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Picture of my daily driver machine installing openSUSE.

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[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 66 points 2 weeks ago
[-] HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 72 points 2 weeks ago

Main con of the ultrawide screens: everything installs/downloads slower

[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 weeks ago

Just tilt the monitor clockwise. Gravity will help.

[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

But the main benefit is that you can see the install/download progress in more detail.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

It was also showing the same bar on all 3-monitors! I wanted my neighbors to know just how hard I was installing Linux!

[-] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 42 points 2 weeks ago
[-] zingo@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Great choice of distro!

Troublefree for almost 2 years now on Tumbleweed.

[-] thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Same here, the only time I had a problem was the Nvidia driver updating and breaking the compatibility.

It was Nvidia, it is always Nvidia...

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

As Torvalds said,

FUCK NVIDIA! (Well, he did not explicitly say that; but he gave nvidia the middle finger)

[-] ClownStatue@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think that counts as Universal Sign Language.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's what I like to hear!!

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago

If you're still on the fence about switching to Linux, try downloading a Live Linux USB image and booting it from a USB stick. This lets you try out Linux without changing anything on your Windows drive. The Live version will also let you see if Linux detects all your computer's hardware before you install it for real.

I recommend Linux Mint for beginners.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC you can even install stuff and more to try out software.

[-] calmblue75@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I agree on trying the live boot first. I played around with the live boot for a week, and ended up installing mint as dual boot when I got frustrated about not being able to save files, save settings etc. I was barely using Windows at that point.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I had already done that before pulling the trigger. I used Obsidian to get a listing of distros and then took notes as I tested them on my Lenovo Yoga 720 laptop. Obviously, not the same as my daily gaming rig, but it gave me a good enough approximation for how well I'd like some of the distros I tried. In the end it was Mint Cinnamon (currently installed on my Yoga) or openSUSE. I eventually had to reinstall openSUSE last night when KDE started giving me trouble. It's probably the last time I try KDE for a while. I just don't seem to have good luck with it all three times I've tried it across different distros.

Either way GNOME is working great this morning and I'm working on getting stuff customized!!

[-] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 19 points 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the light side. I'm a happy Tumbleweed user for many years now. Love that Hitchhiker's guide reference .

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] kurcatovium@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Don't forget and bring the towel.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wasn't sure if that reference would fit here so I'm glad you enjoyed it! I am diggin' the experience so far. Haven't gamed on it, yet, but after reinstalling for GNOME, it's been smooth sailing!

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 18 points 2 weeks ago

Welcome to the club! I installed Open Sousa Tumbleweed this summer.

(It's similar to OpenSUSE, but has a marching band theme by default. This is totally a real thing, and it wasn't just a speech to text failure.)

[-] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Can you link it? I can't seem to find a page for it.

[-] zstg@programming.dev 13 points 2 weeks ago
[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

😬 sshhhhh, don't tell anyone!

[-] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago

One of us, one of us!

[-] sidebro@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Good on you! And good luck!

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you! :D

[-] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Good luck :)

[-] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago

Tumbleweed

Beyond based

PS. If you plan on only using Wayland, you still need to have X11 installed. Don't ask me why, don't ask me how, I only know that without X11 my system would only login to shell

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Even regedit hates windows regedit...

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Genuine laugh out of this comment! Thanks!

[-] relic4322@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Funny enough I just changed my daily driver to Linux as well. Long time Linux power user, stuck with a Windows main. Finally made the transition, couldn't be happier.

Congrats

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What distro did you go with?

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ditto, friend. Which DE did you end up going with? I started with KDE but had bad luck with app crashes last night and odd desktop displays so I reinstalled fresh with GNOME (didn't need to worry about reinstalling vs switching DEs cause there wasn't much done with the OS by that point).

[-] morto@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] PracticalFail@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

I like that you as user "regedit" are installing openSUSE - I like :-D

[-] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I played with it a bit. Can't remember my thoughts on it but when I was testing different distros for myself, my wife, and in-laws, I took notes for it.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you. Trying to take my time since this is my main box!

Wewt! I'm actually doing a rescuzilla backup of my Windows box right now because I'm about to install CachyOS on my Surface.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! Yeah I made a full VHDX of my C: drive prior to pulling the trigger on this.

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