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Do you currently use Linux, or would you consider giving Linux a shot? (self.askbeehaw)
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I get the feeling that Lemmy has a relatively higher concentration of Linux users. I'm preparing to move over to Linux when I build my new computer. I already put Linux Mint Cinnamon edition on one of my old laptops and I like it quite a bit. I figure that since I've been wanting to switch over for years, I should just do it. The games were the thing holding me back, and Proton seems to have taken care of that(I don't really play multiplayer games that require anticheat... I'm a singleplayer kind of girl).

For me, anyway, I want to switch because Windows has been creeping me out with its telemetry. Windows 11 looks lousy, and I'd have to jump through some hoops to get my old hardware on 11, anyway.

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[–] bbbhltz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Desktop Linux user since 2006. I've tried many different distros.

Right now I use Alpine Linux, but I think the distribution I've used the most/longest is Debian.

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

How are you liking Alpine on desktop? I've tried it and it was overall decent, aside from some nagging issues with Bluetooth mice connecting but not working and minor display glitches when playing videos. Small annoyances to be sure, but annoyances that don't exist on any other distro I've used on desktop.

[–] bbbhltz 2 points 1 year ago

It works and things are up to date. Yeah, there are some glitches. I got the BT stuff sorted. I've noticed some video stuff but it seems to only occur when I need to show someone a video, like when I am presenting to my students.

For the BT I fixed it by installing hidapi and adding it to the startup module.