CachyOS is great! Fast & easy.
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I've also just moved to Linux (my first computer ran on MS-DOS) and it was easy peasy. Moving my data over was taking a while, so I stepped out to brings the bins in. Slipped on ice and am now in hospital, recovering from surgery to a wrecked knee. Looks like I'll have plenty of time to move the data when I get home.
Our first “Linux put me in the hospital” story of 2026!
Oh wow! Get well soon!
Only thing I haven't got to work yet for some reason is my windscribe VPN application. Easy move, really. Mint cinnamon.
Mullvad provides repos for both debian and fedora based distros
Windscribe has Linux versions. I just haven't gotten it to work yet. I haven't given it much time into getting it figured out yet. I like windscribe and buy it yearly, so I'm not planning on switching any time soon.