I made the switch to Fedora as my daily driver - no regrets

Posted by IncontestableGrey@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 18 comments

Switched from my beloved Surface Laptop Snapdragon - that is truly a great piece of hardware I have to admit, but a nightmare to install Linux on - to an old ProBook with Fedora KDE

I upgraded the SSD and memory. Sure, it's way less powerful, but it's still snappy and everything runs butter smooth.

I still take the Surface to work (way lighter, and tools I need are installed), and as soon as I'm back home, I switch to this cosy potato. I also need to keep a Windows machine because it's not really easy to work with the Affinity suite on Linux. Besides that, it's been a really smooth experience. Everything is supported out of the box.

Besides, most of the time I use this machine plugged into an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, so I don't suffer much from the crappy build/keyboard/touchpad/screen, which makes the experience really enjoyable.

In case people are wondering why, I mainly switched because of privacy concerns, telemetry everywhere, and now the dystopian feature called RECALL: that's the last straw. I'm also sick of getting ads everywhere in a paid operating system, and let's be honest, Linux ricing is just fun.

Came for freedom (as test first), stayed because it's actually a joy to use.

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IncontestableGrey@reddit (OP)

In my opinion, I expect a V3 with addition of AI and and paid subscription for AI features.

I also thought of something that hasn't been mentioned much: a 100% cloud-based version of the suite (like Figma). That would be really interesting.

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omenosdev@reddit

The latter would be quite interesting, though I'd imagine it'd keep the storage local. Transmitting multi-gig files would be a nightmare otherwise. A browser based app would solve a lot of cross-platform issues, but I'd also hate to see another purpose built DCC stuck in a web environment.

Thanks for sharing!

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IncontestableGrey@reddit (OP)

I can't help on this specific topic, but as long as you stick with a major distro I wouldn't worry much

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IncontestableGrey@reddit (OP)

Thank you, much appreciate! Oh and I forgot to mention the feeling of being part of a great community is amazing!

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IncontestableGrey@reddit (OP)

Fair enough! Fedora out of the box is already pretty solid anyway. Different priorities for different people

(off topic): Regarding Affinity, do you have any thoughts on the current state of the product situation? I just learned yesterday about the whole kerfuffle.

TipAfraid4755@reddit

steam plays windows games too. No real reason to stick with windoze anymore

BinkReddit@reddit

I'm also sick of getting ads everywhere in a paid operating system

This was the last straw for me as well; Microsoft knows their operating system dominance is declining rapidly, so they're trying to ring the last bit of monetary juice that they can from their legacy monopoly.

lKrauzer@reddit

Pretty cool setup, I'm on Debian with GNOME, my only customization is basically a tweaked Dash to Panel.

leetdemon@reddit

No Ragrets

Mindless-Tension-118@reddit

I will never not love these words

ShokBox@reddit

I actually switched from Win 10 to Fedora KDE myself earlier today! It wasn't a completely painless process -- I had some struggles with getting Fedora to boot after install, along with some trouble getting Brave and Dropbox to launch correctly -- but overall, it's been a good experience! All of my hardware just worked out of the box, which was one of my biggest concerns. Happy to be free from Microsoft!

littypika@reddit

Welcome to the magical world of Linux!

I switched to Linux Mint from Windows 10 about 3 weeks ago and I'm basically in the same boat as you.

I came initially because my PC didn't support an official upgrade to Windows 11 and I felt like it was such a shame e-waste wise to throw out my perfectly working PC that was well maintained for years, simply because of Microsoft's arbitrary guidelines, but I not only realized what a joy it is to use, but how liberating and freeing the Linux experience is!

TheGoodKingViego@reddit

I am thinking of switching to Linux and Idk what to do, I installed Ubuntu but I think I love Linux Mint more. the only reason I get cold feet is because Ubuntu is Larger as a Community and More maintained, If I face a problem It'd rather be with ubuntu? Can you give me suggestions and why u chose Mint not Ubuntu?