Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?
As things currently stand, I’m happy with my setups. I’m using Kubuntu at work and on my gaming/general purpose PC at home, and Mint on my server. There’s a part of me that wants to hop the server across to Kubuntu as well, just because it’s what I’m more familiar with now, but I don’t really touch the server that much, and it’s currently working without any issues, so I figure I’m better off leaving it well alone.
In terms of work; 99% of what I use my PC for is stuff that LibreOffice is fine for, so it’s solid. That’ll change in the next few months, as the company shifts from local MS Office to O365, so I’ve set up WinBoat in preparation. Not massively happy about how much RAM Windows is going to chew up, so once it goes live I’ll do more research into running O365 as FireFox webapps. Again, not ideal, but until MS gives us a Linux-native port of O365, it’s the best I can do.
Gaming-wise, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well it works - once it’s set up. My gaming PC is my partner’s old machine, so it’s specced with an Nvidia GTX 1060 - a GPU that still has a surprising amount of utility. The drivers have given me some issues, but all in all, it’s great. Coupled with Sunshine, I can happily play lower spec or older games on my MacBook through Moonlight while sitting on the sofa, or I can stream to my Apple TV. Red Dead Redemption 2 looks wonderful, even streamed across the network.
My only real white whale is Apple Music. I’ve had an AM account since the day it launched in the UK, and use it every day on my GrapheneOS phone, so it’s a ballache that my only options for it on Linux are:
But overall, I’m happy with the move. The shift from macOS to macOS/Linux isn’t as tricky as from Windows, perhaps, because a lot of the terminal-based stuff is pretty similar, but it’s nice to know that my computer isn’t at the whim of a cabal of bastards. I have tried Asahi on my MacBook (and the M1 mini I now use as my Home Assistant machine), but ultimately the drawbacks are still slightly too great for me to go all-in on it.