I’ve been a Windows user all my life and my last attempt at using Linux was back in the early 00’s and…it did not go well at all. but now? it’s easier to install than Windows and it’s faster.
I finally decided to make the switch the other week after someone on Lemmy suggested Mint to me. Really it’s the best way to get introduced to Linux and it’s so god damn painfully easy to install. Once you get your barings you can switch to another distro that’s more suited to what you want to focus on doing on your pc.
I used Mint for just over a week, figured out packages and cloning from repos to install things, got all my games and what have you working on it, etc. Then decided to go with CachyOS cause it seemed a great option for gaming.
It just works. And there’s so many great communities online where if something doesn’t work there’s people out there who know HOW to get it to work and walk you through it. It’s actually easier to find programs and and install them then using windows. If I want something well I can either open up Octopi (built in) and search for something I need OR if I know it’s on Windows and I want in on Cachy I can go to AUR and just search for it. 9 times out of 10 someone has already made a package to install it. couple of command lines later and I have it. literally just copy and paste the git repo and build it.
I’ll never go back to Windows, never. Linux is in such a great place right now that your basic PC user can get it going. And it’s so much fun to customize and tailor to your needs.
First I’m hearing of CachyOS, very interesting! Have had my eye on Zorin, personally, as it seems like a pretty clean transition from a life of Windows. Haven’t looked at how it does with games.
Can’t quite get past the hump of needing Autodesk and Adobe software to be functioning flawlessly and easily accessible. A VM might suffice but that also sounds a little clunky and need to test it out.
I went with CachyOS cause it was also suggested to me here, has a good development team, and works great with nvidia cards. It’s so fast too. doubles my FPS on most games (went from 40ish FPS in Final Fantasy 14 on Windows to 80+ FPS on CachyOS) and also doubles my battery life of my laptop. Windows 11 had my battery to like maybe an hour but 30min for sure if I was doing anything other than browsing. on linux I’m getting 3 hours out of it regardless of what I’m doing.
If you’re looking to easily transition from windows to get used to linux I’d say anything that uses Plasma or Cinnamon will do you well. an Arch distro with Plasma would work swimmingly.
Honestly, switch to Linux.
I’ve been a Windows user all my life and my last attempt at using Linux was back in the early 00’s and…it did not go well at all. but now? it’s easier to install than Windows and it’s faster.
I finally decided to make the switch the other week after someone on Lemmy suggested Mint to me. Really it’s the best way to get introduced to Linux and it’s so god damn painfully easy to install. Once you get your barings you can switch to another distro that’s more suited to what you want to focus on doing on your pc.
I used Mint for just over a week, figured out packages and cloning from repos to install things, got all my games and what have you working on it, etc. Then decided to go with CachyOS cause it seemed a great option for gaming.
It just works. And there’s so many great communities online where if something doesn’t work there’s people out there who know HOW to get it to work and walk you through it. It’s actually easier to find programs and and install them then using windows. If I want something well I can either open up Octopi (built in) and search for something I need OR if I know it’s on Windows and I want in on Cachy I can go to AUR and just search for it. 9 times out of 10 someone has already made a package to install it. couple of command lines later and I have it. literally just copy and paste the git repo and build it.
I’ll never go back to Windows, never. Linux is in such a great place right now that your basic PC user can get it going. And it’s so much fun to customize and tailor to your needs.
First I’m hearing of CachyOS, very interesting! Have had my eye on Zorin, personally, as it seems like a pretty clean transition from a life of Windows. Haven’t looked at how it does with games.
Can’t quite get past the hump of needing Autodesk and Adobe software to be functioning flawlessly and easily accessible. A VM might suffice but that also sounds a little clunky and need to test it out.
I went with CachyOS cause it was also suggested to me here, has a good development team, and works great with nvidia cards. It’s so fast too. doubles my FPS on most games (went from 40ish FPS in Final Fantasy 14 on Windows to 80+ FPS on CachyOS) and also doubles my battery life of my laptop. Windows 11 had my battery to like maybe an hour but 30min for sure if I was doing anything other than browsing. on linux I’m getting 3 hours out of it regardless of what I’m doing.
If you’re looking to easily transition from windows to get used to linux I’d say anything that uses Plasma or Cinnamon will do you well. an Arch distro with Plasma would work swimmingly.