Hi all,

I made this post about a year ago: https://lemmy.ca/post/31760258

At the time, I was going to switch a couple laptops over and if all went well, put Linux on my main rig.

I just wanted to provide an update on my own experiences, and wanted to see what other people’s experiences were like.

I put Mint on both my laptop’s, and enjoyed it. Familiar enough to Windows where I could mess around with things, but different enough that I could learn. After 7 or 8 months of rocking Mint, I finally put Bazzite on my main rig. I did during the work week, which on hindsight was a bad idea because I also run Windows on my main rig as my work requires Windows, but I accidentally deleted my Windows bootloader (lol). After an evening of panic, I was able to recover the bootloader, set Bazzite up with dual booting, and it’s been smooth sailing since.

I’m a pretty big gamer, play lots of games with a bunch of friends, and after about 3 months of using Bazzite, I have not run into a SINGLE issue that has prevented me from playing anything. I have been shocked at how smooth everything has been. In the morning, I boot into Windows, work for the day, and then when I’m done I just run boot-windows through Steam or reboot to get into Bazzite and then I’m gaming.

I have done a little bit of tinkering with audio to get my desk mic to work correctly, but it’s been great!

For others who have recently made the switch over, what was your experience like? Any issues? Any tips or helpful suggestions to share?

Cheers!

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 days ago

    I slapped Mint onto an old Surface Pro 3 and it runs great. Only complaints are inconveniences, really (constant updates, no easy way to get the standard set of fonts on it to replace Word’s library effectively). But I’m enjoying it much more than the bloated Windows 10 that used to be on it.

  • specialseaweed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    21 days ago

    Did a bunch of computers over the last year. Kids computers, personal, mini PCs, 2 HTPCs. Only real issue I’ve had was I had to switch to a DP to HDMI from a HDMI cable because one of the HTPCs wouldn’t do resolution or refresh rate higher than a 3rd grader’s chromebook. Once I swapped the cable it was fine. Most are Mint, 1 CachyOS, one Bazzite.

    We play a ton of games and watch a ton of media and we’ve had no trouble at all with anything. None of us play games that want anti-cheat so that’s a big plus.

  • Mesanne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    20 days ago

    For months I pondered moving from Windows to Linux with my main worry being all the noise about my NVidia card. I finally bit the bullet and did a full wipe, no dual boot installed Kubuntu. I’ve had no problems at all. All my Steam games just work - even adding non-Steam games is easy enough. The biggest thing I have noticed is how much more responsive it is. Definitely worth it. Definitely should have done it years ago.

  • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    20 days ago

    I swapped over to Arch early this year. Very little issues, rather simple compared to the online stigma. Maybe it’s because I have up to date hardware, idk.

    Made a guide for friends, one has swapped over and a couple others have voiced interest. It’s only a matter of time with the windows BS and as Linux continues to mature.

  • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    19 days ago

    For others who have recently made the switch over, what was your experience like? Any issues? Any tips or helpful suggestions to share?

    Switched from Win10 to Kubuntu a few months ago. Had a pretty easy transition, but I work in software development so I’m quite familiar with Linux as a server which helps.

    I think it still needs too much fiddling with terminal + config files to be able to recommend it to less tech-savy family members, but that’s not a problem for my own usage. Went with the LTS version initially which was a mistake - almost all problems I had were solved my migrating to 25.10.

    Biggest annoyance right now is the poor support for fingerprint readers. I got the hardware to work by installing drivers from Dell, but I’m banging my head here trying to get it working in both Login and Unlock screens - I get one functioning and the other breaks, would really appreciate some help with this. But even then it’s awkward and inconsistent as you can’t just put you finger on the reader like you do in Windows, you have to move mouse/press a key (in the unlock screen) or press enter in the password field (in the login screen) before it responds to the reader.

    One very impressive thing was Steam+Proton - it works way better than I expected and got me more interested in a Steam Deck or similar device.

    Overall I’m very happy with the migration and can’t see me going back to Windows for my personal PC - the annoyances are fairly minor compared to stuff like “oh, here’s Windows Defender eating a ton of resources once again”.