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Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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I'd like to hear people's journeys and motivations from people who switched over the last few months, and if there were particular challenges that were faced.

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience. So now that you've tried it, is KDE familiar enough to you? (I did put my parents' now 13 year old PC on KDE for similar reasons).

Good news is that KDE is the front-end interface that is packaged with many distributions (including Bazzite) so you won't lose the basic look and feel if you decide to move.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It is! I've really been enjoying the KDE experience with Kubuntu!

    Initially I tried downloading a few "retro" windows xp/2000 look a like themes, but something got messed up and it wouldn't let me log in? Something with the SDDM. Luckily I had just installed Kubuntu fresh earlier that day, so I hadn't set anything up, so it was easy enough to just reinstall everything, and I've just been sticking with the built in themes and not really messing with anything else lol.

    I did see that with Bazzite, which is why I think I'll try it out. I just don't want to go through the whole process, only to end up with the same issues I have now due to, apparently, having a Nvidia GPU in my laptop. I know no one can tell me if I will or won't, and I just have to try it, but that's about my only hesitation.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Bazzite should work with your nvidia and everything else. And from the way you described yourself, you may like Bazzite's immutability better, since it's much harder to break than kubuntu is. Just make sure you get the KDE version. I also installed it on my steamdeck and love it.

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