WR5

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[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be stuck with Windows on my work laptop, that's not something that I will be able to change anyway. I can point out as things come up, but with industry accepted software (like SolidWorks for example) that we use daily I can't see us switching to any alternative.

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Noted: avoid xorg.conf!

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I suppose trial by fire can be a fast method of learning! Thanks for the response!

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What made you want to change to KDE? Was it an issue with Mint's (Cinnamon?) that made you want to change?

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Okay I'll try out a few and keep notes on which ones I prefer until I make that "final" decision.

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that's what has made me apprehensive to be honest. I feel pretty comfortable in windows doing many things, and my wife has a MacBook that I'm also pretty comfortable using so learning a new, third OS does seem obtuse. I like the idea of having more control over the software, but don't want to lose the "it just works" feeling of an OS or software I am used to using.

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's true, most of what I do would be in a browser as a casual user. My work laptop would still be running Windows and doing what I "need" (Excel, SolidWorks, etc.) Although I want to keep the ability to torrent and manage my media files nicely, I'm open to using different softwares than I'm used to for those.

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Okay great! What made you make that jump?

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Okay thank you! Could you give some examples about tasks that "should be easy" but aren't? I've worked with MacOS casually and I thought it was based on Unix (maybe?), so I was at least aware that the way to maneuver through the desktop/settings/file searches are different from Windows of course. I am certainly not a power user, just getting frustrated with companies overstepping more and more and want to cut myself from their whims, if that makes sense.

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Okay that's good to know! Stick with one to get more comfortable until it doesn't do something I need, basically?

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm hoping to keep it on desktop (not allowed to edit my work laptop), so hopefully that won't be an issue but will keep it in mind for power usage. Thank you!

[–] WR5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you! I'll look into them. Why did you decide to choose Fedora over the others you mentioned?

 

Hello!

I'm interested in moving my personal computer to running Linux but I'm not sure where to even begin. As background, I am a casual user and have a desktop with hardware from around 2014 running Windows. I am hoping to setup a NAS drive as a media server in the next year or so, offloading all of the files currently on the Windows desktop and have been interested in open source software such as Jellyfin. I also mostly game on an Xbox and Nintendo Switch, but have used the desktop in the past for gaming such as with an Oculus Rift Headset and some Steam games so not huge on getting games working on the computer. But, I do sometimes torrent using the computer so don't want to lose that capability (especially with upkeep for the media server).

With all of that said, I didn't know how to get started with choosing what Linux OS to use, setting it up, backing up my files to make sure I can use them with the new OS, etc. Making the switch seems to have great options for customization and "choosing a distro that works for you", but I don't know what would work for me or what will be user friendly for a beginner.

Any tips or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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