…and it went very smoothly. I installed on a spare PC for now, but I could absolutely see this becoming my daily driver. I’m mostly surprised at how snappy and responsive it is, even on 10 year old hardware!

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
    24·
    10 days ago

    I find this funny because I’ve been aware of, and even using, Linux for a lot longer than I have been using Lemmy (or Lemmy or even ActivityPub has even existed). Are many people really becoming more aware of Linux because they are moving from Reddit to Lemmy and then noticing people talking about Linux here?

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
      35·
      10 days ago

      I’ve always been aware of it, but I guess I just needed the extra push. Being on Lemmy has been like having one of those Civ missionaries in my base spamming “spread religion” for 2 years, and I think they’ve successfully converted me.

      • apftwb@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 days ago

        I swear Lemmy just turns everyone in a variation of the same person. Its bizarre. We all subconsciously end up watching the same YouTube channels and read the same books.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
        2·
        9 days ago

        I hate them, wish I could go all Mao on their asses. But yeah, Linux rocks. Heard great things about Pop. Looking forward for your meme posts asking for help here.

        • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          I subscribed to a bunch of Linux communities today with that in mind, but I haven’t drilled down to figure out which are the most active or are open to random questions.

          • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
            2·
            9 days ago

            If you make a meme out of it, this is one of the most helpful and active. Otherwise the others are good too, some perhaps not as active.

    • jqubed@lemmy.world
      19·
      10 days ago

      I’ve known about Linux since the late ’90s; I haven’t been around any significant concentration of people talking about it and how to use it until I joined Lemmy.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      16·
      10 days ago

      The open source nature of Lemmy attracts the same people who are also attracted by the open source nature of Linux.

      Lemmy is a bit of an echo chamber because of that.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      10 days ago

      I was generally planning on switching once windows 10 died but being on Lemmy helped convince me to not only switch earlier, but also I just dove right in with arch. I’d say it was like 2/3 Lemmy and 1/3 Proton that made me switch not because I felt I needed to but because I was actually excited to