Finally, after some time I made the switch to #Linux !🧵1/2Here is my experience and the hiccups I found :- It was hell to find how to boot on the USB drive. You needed to disable secure boot and it didn't tell you that anywhere, as far as I can tell- It was easy enough to set up, connect to wifi etc- Strangely Firefox has a bigger top app bar, instead of all the icons and tabs being on a single row, there are 2 rows (one with the tab name, and another one with the actual tabs- The fingerprint reader could be set up, but when trying to log in it always says fingerprint not recognized- Keyboard shortcuts changed, for example screenshots can't be done using Win Shift S, the clipboard history doesn't work by default etc- The key to mute my mic doesn't work, and is not recognized as a key. The other keys like disabling the trackpad work fine.- I like how typing the name of software from windows like paint and notepad gives the linux equivalent@linux

The neofetch command restult in the terminal, shows it's running Linux Mint
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Welcome!

Mint is an awesome choice to start. It’s got a nice balance between slim and enough features to get you going.

Keep in mind at all times: at some point you’re gonna need that one piece of external hardware to play nice with Linux or maybe that one piece of software ain’t doing it like you’re used to.=> there is a way or an alternative. Always keep calm, research the topic, and follow instructions carefully and thoughtfully when you find a tutorial.

That aside enjoy it, a little slice of freedom away from big tech awaits.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    There isn't unfortunately always an alternative, e.g. you can't control Logitech devices without dual booting (maybe you can do it in a VM as well, but I haven't tried to).

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  • It works great for me. I control a multifx through VM. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work on other hardware (perhaps the off chance it’s very peculiar about online connectivity or such but I haven’t encountered it)

    Ok maybe “always” is a bit strong but let’s say 9 out of 10.

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