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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 5 days ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca 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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[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Swapped to CachyOS

Pros:

Super easy OS install
Good tool for installing steam
Most games play fine but knew this already from my steam deck

Cons:

Struggled to find how to setup services like Jellfin, SABnzbd, etc. Not as simple as just installing them on windows, but not bad once I figured out how services work.
Heavily modded games like Total War Warhammer 3 were a pain since the modding tools are designed for Windows. Got them working, but stability was worse.
No Virtual Desktop for my Quest 3. I’ve heard I can get VR working on it, but only for games.
Getting write access on my existing NTFS drive was a pain. Read access worked, by I had to change ownership from root on all files to allow changes.

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I suggest you don't write to you ntfs drive. Copy them all to linux filesystems.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah that would be preferred but the NTFS drive is 16TB of backups and media.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Services like the arr stack is easier to manage with docker compose or equivalent i think

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What’s the better option though? I assumed a native service was superior since I found arch specific versions.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

To each their own I guess. Containers have a lot of benefits like sandboxed security and portability

That's not to say that native doesn't have benefits, simpler networking and easier to manage if you aren't used to containers

Then again, it's a good way to learn something new