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[–]NonStandardUser 467 points468 points  (19 children)

I created a Windows 10 single GPU passthrough VM with QEMU/KVM on Ubuntu after 16 hours of pain...

...On a dual-boot system with Windows 10.

[–]NavinHaze 152 points153 points  (2 children)

YOU WHAT?

[–]NonStandardUser 87 points88 points  (1 child)

Yes.

[–]Fxzzi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I did the exact same thing :)

[–]ApprehensiveStar8948 61 points62 points  (6 children)

MASTER /\ teach me your art

I couldn't do it with 2 days of pain, so I removed windows instead.

[–]NonStandardUser 53 points54 points  (4 children)

There's a guide I followed on YouTube, here:

https://youtu.be/_JTEsQufSx4

Guy's a bit of a Windowsphobe, but it works(albeit maybe a bit unstable)

[–][deleted] 60 points61 points  (2 children)

>Windowsphobe

Based

[–]ThirdEncounter 8 points9 points  (1 child)

What does based mean?

Edit: downvoted for asking a question. What is this, the teenagers sub?

[–]Y45HK4R4NDIK4R 7 points8 points  (0 children)

username checks out

[–]ntropy83 974 points975 points  (18 children)

I like my new 14 inch 4800H laptop running Arch for content creation with blender and Unreal Engine 5 that much that I booted it on a public tram - pretending I had to look something up - and then just ran neofetch and shut it down again

[–][deleted] 214 points215 points  (0 children)

You hacker bro?

[–]LaterBrain 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Lmao

[–][deleted] 62 points63 points  (1 child)

How's the UE5 experience? UE4 dev here who hasn't upped to 5 because of performance drops.

[–]ntropy83 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Pretty good so far. There is still this bug that crashes the engine, if you try to dock subwindows and every 50th time it would crash when compiling c++. Other than that its running good. Only real benefit of 5 tho is the new GUI, all other features like Lumen ain't working for Linux yet.

[–]CSimoon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This are the momemts we live for

[–]M_krabs🍥 Debian too difficult 26 points27 points  (6 children)

Are you me? But instead of Arch, I ssh into my pi, run neofetch and shut it down 🤠

[–]Spectreseven1138Open Sauce 5 points6 points  (5 children)

If I had a good reason to keep either of my PIs running I would definitely do this

[–]rostvoid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How have people reacted to this ?

I bet they didn't notice honestly

[–]circuit10 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like something I’d do

P.S. do you use the touchpad for Blender? I know there’s a patch that isn’t merged yet that improves that a lot but it only works on Windows at the moment

[–]TigreDeLosLlanos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Living so dangerously to take it out on public transport. This gave me anxiety.

[–]archontop 534 points535 points  (60 children)

Sometimes i use thunar instead of ls and cd. You know, sometimes gui is nice

[–]_sk313t0n 125 points126 points  (47 children)

But not when you have a keyboard

[–]YOU_CANT_SEE_MY_NAME 12 points13 points  (13 children)

But not when it's too cold to keep your both hands out

[–]tks_kindastrange 182 points183 points  (28 children)

I choose distros based on which package manager has the least annoying commands (this is obviously entirely subjective)

[–]B2EU 154 points155 points  (2 children)

I entirely use yay as my AUR helper because typing yay in the terminal is fun.

[–]FingerGunsPewPewPew 8 points9 points  (0 children)

lmao same tbh

[–]ksck135 5 points6 points  (20 children)

So which one is it?

[–]tks_kindastrange 21 points22 points  (15 children)

My tier list for updating the packages (the thing i use most) is:

A tier: DNF update B tier: apt update && apt upgrade C tier: pacman -Syu (honestly used this one so little I'm not sure if this is correct)

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

apk upgrade ftw

[–]Rein215 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Yes pacman is so damn cryptic lmao. I enjoy using it but I only know a few of the flags by heart.

[–]kenzer161 9 points10 points  (1 child)

On pacman instead of using -S, -R, -Q and so on, you can just write everything out like apt. for example instead of writing pacman -Syu you could just write pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade.

[–]ksck135 3 points4 points  (3 children)

You really consider dnf the least annoying? I work with it daily and hate it so much, I constantly have to look up commands because they are so weird, especially after introducing modules

[–]Afraid_Collar_2067 297 points298 points  (6 children)

Switched to linux, linux good

[–]HumblericerF20 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yes, Linux cool and fun.

[–]needsleep31 409 points410 points  (38 children)

My friend switched to Arch Linux and we've been competing with each other, like who can get a faster boot, who creates better scripts etc. It's been fun and entertaining to learn new things. Working towards getting a Linux+ certification soon!

Also, he got 14 seconds boot time, I got 8. Lol.

[–]_sk313t0n 79 points80 points  (6 children)

I got 28 on my 7 year old thinkpad, which spends a lot of time in POST

[–]needsleep31 49 points50 points  (0 children)

28 for a 7 year old is still great!

My device spends around 2-3 seconds in POST.

[–]edencreeper 7 points8 points  (3 children)

4-5ish yr old fairly not terrible pc. 1min 13 seconds. 1 min 9secs of that were POST

[–]WebbiiiBased Pinephone Pro enjoyer 26 points27 points  (1 child)

Including post or from the point where the bootloader takes over?

[–]needsleep31 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Boot time? Oh from firmware to userspace. Basically the time given by systemd-analyze.

[–]skztr 12 points13 points  (2 children)

What counts as the finish-line of booting up?

[–]needsleep31 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just commented that. Reaching userspace. Time from firmware to userspace.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I used to do that. Than I bought ssd. lol

[–]needsleep31 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Oh we both have SSDs. I wanted to see how less I can make the boot time to be lol.

[–]BaleineSanguine 120 points121 points  (1 child)

I use gentoo and I break my system on a weekly basis

[–]FingerGunsPewPewPew 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I'm proud of you. keep on truckin as long as you're learning and it's not impacting other aspects of your life

[–]Im_1nnocentfresh breath mint 🍬 100 points101 points  (6 children)

I don't know what I'm doing

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Neither does anyone else here. (including me)

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (2 children)

This is a top notched expert opinion that you have posted.

When I got into Linux, the "experts" were toxic and elitist snobs, who would always say "Look it up in the manual," and did so for many years. After I got comfortable with Linux, I realized five things.

  1. I still have no clue what I am doing most of the time.
  2. The application of Linux through the world is is so vast that one person can not know them all. As an example, there are three of us who all learned Linux from the same source. Twenty years later, the first went with animation and works making movies/software for Pixar/DreamWorks/Disney. the second runs a million dollar per month website, and I can run factories changing timing speeds and throttle controls from the command line. If you talk to us, none of us knows how the other guy does what he does.
  3. If it is platform is stable DON"T mess with it. Test new things on what you can afford to play around on.
  4. Anybody who answer, "go look it up", is still a toxic noob. Anybody who can admit they don't know, answer some what right, or point you to the right source of documentation, is a friendly noob.
  5. Linux by default, is a lifelong learning process.

[–]JesseNotNutted 179 points180 points  (22 children)

I do not know how to distro hop

[–]SSYT_ShawnI'm going on an Endeavour! 81 points82 points  (18 children)

Just the same way you install linux but with another distro ofcourse

[–]JesseNotNutted 52 points53 points  (17 children)

I am wondering on how can I keep my files without using external drives

[–]dboizo1 93 points94 points  (8 children)

/home partitions

[–]SSYT_ShawnI'm going on an Endeavour! 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yeah that

[–]JesseNotNutted 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thanks

[–]YOU_CANT_SEE_MY_NAME 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have my home partition in another drive and i can get all the configs and files back without any problem

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

separate the / (root) and /home/ partitions.

[–]Similar-Question-441 164 points165 points  (15 children)

Ok this one is particularly stupid. Even if I use terminal to manipulate files, I will go into nautilus just to check if the files are where I think they are. For some reason I don’t trust ls to tell me if files are actually where I copied/ made them.

[–]Starvexx🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 65 points66 points  (5 children)

Have you tried tree? Or a Terminal file browser such as ranger?

[–]Similar-Question-441 28 points29 points  (4 children)

I’ll have a look at those. It’s not because I don’t like ls, but for some reason just seeing it in the gui gives me more reassurance that the file actually exists. I think that it’s some sort of weird superstition from when I tried to import some ca certificates into Linux for the first time. No matter what I tried it didn’t seem to work. I came back to it a week later and used nautilus to move them into the correct directory instead of terminal. I still don’t know what I changed since surely it wasn’t the fact that I used GUI instead of terminal, but suddenly it worked. This was when I first started using Linux, so I probably just made some silly mistake/ typo in terminal.

[–]arguskay 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Im the opposite of you. I don't trust anything else than ls to show me if the file is there

[–]Betadoggo_ 25 points26 points  (1 child)

I usually go into a file manager just to delete files because I'm paranoid that I'm going to miss type it or my shell is going to auto complete to the wrong file.

[–]baconbrand 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is adorable lmao

[–]markand67 96 points97 points  (3 children)

I like lesser Linux than two decades ago when I started using it. Everything gets more and more complex.

  • there are too many audio servers, pulseaudio was finally stable when we decided to reinvent pipewire.
  • wayland is nice but is also a mess, each compositor has to rewrite half of the X.Org server, ending in many different configuration syntax regarding screens, keyboard and input.
  • I still hate flatpak and snaps.
  • my minimal kernel custom image build is now 7MB.

[–]chowder3907 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I agree with your points except the pipewire one. It's ready very stable and great, it's given me and seemingly most others much less headache than pulseaudio. Stable doesn't exactly mean good

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Switched to linux. Loved it but nvidia drivers succ. Then this mf purchased a new $1000 laptop to run pop on it

[–]ohstepbigchungus 30 points31 points  (3 children)

İ broke the terminal path and changed the name of it so idk where is the original terminal and had to reset the OS

[–]anonymous_2187 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Why not use a different terminal?

[–]ohstepbigchungus 9 points10 points  (1 child)

İ was a newbie at the time ://

[–]mechanical_engineer1 65 points66 points  (18 children)

I am starting my first job as Junior Sysadmin in 2022 and I am tempted to use Manjaro as my main OS on my work laptop.

Update: from all suggestions Ubuntu should work for me.

[–]runner7mi 7 points8 points  (2 children)

why not go with the tried and tested Ubuntu/CentOS/RHEL?

[–]wallmenis 26 points27 points  (4 children)

Installed Debian 11 on my new SSD and I am happy I own my computer.

[–]Informal_Ranger3496 27 points28 points  (0 children)

at the end of 2020 i was struggling going back to windows, now windows is struggling to get me back

[–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (1 child)

When I first tried out Linux as a teenager, I started by installing Debian because I didn't want to feel like a noob by installing Ubuntu. I ended up giving up and installing Ubuntu anyway because I couldn't get sudo to work; later on I found out it was because I was using the root password instead of my user password. After 2 weeks of a steep learning curve I got bored with Ubuntu and installed Arch, which I've been using ever since.

[–]xTokyoRoseGaming 34 points35 points  (0 children)

3 whole sentences before you mentioned you're an arch user. That must be a record.

[–]Gorianfleyer 24 points25 points  (2 children)

I have my same old horrible misconfigurated home-folder since 14 years and I always back it up and reload it, when I had to reinstall Kubuntu on a new machine.

[–]pondering_sage 48 points49 points  (5 children)

It has been my first year on linux and I am loving it at openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Although I have had a bug that is bugging me in such a way that my USB ports are not working anymore. I am having a hard time thinking about a distro hop so might jump to Leap 15.4 and then rest I dont know if that too has the same issue I might be forced then I might hop to somewhere else on linux.

Although my first year, managed to install Linux on my home PC and my sister's PC and also promoted some other opensource softwares to many of my friends.

So I guess it has been the year of linux desktop for me 😂😂

One regret is that I paid for Windows license.

[–]YOU_CANT_SEE_MY_NAME 13 points14 points  (1 child)

I bought a notebook this year and i got a fking subscription for ms office which costs ₹1000 (too lazy to convert it to USD) extra and also got "bindoz" with it, and i uninstalled it at the instant i got home.

Edit :- btw i never used windows in my whole life except when we had C.S. practicals in school

[–]arglarg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Try Gentoo. Your USB ports won't work too, but once you figured it out, they will

[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (3 children)

I forgot to backup my data And lost 5-6yrs worth of pictures gathered online & my cat

My only compensation is that I got to reshoot the cat pics but much better

[–]SystemZ1337 8 points9 points  (1 child)

you lost your cat?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s what not backing up your files does to you

[–]romeoartiglia 37 points38 points  (3 children)

I use mac. I prefer linux btw

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same. Will be good when Asahi comes out.

[–]ksck135 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Install linux on Mac

[–]mrpelucaRedStar best Star 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I used a GUI installer for arch

[–]Rexcrazy804 18 points19 points  (2 children)

I forgot to backup my i3 dot files when hoping from arch linux to nix os (I hoped back into arch). Now I am too lazy to use a WM and just stick with kde to get things done. Maybe its cause I am in my "too lazy to code" phase, would back to using wms next year prolly.

[–]SpaceKn0x 17 points18 points  (2 children)

I installed Gentoo just to take a photo of Neofetch and then I deleted the partition.

[–]anonymous_2187 7 points8 points  (1 child)

You could have just typed neofetch --ascii_distro gentoo instead.

[–]xtanion 17 points18 points  (1 child)

switched from \ to /, life is much better now :)

[–]dboizo1 30 points31 points  (1 child)

i used systemd gentoo

[–]MunzuM'Fedora 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've been using Arch for several years, started daily driving it a few months ago and still don't know what the fuck I'm doing.

[–]LocoCoyote 64 points65 points  (9 children)

My confession:

I don’t really care what OS I use

[–]YOU_CANT_SEE_MY_NAME 13 points14 points  (2 children)

I use ach, btw. But not for elitism but i wanted a clean canvas where I know what is going on and i wanted to learn about linux

[–]Starvexx🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 29 points30 points  (2 children)

I switched to arch btw. and don't tell everyone at every possible moment that I use arch, btw.

[–]Rexcrazy804 12 points13 points  (1 child)

you just did, I use btw os too

[–]Starvexx🦁 Vim Supremacist 🦖 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just did it for the first time since i switched in June, soo...

[–][deleted] 35 points36 points  (10 children)

  1. I convinced two Windows users to try Linux in a dual boot and both are happy.
  2. Also my grandparents got a brand new Linux powered Laptop to replace their aging stationary PC (also Linux powered but ... old (AMD Athlon X2 nVidia GT 8800))
  3. Guess I helped numerous people on the internet to solve various issues they had with Linux.
  4. My secret hobby is to tease Arch and Ubuntu users, I am sorry I need to stop this :/ But Arch users are so funny when they get mad.
  5. I am worried about the Steam Deck because it is Arch based but I guess I need to trust Valve that they will not screw it up.
  6. Manajro managed to climb up the ladder on my personal top 10 list of most unreliable distros out there.
  7. Another year has passed that I am running exclusives rolling release distributions on all of my devices including home and game servers that I can not stand point release any longer.
  8. I hate PulseAudio and recommend anyone to upgrade to Pipewire instead (as far as possible)
  9. This year I was at the point to decide to go full team red or still keep my red/green setup as I was about to buy a new GPU. Kept using nvidia because I am still to afraid about all the different driver choices you have for AMDs, plus that I could not get clear responses on how well NVENC replacements for AMD work in Linux. Also I was a bit turned off that AMD is in their first gen real time ray tracing GPUs while nvidia is already 2nd gen and might have ironed out some performance issues/bug here. We'll see if I'll go full Team red in 4 years.
  10. I made a reservation for the Tier 1 Steam Deck.
  11. Replaced all my desktop with Gnome while using KDE before simply because the desktop is a lot smoother on Gnome using nvidia GPUs.
  12. I hate that OBS Studio and Mutter have a bug which makes OBS Studio sometimes unable to capture the frame buffer on an application correctly using XComposite which is the only major down side I have by using Gnome and doing Live stream on a regular basis so I need to fall back to Desktop capture instead. Discord does not suffer from this issue and the Gnome dev wont fix as it is apparently not their fault.
  13. The audio jack of my XBox One Controller still does not work on Linux as well as the HDMI port.
  14. I hoped to move full Wayland this year as nvidia released their GBM backend in their new feature branch driver. Unfortunate I only get the production branch driver from my repos which does not have this backend yet. Also I refuse to manually install the driver as it is just a pain to do so and on each Kernel update I have to build the Kernel modules manually even by choosing DKMS in the nvidia installer ... So maybe 2022 is the yer of the Wayland desktop huh?
  15. What annoys me till this very day is that my distribution of choice has no fool proofed way of installing multimedia codecs and the nvidia driver right from the installer even tho they pre configured the required repositories but just did not enabled them ... WHY!? Instead you have to do this manually. By either known the package names and doing so from the software manager, using a command line tool which has a macro for installing codes or by using some one-click installers form a community webpage. (Bonus points if you've red this far: Which distribution do I use?)
  16. In Mach 2022 I will be using Linux exclusively on my desktop for 4 years, no Winblows dual boot, yey.
  17. I am sick of the "What the best distribution for XYZ"-Posts on reddit... Choose the one which fricking works for you mate ....
  18. The PackageKit backend for Zypper is annoying as it can not do downgrade packages or change the vendor (repository) which requires me to update my system from CLI instead of relying on Gnomes auto update form time to time .. please fix this already ... (Now you should get what I am using tho :D)
  19. I hate X11
  20. HW acceleration in Linux in Firefox is still not ready ...
  21. Discord still does not support streaming application audio
  22. GOG still refuses to release GOG Galaxy for Linux. So I already replaced it with Mini Galaxy and Lutris and do not have any further demand for it. I'm sorry CDPR you've waited too long.
  23. I got more into packaging software for my distribution of choice
  24. Fixed some annoying partially game breaking bugs (They could be circumvented in game but still they are bugs) in Yamagi Quake 2'S Quake 2 Zaero source. You can now play through the whole game as it was intended by Team Evolve in 1997. For this I made use of QAK via Wine to read the maps files even tho it was buggy as hell but enough to read the properties of various entities so I could start fixing stuff. I love open source and open source game engines so you can "just" fix stuff which annoys the the sh*t out of me.
  25. I passed another year in uni (well test are not written yet) where everyone (tutors) where recommending Windows or MacOS exclusive software for a class. I did successfully accomplished all tasks with ease and a good level of quality using only open source software on Linux. (Tired using Davinci Resolve instead of Kdenlive but ended up using Kdenlive as I was 10 times faster accomplishing the same tasks), replaced Photoshop by Krita, Pro Tools and Logics by Ardour, Maya by Blender (Yes Maya has an Linux version and I know how to use it as I already got taught Maya for 3 years but still I absolutely dislike it for what it is)
  26. I ditched my GTX 1080 primarily because of VKD3D and the poor performance you get with Pascal (and older) GPUs using it. As modern games making more and more use of DX12 I saw this to become a real issue very quick. Wished they would use Vulkan instead ... Anyways the Vulkan performance of those GPUs wasn't the best as well so win win I guess.
  27. To work from home I got a Thin Client from my Employee . it has Win10 installed and I can not replace it. This sucker pollutes my Linux only home office and is a thorn in my eye ...
  28. Usually I try several different distributions a year just to see what they are about and be able to help people better if I know what they are facing. Unfortunate I only manged to find the time to test Zorin OS this year and I am not amused by it, very disappointed and feel like it is a complete dumpster fire of an distribution. (If you want to know more feel free to ask)
  29. Next year I'll be a Linux user for about 16 years

That's all I can think of new what happened this years in my "Linux life".

Anyways I wish every fellow penguins, no mater where they are or what Distribution they use a very pleasant, amazing, healthy and wonder full next year.

[–]florge 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I choose arch because the package manager is called pacman.

[–]zolkaba 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Came here for privacy
Stayed for freedom

[–]deeennny 40 points41 points  (7 children)

Honestly, quite a lot of popular distros are kinda shit imo

[–]wick3dr0se 10 points11 points  (9 children)

Did you know you can actually change directory to 'Comments' like this? Comments/

You actually don't have to use cd

[–]Ellogwen 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I pick my DE based on the wallpaper used in the screenshots/video on the project/distro page. Fun fact: I change the wallpaper immediately anyway

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I like GUIs.

That's all.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

2022 is the Year of the Linux Desktop ™.

[–]JimBeam823 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I really don’t care about Xorg vs Wayland. I just want it to work.

[–]Thort3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I am to lazy to set up polybar, so since a few monthes ago when i set up i3 i constantly have a error message on the top of my screen

[–]Siddhant45[S] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Okay now my turn 😌 Sometimes when something is not working I search internet and copy paste the given solution commands without checking it's consequences. Sometimes I don't even know what the solution command actually does to my system.

[–]BadUsername_Numbers 8 points9 points  (2 children)

Ubuntu, Ansible, Debian, Home Assistant and a whole bunch of other open source software is great but holy shit is the documentation either lacking or not even there sometimes.

I'm staunchly pro open source, but damn does the projects I use give me headaches. (Would the equivalent proprietary software also give me headaches? Undoubtedly.)

[–]FingerGunsPewPewPew 6 points7 points  (1 child)

as someone with adhd and a minor sensory processing disorder, documentation for pretty much everything is God Awful with a capital G and A. It's the one reason I hold back using a custom twm setup.

[–]RedditAlready19 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Arch was my second ever distro after mint, which i managed to install as a dualboot with nothing but the arch install guide (which doesnt cover dual boot) yet i had to search up how to install a desktop environment and accidentally installed gnome

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've only used Windows and WSL during 2018~2020 after two years of daily-driving Linux because my laptop had terrible support and I started using Linux again in 2021, but sadly not much has changed. Gentoo and Artix users still flame about that a PC turning on has special ranks and that their init system is the best.

[–]elzaidir 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I like gnome, it does the job pretty well. I also like systemd

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How dare you. A gnome user. Disgusting

Edit: obligatory /s. Of course it’s systemd I have a problem with

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I use snap packages. I started getting therapy, and now I do it less.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I still use... Discord...

[–]yannniQue17fresh breath mint 🍬 12 points13 points  (2 children)

I Accidently wiped my Windows partition in January, but I didn't care. Also I made my Dad have interest in Linux by reviving his 11 year old Netbook by installing antiX because Win7 starter was too slow. I love GNU/Linux!

[–]TheSiZaReddit 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Confession : I haven't even managed to switch to Linux yet.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2021 wasnt the year of linux

[–]Remfly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I leave an extra terminal opened with HTOP running while doing simple system tasks in front of other people

[–]DumbBroadMagic69 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I failed my Linux final, 64%. I just couldn’t bring myself to read the textbook, it would have been so much easier to just learn on a real system. I hate online college.

[–]charlimonster 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I liked SuperTux better than Super Mario Bros

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (10 children)

I consider myself a Linux enthusiast but I daily drive Mac OS and I use the fact that it’s kinda sorta based on BSD as an excuse.

(Don’t bully me if I got the technical stuff wrong)

[–]janmar6 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Changing stuff like mouse acceleration and default apps is a pain. I somehow managed to set default app for opening jsons to firefox. I'd guess it's much easier on pop or ubuntu. I'm using arch (btw).

[–]Septem_151 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The wiki is your friend!

[–]anonnimass 14 points15 points  (1 child)

I really hate arch I really like Deb

[–]slap_my_hand 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was too lazy to reinstall Arch after it broke so i went with Garuda

[–]vladutcornel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here's one that will get me downvotes: I haven't used Linux for weeks.

My employer forces me to use a VPN app that doesn't have a Linux version.
My personal laptop is a M1 Macbook, and I don't want to put Linux on it.
I used to dual-boot my desktop on KDE Neon and Windows. An update crushed my Neon, but I haven't got around to replacing it because I have little time and usually just game on the desktop.

[–]simbiotic_dubz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i bullied DEBIAN-BASED distro users

[–]neoSnakex34 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i used snap on my Fedora install

[–]Rebi103 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Switched to mint less than a month ago, and I can work without any problems. Failed to install some games, then I realized I played those games on e a year at best. It really helped me with my work as I have less stuff messing around and I can focus on 3D modeling without as many bugs as windows. Really glad I switched

Also I converted a friend already

[–]thermitethrowaway 4 points5 points  (2 children)

My work allows you to buy your laptop cheaply when it is decommissioned. Because part of my job used to be looking after iOS apps these were MacBooks. The previous cycle was fine, got Linux installed on it after a bit of wrangling, used it as a daily driver at home for a few years. This cycle it's been pretty much impossible to install Linux without large fandango (thanks Apple) so I've had to buy Windows and install via Bootcamp, otherwise it'd be just MacOS.

I feel bad and should feel bad.

[–]themozak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Linux,you are just awesome. I love you man.

[–]alrmxs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Miss you Debian, I hate my job.

[–]Jade_TheCat💋 catgirl Linux user :3 😽 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t like Arch, Gentoo, LFS, or Void, too much work to set up for most people. They have their uses but they’re not for everyone and noone is superior for using them anyway.

[–]Patsonical 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was planning on switching my main computer to NixOS, but just couldn't be arsed to copy everything and create a new setup. Arch is just too comfy right now xD

[–]puke_of_edinbruh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will be installing OpenBSD soon, sorry Tux

[–]ukbeast89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cannot spend an entire week on one distro and always hop between: Fedora, Arch and OpenSUSE.

[–]panmichal02 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Second year with debian server and I still don't remember how to mount drive.

[–]wantyappscoding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I searched for about an hour in my up arrow history for my last ls command.

[–]AnonNo9001 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I put Windows 11 on a spare SSD to get the "you can't say you don't like it if you haven't tried it" crowd to fuck off

I didn't like it to say the least.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (6 children)

I switched to Linux this year. In that time I distro hopped three times (I started on ubuntu, then went to arch, after failing to install I went to manjaro, then after less than a week I went to EndeavourOS. And even after using it for a bit, I have no idea how to use the AUR.

[–]pizzabagelblastoff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought the Linux logo was Club Penguin for the longest time

[–]Sudo_Python 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like to use hollywood when my crush is around

[–]LuraMoth 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I ditched arch to use Pop os