Picture of my daily driver machine installing openSUSE.

  • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    OpenSuse is a left field choice. Nothing wrong with it - just not a typical first distro. Hope you have a great time with it! I recommend using it for a solid month then working on a windows pc for a day - you’ll be blown away by how asinine windows is once you’ve got used to Linux.

    • alexei_1917 [mirror/your pronouns]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      you’ll be blown away by how asinine windows is once you’ve got used to Linux.

      This, absolutely. I really hate Linux sometimes. But then I have to deal with Windows, which I hate even more. It’s not that I like Linux. It’s that I like it more than Windows.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Great to see another person moving to Linux and OpenSuSE. My only caution if this is your first time with Linux is that a point release like OpenSuSE Leap is probably a better place to start than Tumbleweed. I’m on Tumbleweed and it’s generally good but I have had a few things break over the last couple of years, often fixed at next update in fairness but it is frustrating even as an experienced user. I have also had to reinstall Tumbleweed on one occasion; it wasn’t a big deal as I’d set up a separate Home and System partition. Tumbleweed is great but it is a rolling release and even though it’s a well tested one rolling releases are always riskier in terms of things breaking.

  • relic4322@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Funny enough I just changed my daily driver to Linux as well. Long time Linux power user, stuck with a Windows main. Finally made the transition, couldn’t be happier.

    Congrats

  • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If you’re still on the fence about switching to Linux, try downloading a Live Linux USB image and booting it from a USB stick. This lets you try out Linux without changing anything on your Windows drive. The Live version will also let you see if Linux detects all your computer’s hardware before you install it for real.

    I recommend Linux Mint for beginners.

    • calmblue75@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I agree on trying the live boot first. I played around with the live boot for a week, and ended up installing mint as dual boot when I got frustrated about not being able to save files, save settings etc. I was barely using Windows at that point.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Agree, a USB stick live install is a good way to test - users should just bear in mind it is slower than a real install as USB drives are not as fast as internal hard drives. Once the OS is loaded fully it will feel reasonably snappy but still every piece of software you launch will take longer to load than a real install, and the bigger the software the longer it will take to load.

      I also tended to recommend Linux Mint for beginners although I think I’m moving more towards recommending OpenSuSE Leap. The reason being it ships with KDE which is a slick interface with a Windows like set up by default (although very customisable - users can create MacOS or Gnome like interfaces with relative ease if they prefer) and gives a better idea of what modern Linux is capable of than Cinnamon in my opinion. Also KDE’s Discover app makes it easy to install software, comparable to Mint’s software store. Mint still has many more guides online but they’re often around terminal use and APT based solutions, and I’m beginning to think that is actually a bad thing. Most stuff for mainstream users can be done via the GUI, and KDE offer’s a great GUI. Plus Flatpak is a far better way of installing custom software than the APT recommendations I still see widely shared, so I think it’s actually better to move people away from Mint. Personally I think OpenSuSE Leap is the better option (and possible Fedora KDE Plasma edition although I am less familiar with it).

  • FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi
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    2 months ago

    Welcome to the light side. I’m a happy Tumbleweed user for many years now. Love that Hitchhiker’s guide reference .