I am just very curious what peoples stories are. And if you are not using Linux what is holding you back?

No judgement of any kind, just pure curiosity.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    I got my first laptop a bit over 10 years ago with windows 7 on it. Used that for a while, but found myself getting interested in the dark web as an edgy teenager (I wasn’t really edgy, just a nerd with diverse interests) and found my way to tails.

    I played around with that for some time, which happened to also be the time that windows 8 came out. Used that for about a week, decided to wipe my windows completely and install mint. Within a year I switched to arch and I guess the rest is history. I’m actually on Manjaro now and really enjoying it!

    • MouseWithBeerOPEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      If I may ask, what made you go from Arch to Manjaro? Asking because I am currently doing the Manjaro to Arch switch.

      • @djsykloneEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I recently have gone from Manjaro to EndeavourOS myself within the past year or so. For me it was similar to the reason I switch from Ubuntu spins to Manjaro in the first place. I want new software ASAP. Manjaro was holding back KDE 5.25.5 with the rounded corner fix for quite a while even from the other channels. I also would run into issues where the kernels would no longer be supported but having them on my system caused problems with updates. Manjaro’s various kernels actually saved me a few times, but not sure what the best way to deal with this is while keeping support for additional kernels, but Arch only has 3 available at any time so they’re always supported. I still like Manjaro, and it’s the distro I would recommend to anyone who has anything but the most basic computing needs.

        • MouseWithBeerOPEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Yea, things on Manjaro take absolutely too long sometimes. I had problems with Discord all the time which literally won’t run on an old version and Manjaro being nope, no update for you. I switched to unstable branch just to not have to constantly deal with it.

          • @djsykloneEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            I have migrated my laptop to EOS already, but I still have a VM with Manjaro I’m leaning on ATM. It would just be a few hours of effort to migrate but I will wait until I am more ready for that at a later date.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        I think I wanted a slightly better packaged experience that required less work to maintain.

        During covid I had been mostly using windows again on an external drive because it just worked better for MS Teams, which was sorta a necessity for me at the time. Once things opened back up and my need for MS stuff diminished, I decided to do a reset of my Linux drive and switch to manjaro. I didn’t have the patience or time to re-set up my arch environment, and wanted something new. So manjaro was an obvious choice.

        I’m an academic and I used to be able to spare the time and effort to play with my os, tinker, and fix things when they break. But now I’m writing my thesis and I just need my machine to work with little hassle.