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My first year using Linux: My experience (feddit.de)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by ndsvw@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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In the end of November 2022 (1 year ago), I switched from MacOs to Linux (Debian with KDE Plasma) on my MacBook.

No regret! Was a very good decision.

I think, I'll never go back.

Experience:

  • I did not know about KDE Plasma until 1 year ago. The picture in my head about Linux was pretty much GNOME. I'm a huge fan of KDE Plasma now. KDE Plasma 6 in 2024 will probably be awesome.
  • The GitHub repository "Awesome-Linux-Software" was awesome during the first weeks. It made me realize that most of the stuff I was already using, is also available for Linux. Only software I had to leave behind: Affinity Designer (IMO far more intuitive to use than GIMP, sorry FOSS community) and Visual Studio for Mac (which is dead anyway)
  • The only advanced thing I had to do in the beginning: My WIFI connection is always gone when I close my MacBook, but there is not automatic reconnect when I reopen it. None of the usual stuff recommended when using Debian on a MacBook helped. So, I had to write a service that checks for this (something with rmmod, modprobe, brcmfmac, ...). Probably too much for a casual user and hopefully not necessary for them..

TODO in the next year:

  • Trying out gaming on Linux, maybe buying a Steam Deck
  • Migrating to KDE Plasma 6 (and switching to Wayland)
  • Recommending ~~our religion~~ Linux to others
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[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Supports a lot of architectures.

I can only see x86 and ARM though. Where MIPS? PPC32BE? And I'm not even asking for some obscure architectures like SuperH.

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Do you know any other distro that's not LFS or Gentoo that still supports x86? I said a lot, not everything. Most distros don't support anything below 64-bits.

A fork supported PPC up until a while ago. That project halted though. There was a new spin on it, can't remember the distro's name though.

xbps-src can cross compile for MIPS. There are no packages in the repo for MIPS though.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Do you know any other distro that's not LFS or Gentoo that still supports x86?

You guessed it:

But also OpenWRT.

Most distros don't support anything below 64-bits.

How to they even support early raspis?

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But also OpenWRT.

Oh, come on 🤦.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What? I have it on my MIPS router.

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I meant as in a real OS, not a stripped down version meant to run as firmware.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not that stripped down. AFAIK you can even install X server and GUI on it.

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 11 months ago

Damn, you're more persitent than me hagling 😂.