straw was when Bitlocker activated while I was messing about with the live disk, where I decided I'd delete the windows partition as soon as possible after I ensured everything I needed worked.
>previous OS
Windows 11
>distro
Mint cinnamon
>usecase
General university needs, document processing, browser, light coding, remote desktop because fuck installing MATLAB or something.
>what annoys you
A lot of little things are a slight pain in the ass to do over windows, also running games with wine/proton outside of steam. Bluetooth drivers for my built in adapter have been inconsistent, but the same adapter was dogshit on win11 as well. I'll have to just get a USB adapter with good Linux support.
>what works great or is impressive
Emulators, desktop environment, virtual machines, installing software (this is probably even better on a non-Debian-based distro), customization, no forced updates, updates that don't brick my computer, options for offline installation and setup, MPV, OBS, and much more.

>>107018422
(not so) old linux user here, ama

>>107018422
>When did you switch
earlier this year
>Why?
The enshittification of windows over time. Went down hill since 7 SP1, nowadays it's nothing but AI powered slop, the gross abundance of bloatware and telemetric spyware harvesting your data every second of activity. Then reading news article about how almost every major windows update for 11 is causing massive problems, enough to where hardware is getting bricked. And you thought causing computers to do the endless bootloop BSOD in airports and hospitals were bad enough. Windows 11's UI treats the user as if you're moron with special needs; always moving around things that don't need to be moved, replacing text based options with icons, making things more difficult to find unnecessarily.
>Previous OS?
Windows 7 SP1, waited out Windows 8/8.1 because of how much of a joke that was with Metro UI that nobody asked for, Windows 10. I flat out refuse to use Win11 at home.
>Current distro?
Currently running Nobara on desktop, Linux Mint Debian Edition on laptop.
>Usecase?
Everyday use, watch youtube, play games occasionally, shitpost here for keks and watch autists sperg out over meaningless topics for additional keks. Some low effort image editing
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Sometimes the desktop will just randomly freeze and lock up, no explanation at all, nothing shows up in logs. Wondering if it's because of aging hardware? Nvidia drivers being janky? Oddly this doesn't happen in Windows, but only happens once in a blue moon. Some games can work out of the box, older games i would need to run Proton/Wine and hope it works out. The price of freedom I suppose. Having to learn how to use alternative programs for image editing, text editing, music/vidya editing, because the ones I used in Windows kinda works but buggy, or just doesn't work at all
>What works great or is impressive?
No spyware, no bloatware, just install the distro and enjoy, like what Windows USED to be like before the enshittification.

>>107033395
based

>>107033643
>feels very online/cloud/centralized, I don't feel like stuff is local and *mine*. It's difficult to backup programs, unlike on Windows I can't just backup a random .exe
I get it, backing up installers or portable .exe's is easy on Windows, but you can do that on Linux as well! For portable programs you can just get AppImages and to backup an installer you can just type:
"sudo dnf download --resolve gimp"
"sudo apt download gimp"
so you get the .deb or .rpm, there is also a way to do that with flatpaks.

>>107033750
>any other distro would be SANE and mount the drives automatically like Windows does, right?
Like the other anon said, /etc/fstab is for permanent drives, you can use your GNOME or KDE Drive manager to do that with a GUI.

>>107035793
to diagnose your issue more:
1. see if you can ping the machine remotely/ssh in.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
You might just have a GUI freeze?
>>107036020
x-systemd.automount and such exist.

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
Sep 27, after assembling my new PC
>Why?
Got fed up with Windows, got it on my laptop and even chaning some basic gui aspects is a pain there. Also didn't want to upgrade to an even worse version.
>Previous OS?
Win10 LTSC
>Current distro?
Mint Cinnamon
>Usecase?
Home lab, torrenting, text editing, GAYming
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Lack of some software (Word is still the best editor), sometimes requires a lot of tinkering to ser up a feature, lack of driver support for newer graphics cards (had to go through some bullshit to make my 9070XT work properly)
>What works great or is impressive?
Fast as fuck, no bloat, can rice as I see fit.

>>107036034
>GUI Freeze
Well, everything is frozen. Display blanks out, keyboard, mice, nothing works. Haven't tried Magic SysRq, not sure if that's even setup. Not even the buttons on the tower work when it happens.

>>107036774
Got magic SysRq setup, so, ought to come in handy when something derps up hard.
>REISUB

>>107036774
>>107035793
You could be running out of memory. You can run this in background to log your RAM usage:

while true; do free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {print strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), $3 " MB"}' >> ram_log.txt; sleep 3; done

If the last log ends up being close to 100% then that would be the cause.

The way to fix this is to either add a swap file (or swap partition) or by installing earlyoom.

>>107036888
>random bullshit that has nothing to do with linux
>posts the guy with a Gaypride flag in his searchbar

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>>107018422
>When?
Year and a half ago or so during the recall fiasco
>Why?
Any company fucking RETARDED enough to take pictures or a users screen clearly can't be trusted in any capacity
>Previous OS?
Just windows, I tried linux once 15+ years ago (Ubuntu I think??) and hated its guts
>Current distro?
Mint
>Usecase?
Gaming, general web browsing, light gamedev work, some very bad 3D modelling
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
Honestly nothing major, nemo file browser has shitty tiny thumbnails and the preview window is too small
>What works great or is impressive?
Updates are lightning fast in Linux, windows takes fucking hours on weaker systems whereas on Linux its all pretty seamless no matter if its on my laptop or main PC.
Proton through Steam makes gaming the same as being on windows natively and I really was suprised at how painless gaming is, even though Mint isn't really a gaming focused OS.
Timeshift is super easy to set up for making frequent restore points, and the little GUI tutorial window that pops up when you install mint makes you aware of it which is great.

Overall I love it, after switching it felt like my computer was doing what I wanted it to do and ONLY what I want it to do for the first time in years.

>>107036909
Thanks for the tips

>>107027862
How do you make your tty look so gud? I only managed to change font in ghostty

>>107018422
>When did you switch?
2 months ago
>Why?
Got a new laptop and was sick of Windows 11
>Previous OS?
Win 11
>Current distro?
Arch
>Usecase?
Programming, movies, shows, and college work
>What annoys you or doesn't work?
I can't create a user without sudo access, whenever I create one, the user's password doesn't work.
>What works great or is impressive?
Hyprland, the best desktop environment I've ever used