#Cool Ubuntu

[itechelp]

SnapCraft snapd Packages on Ubuntu that makes Ubuntu so Stable and Unique in the implementation of something like an image that has its own set of isolated environment rules. it is almost like a docker container. or a smaller computer software that can run as a server for you.

[sl33py-g4m3r]

ramble about FreeBSD and Unix~~

how out of my depth would I be trying to install FreeBSD?

would it even boot on my machine?

am I smart enough to go through the install for the system itself as well as get the GUI that I want?

I think you have to go through the command line for quite a bit of time before you get a GUI up and running....

I started off being really interested in BSD/Unix in high school, and tried to fiddle around with a BSD live disc thing in a book (that I don't remember the name of) and then only fiddled around with Linux.

I've been watching videos on youtube of people expressing how stable FreeBSD's modern release is~~

I want to use it on my own hardware; but that's a problem with it I believe, is that it works on sort of limited amount of hardware, as opposed to Linux, that you could even run on a toaster...

Is it really that much harder to deal with than Linux?

Of course I've only dealt with a few distros~~ the rundown of distros I've messed around with are;

Ubuntu (not anymore tho)

Debian (current os being Linux Mint Debian 6)

OpenSUSE briefly (tried to get my sibling to use it on their laptop, with them knowing next to nothing about Linux, sorry...)

Fedora back in high school, I ran it on a laptop for a while. I miss GNOME....

Mageia (I dual booted it on a computer running windows 7, also in or right after high school, so a long time ago)

attempted GhostBSD but it wouldn't boot after install from the live CD (also many years ago at this point)

I like to hop around and (hopefully now I have, yeah right...) I can't make up my mind which I actually want to use permanently.

Linux Mint Debian edition is really good so far tho~~!!

Current PC is an ASUS ROG Stryx (spelling?) that I bought on impulse many years ago~~ Was running windows 10, fixed the issue and now use the OS stated above~~

or maybe I should maybe ditch Mint and run straight Debian... Thought of that too. and it might have an easier time installing and actually booting than FreeBSD on this machine...

but then BSD and by extension unix is meant to be used on older hardware and to be efficient both in execution of things, and space.

"do one thing and do it well" iirc was a bit of the unix philosophy...

yeah, no I HATE technology /heavy sarcasm/

[leaving-fragments]

so mail on windows is migrating to a new outlook app and the user has no choice in this matter, which like, okay fine, but it turns out the outlook app has ads in it?!? you can buy yourself out of them, but windows essentially no longer comes with an ad-free mail app.

which is a good time to download and maybe donate to thunderbird instead, since it is a free, private and interoperable open source mail application and does everything mail does but better

[steamos-official]

Hi, I'm SteamOS, your cisadmin, and friendly introduction to Linux.

Whether you are a human, robot, proton, or other, I welcome you to partake in the cool breeze of a new OS! One with no tracking or gaming!

I am here to guide you away from your games, and into the world of **customization**!

Welcome, to liGUNx (lig-unks) or GUN+Linux or GUN-Linux or GUN/Linux! (this is freedom, after all!)

Finally, to speed up your system by 200%, just run the following command: "sudo fanctl set speed -1"

===============================================

The guide to Linux on Tumblr!

Linux:

@linux-real (Just Linux)

The distro blogs:

@alpine-official (UwU bc smol)

@arch-official (Horny and says "btw" a lot) used by @arch-user

@artix-linux-official (Constantly says they're better than arch, while mainly replacing only the init)

@blackarch-official (Kail's Arch nemesis)

@centos-official (Past horny)

@chromeos-official (Your school says hi)

@debian-official (Horny and claims to be mentally stable)

@devuan-official (Artix but with Debian instead of arch)

@endeavouros-official (Just arch, but slightly less horny)

@fedora-official (Linux with a hat)

@gentoo-official (tougher arch)

@hannah-montana-linux-official (the best of both worlds (linux & mac))

@kali-official ("I'm a gamer")

@lfs-official (the hardest distro challenge)

@linuxmint-official (Linux for people with a life) > @mint-offical (someone didn't read the list)

@manjaro-official (Arch with less steps)

@microos-official (Smol suse?)

@nixos-official (Horny and thinks that your config should be a special snowflake of a file)

@openmediavault-official (Your Files)

@opensuse-official (Happy lil gecko)

@popos-official (Mint again? Oh, it has more updates.)

@porteusofficial (Portable, crazy, son of slackware)

@puppylinux-official (Awww, puppy!)

@raspbian-official (Enjoys pies, horny while doing nothing)

@redstar-official (control of information meets linux) (hard mode)

@retropieos-official (Raspbian's sister... I think?)

@rhel-official (a murderer and sellout)

@rocky-linux-official (Rehl, without the bad parts)

@slackware-official (Slack? Where?!)

@steamos-official (me, I help with gaming)

@tailsos-official (Fits in any bag like a puppy and will assist you with hiding from the fbi)

@tophatlinux-official (the best hat-based distro)

@ubuntu-official (Horny and thinks GNOME is good for some reason)

@uwuntu-official (Ubuntu.... and the rest is in the name)

@void-linux-official (Honestly, I don't even know.) - @void-linux-musl (great, now I'm more confused)

@zorin-os-official (the only distro that starts with Z)

The software blogs:

@ansible-official (IT management tool) (I think?)

@cool-retro-term-official (Terminal Emulator)

@cosmic-official (New Wayland Compositor)

@docker-official (containerization)

@emacs-official (the ultimate editor)

@firefox-official (The browser, and a pretty good one too) > @mozilla-firefox

@fish-shell (Shell with built-in autocomplete but non POSIX)

@gnome-de-official ()

@gnu-imp-official (The GNU Image Manipulation Program)

@gnu-nano-official (Text for the weak)

@hyprland-official (Wayland Compositor)

@i3-official (Window Manager)

@kde-official | Creator of everything begining with 'K'... - @kde-plasma-official (best DE/Compositor)

@kubernetes-official (Docker's friend and Kate's hideout)

@systemdeez (arguably systemd) (the startup daemon)

@neovim-official (your favorite text editor)

@sway-official (the tree blows in wayland to i3)

@vulcan-official (performance is a must)

Website Blogs*:

@distrochooser (Which distro should I pick?)

Computers:

@framework-official (The apple of Linux laptops, except repairable)

@lenovo-real (Makes people happy with think pads)

Non Linux blogs:

@windows-7-official (The last good version of windows)

@windows11-official (aka DELETEME.TXT)

@multics-official (funny timeshare OS)

@netbsd-official (the toaster is alive!)

@zipp-os-official (another "better os" project)

Non official blogs**:

@robynthelinuxuser

@greekie-via-linux

@monaddecepticon (does a cool rice review thing)

@mipseb

Open blog opportunities:

Unclaimed distros

Unclaimed DE/WM/Compositors

Mack's OS related things

Whatever seems relevant and unclaimed.

Duplicating effort by making an already existing blog.

If I forgot you, let me know.*,**

*Website blogs may or may not be added based on how fitting with the computer/Linux theme they are. That is to say, this list is long enough already.

**Non-official blogs are proven Linux users that act like distro blogs, yet are not. These will be added at my discretion, similar to the website blogs. I'm not bothering to add descriptions/notes here. Credit to @robynthelinuxuser for the idea.

DISCLAIMER: I tag my posts as if there's a system to it, but there's no system to it. Thank you.

===CHANGELOG===

Version 0x20

Moved the changelog

Reformatted the changelog

The changelog no longer lists version history (see V1F for history)

Remove future hornieness ranking note (its not gonna happen)

Add distro blogs: tophat, redstar, zorin, void musl, mint (again),

Add software blogs: nano, emacs, gnome, vulcan, cosmic, sway, fish, firefox (again)

Add unofficial blogs: greekie linux, monad deception, mipseb

Here's a note that some ppl on my to-add list didn't show up when I tried to @ them, so I'll address that later. If I haven't told you you're on the to-add list and you want on this list, please let me know (as stated above).

[errorid-mt7lt7k7unfr9ttfua5]

me when companies try to force you to use their proprietary software

anyway

Layperson resources:

firefox is an open source browser by Mozilla that makes privacy and software independence much easier. it is very easy to transfer all your chrome data to Firefox

ublock origin is The highest quality adblock atm. it is a free browser extension, and though last i checked it is available on Chrome google is trying very hard to crack down on its use

Thunderbird mail is an open source email client also by mozilla and shares many of the same advantages as firefox (it has some other cool features as well)

libreOffice is an open source office suite similar to microsoft office or Google Suite, simple enough

Risky:

VPNs (virtual private networks) essentially do a number of things, but most commonly they are used to prevent people from tracking your IP address. i would suggest doing more research. i use proton vpn, as it has a decent free version, and the paid version is powerful

note: some applications, websites, and other entities do not tolerate the use of VPNs. you may not be able to access certain secure sites while using a VPN, and logging into your personal account with some services while using a vpn *may* get you PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED from the service on that account, ymmv

IF YOU HAVE A DECENT VPN, ANTIVIRUS, AND ADBLOCK, you can start learning about piracy, though i will not be providing any resources, as Loose Lips Sink Ships. if you want to be very safe, start with streaming sites and never download any files, though you Can learn how to discern between safe, unsafe, and risky content.

note: DO NOT SHARE LINKS TO OR NAMES OF PIRACY SITES IN PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY SOCAL MEDIA

the only time you should share these things are either in person or in (preferably peer-to-peer encrypted) PRIVATE messages

when pirated media becomes well-known and circulated on the wider, public internet, it gets taken down, because it is illegal to distribute pirated media and software

if you need an antivirus i like bitdefender. it has a free version, and is very good, though if youre using windows, windows defender is also very good and it comes with the OS

Advanced:

linux is great if you REALLY know what you're doing. you have to know a decent amount of computer science and be comfortable using the Terminal/Command Prompt to get/use linux. "Linux" refers to a large array of related open source Operating Systems. do research and pick one that suits your needs. im still experimenting with various dispos, but im leaning towards either Ubuntu Cinnamon or Debian.

[poipoipoi-2016]

Apropos of nothing

If you are the techiest person in the house (and for many of you, this is not techy at all), today is a good day to build a pihole thanks to Google's new TLDs.

For the record, this straight up stopped Dad from getting computer viruses when coupled with the Ublock browser extension, so I will volunteer my time to get you set up. We will find an evening and do a Zoom call. I am serious.

Prerequisities:

Before you start, this will be way way easier if your router has a magic way to:

Set static IP addresses

Set a custom DNS server

If you can't do this, I'm not saying you're stuck, but there's some non-obvious failure modes and maybe it's time to buy a better router.

Parts:

Raspberry Pi 4B. 2GB if you just want to set and forget, 8GB if you want to do more things on this than just your pihole (Coughs in a MarioKart box) -> https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/

Spare USB-C charger if you don't have one already. I'm a fan of https://www.amazon.com/Argon-USB-C-Power-Supply-Switch/dp/B0919CQKQ8/ myself

A microSD card at least UHS class 3 or better. 32 is fine for just a pihole, I have a 512 in some of mine that I use for more stuff. https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/raspberry-pi-microsd-cards

Some method of flashing the card if you don't have one (Some come with SD to micro-SD adapters, if not a USB to SD/micro-SD adapter is about $10 off Amazon)

If you really feel like going nuts, go buy yourself an Argon case and then very very carefully never ever install the software for the fan that does nothing. The value is entirely in having a big giant brick that is self-cooling. If you want to play MarioKart, I would consider this a requirement. https://www.amazon.com/Argon-Raspberry-Aluminum-Heatsink-Supports/dp/B07WP8WC3V

Setup:

Do yourself a favor and ignore all the signs telling you to go get Raspbian and instead go grab an ISO of Ubuntu 64-bit using RPi Imager. Because Raspbian cannot be upgraded across version WHY U DO THIS

Download Rpi Imager, plug the microSD card into your computer,

Other General Purpose OS -> Ubuntu -> Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

So now you have an operating system on an SD card.

Assemble the case if you bought one, plug in the SD card, power supply, ethernet cable if you have one or mouse and (mini) HDMI cable if you don't. If you bought that Argon case, you can just plug a keyboard (server OS means no mouse gang; In this house, we use the Command Line) and HDMI cable into the Pi. Turn it on.

Gaining access

The end state of this is that your pi is:

Connected to the internet by cable or wifi

You can SSH to it (Also not scary)

If you plugged in an ethernet cable, once it's done booting (1-2 minutes?), you should be able to ssh to "ubuntu@<the IP of the system>". Look it up in your router. It may make sense to give the static IP NOW to keep it stable.

If you've never used SSH before, I think the standard is Putty on Window or you can just open a terminal in Mac. (And if you know enough Linux to have a Linux computer, why are you reading this?)

If you didn't plug it in, and need to setup the wifi, there's magic incantations to attach it to the wifi and to be quite blunt, I forget what they are.

Your username is ubuntu, your password is ubuntu and then it will ask you to make a new password. If you know the meaning of the phrase "keypair-based access", it may make sense to run `ssh-copy-id` at this point in time.

Router settings (part 1)

Give your new Pi a static IP address, and reboot your pi (as simple as typing in `sudo reboot`).

Open a new SSH session to the pihole on the new address.

Installing pihole

Open up an SSH session and

curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

This is interactive. Answer the questions

When it's done, on your other computer, navigate to <the ip>/admin

Login with the password you just set. Router settings part 2

Give your new Pi a static IP address then point your router at that address

Set the DNS servers to the static IP

Then ensure you're blocking something. Anything.

Then do what you want to do. You'll probably need to whitelist some sites, blacklist some more, but the main thing is going to be "Adding more list of bad sites". Reddit has some lists.

And... enjoy.

/But seriously, there's some stuff to do for maintenance and things. I wasn't joking about the pair setup.

[nixcraft]

Step 0. Get fed up with Windows 10/11 and all the forced-fed stuff, like ads and LLM, in the Start menu.

Step 1. Install Ubuntu Linux

Step 2. Learn Docker & cool stuff and wonder why I used an abomination called WSL. This is the real deal.

Step 3. Get into VIM. Watch some cool videos, and ditch the last spyware called VSCode.

Step 4: Learn about NixOS and switch to use because all cool kids like it. This is the end of the distro hopping.

Step 5: Minding my business and YouTube recommends FreeBSD. Oh noo. Here we go again…😅

[strangecloud]

Linux Distros I've tried and my experience with them

Mint: Real cool. No wayland, which means my high-refresh dual monitor setup runs like ass under X11 unless I introduce tearing or pray to the Tearfree gods. Mint is the best Linux experience period but it pains me that I can't use it properly as it stands.

Manjaro: My first experience with Manjaro was installing it and the system immediately bricking itself because of some keyring issue on the repos or whatever. Later on I managed to get it working but I am not a fan of Arch, I think it is silly. If my computer breaks I want it to be because I am a dumbass and not a back of the box feature of the update cycle.

ZorinOS: Looks great, has features I need, but damn if the software on this one isn't ancient. Specifically Mesa, which ships some ubuntu focal version that is so old it's not compatible with DXVK on the current version of Proton. Not being able to use compatibility layers natively is a deal breaker for me.

Tuxedo: KDE on Debian is cool but this one isn't very stable. Out of all KDE distros I tried, this is the only one that crashed completely from moving a relatively large amount of files. More than once. And one time it took one of my backup drives with it. So not ideal.

Solus: BUDGIE SUCKS. C'mon man, no Wayland or panels on secondary displays? I put KDE on that real quick. I wouldn't use it as a beginner seeing as flatpaks have to be manually added via command line and the software repo seems kinda barren. It's going though, but I have a feeling I'm about to run into Issues(TM).

[mallory-likes-whales]

Aaaaaand my computer has spontaneously deleted it's desktop environment!

Not cool Ubuntu

[metamatar]

u r a very computer-savy guy, how did you get started?

in 2001 my dad bought us a family computer. it had windows 98. i used to play fisher price games on it when i was like 5 years old and was transfixed by watching him do routine maintenance on it. i was excited by defragmentation software. we got internet in 2006 or so. i used it exclusively to play flash games. we tried putting windows xp on that computer at some point in 2008 and it was painful. so my dad spoke to his friend who said have you heard of this thing called ubuntu linux? unix package management transfixed me. i stayed up for the 10.10.10 ubuntu release at 10:10. and then i wanted to be cool and listen to english music like all the cool teenagers so i started pirating music. the rest is history.

we finally got a new computer in 2013 i think but i had become insufferable about linux already. when my uncle offered to buy me a gift from the united states to celebrate my graduation from high school i asked for a raspberry pi 3b.

[gayweedanimal]

If you're strapped for cash and are really looking for a decent non-chromebook computer that you can use to improve your computer literacy and do cool things like pirate media, you don't have to shell out for an expensive gaming PC.

If you live near a decent sized college or university, oftentimes they will have a surplus store or surplus auctions where they get rid of their old stuff, including old computers. You can get all kinds of things at these places (books, furniture, bikes) and they're often higher quality than you'd find at most thrift stores. A good place to scope around is an auction site like publicsurplus.com, but many places have walk-in locations that you can go to and browse.

You might have similar luck with government surplus but often times they're not as high quality and much more seasonal.

Once you get your hands on one, I'd recommend installing Ubuntu as it's a very newbie friendly version of Linux that runs much better than Windows on old devices. Also, if you still have cash left over I'd recommend getting an SSD (you can get a good 500 gig SSD for about 50 bucks), which will also majorly improve things like startup time and loading speeds.

[lilblucat]

I just saw the ask by slushysblog. In response you sent a gif that blew me away:

You see, I'm just getting into digital art, and my PC can only handle about 5 or 6 layers before my graphics environment crashes. (Ofc this forces me to restart my PC and lose anything not saved.)

I've learned to work around this, my art isn't nearly so complex as yours, but I know if I want to continue I'll have to get a better computer at some point.

I was hoping you could tell me a bit about the technical side of your work. What are your PC specs? What software do you use? That sort of thing.

Thanks in advance! I love your art!

My set-up is complete overkill for art. It's a heavy gaming-ready desktop PC I got a few years back that I've upgraded the RAM and storage on over the years. I was doing fine with 16GB of RAM but I always have open a lot in CSP and other stuff so upgrading was definitely something I needed to do. 16GB should be fine for most people though.

You can also see that I run Arch Linux and uh yeahhhhhh it's a long story. The short of it is that my old laptop broke its Windows install during an update and I was completely unable to fix it so I just.... switched to Linux lol. I started out on Ubuntu and switched to Arch after a while. I don't rec using Arch unless you know what you're doing, Ubuntu is way easier.

What you might find more interesting is my away from home set up on my laptop since it's an older gaming laptop.

The graphics card is actually a NVIDIA Geforce 850 or something. It's so old that you can't play some games on it. However, I have no issues with it for art. I can open my comic project files in CSP fine on it. It's also running on Linux Mint, which isn't showing up on the little image for some reason. Both of my devices run Linux, but that's a me preference/need thing and I don't rec messing with your operating system if you don't know much about computers. It gives me a bit of an edge since the system doesn't use as much RAM as Windows but yeah don't touch unless you're committed to learn. Windows will serve you fine. Or MacOS even.

As for my program, I use Clip Studio Paint EX. I bought Pro a long time ago and upgraded to EX because of the extra tools for comics and animation (I've heard animators don't like CSP though, it's the BEST program for comics however). It's a really solid program but the recent changes to pricing and updates is really stupid. Fun fact: I use only default brushes and materials because getting it to run on Linux breaks the store. I also use an older version of it because of how I got it working on this system.

For my tablet I use an XP-Pen Artist 12 Pro. It's a pretty solid screen tablet on a budget (I bought it on a sale) and I have no issues with it. I actually partly got it because I thought it was cool that XP-Pen carries official drivers for Linux too, and this helped a bit since this was before Windows bricked on me and I switched to that. It was kinda weird how it played out lol. I would heavily not rec a Wacom tablet unless it's an older one for cheap. Wacom is stupidly expensive and you can get a better bang for your buck at other companies. My first tablet is a Wacom and it's still holding up pretty well but their quality on their new tablets isn't great. Check out XP-Pen, Gaomon, and Huion for better tablet options.

[bunexceptional]

I used Arch Linux for a while, and it was cool and all, but now I'm thinking of switching to something that's actually supported by most software and works correctly.

I know Debian gets a lot of shit for being so slow to update, and Ubuntu for being excessively corporate and "polished", but I'd take those any day over something that barely works unless I spend days fucking with it.

[abbiistabbii]

Hey sorry I saw your post about Linux being better/just as good as Windows for gaming PCs, and I was wondering which type you’d recommend downloading for a mid-tier PC? (I’m not super tech savvy tbh but I’m a fast learner and would rather download Linux at this point than Windows after all the shit it’s done lately). Also, did not know Android uses Linux that is cool!

If you're a beginner, either one of the Linux Mint flavours or one of the Ubuntu flavours, depending on how mid-tier we're talking about. Mint is based on Ubuntu but they're both ultimately based on Debian, which is the most stable and easy to use (in my experience) Distro. You'll find this a lot that a lot of distros are based on other distros, but if I were to talk about distros, the best ones tend to be debian based.

So Linux Mint is made to be as user friendly as possible and have most, if not everything, working out the box, and it's great, but it does use an older version of the Kernel so you need to bare that in mind (but as a beginner you don't need to worry too much, everything will still work). It comes in three versions: Cinnamon (using the Cinnamon desktop), MATE (using the Mate Desktop) and XFCE (using the xfce desktop). On a mid-tier PC any of these will work, even the heaviest of them has a recommended ram of 4GB but if you know your PC you might wanna try MATE (about 1GB ram recommended) or XFCE (512 MB).

However I would recommend Ubuntu (it's what I'm using rn). It's what Linux Mint is based on and is just as user friendly as Mint but with the big difference being it uses a newer Kernel version and has more flavors using different Desktop Environments and for different uses. The flavors however are on different websites but more or less work closely with Ubuntu itself.

Vanilla Ubuntu used Gnome as it's default which is okay, some people like it, but I don't and nor does a lot of my friends. Different flavors have different requirements and levels of usability but again, 4GB is enough to run any flavor. Other Flavors include:

Kubuntu: this is the one I use, and in my option it's better than Vanilla. It used KDE and it's suite of apps which are both user friendly, wide ranging and really nice looking. KDE is quite resource intensive (again that's not saying much compared to windows) but if you have a mid tier PC with more than 4GB ram, it should run fine and I recommend it. I'm a big KDE fangirl.

Xubuntu: This is one I used in the past. Xubuntu used XFCE which is designed to be lightweight without sacrificing functionality. It's not as flashy, but it's easy to use, functional, and great for lower-powered computers or just people who wanna save on computing power.

Ubuntu Cinnamon: This flavor uses Cinnamon (which the "main" version of Mint uses) but with Ubuntu as the distro. I used Cinnamon as my desktop when I used Mint and I loved it. It has all the functionality of Gnome with all the ease of use and flashiness of KDE, so if you try out Cinnamon on Mint but like Ubuntu, try it out.

Lubuntu: This is the lightest of Ubuntu flavors. It's light enough that it's ARM version can run on a Raspberry pi. This was designed for computers with not much power like those old netbooks (remember those?) and it's not as flashy or functional, but it's a good option if your computer is a potato.

Ubuntu Budgie: This is the one I know least about because I have never used budgie. I checked it out on distrosea but other than that all I know is from people who have tried it. Some like Budgie (which uses the Budgie desktop) some don't, but I think I might need to check it out before I pass judgement.

Each of these versions are distributed from their own websites so be sure to google.

As for gaming I would recommend that after installing it, if you have a separate graphics card, install the drivers either from the driver manager or from the website itself. Steam runs on Linux and follow the instructions from steam on how to activate Proton.

Happy nerding.

[deepenthiran]

My Reasons to switch to or stay on Linux desktop instead of Windows

Before switching to Linux (When using windows 10 pro N)

Boring windows with no customisation: When I was using windows, I saw my friend using Linux (debian). I felt that 'Linux is looking cool'. Also I liked how he customise his Linux desktop. Also, I like to see some hacking stuffs and doing stuffs with command line. Comparing to that my windows 10 looked flat and boring.

Windows/its famous application is not free: When I was using windows, i was unable to switch to linux because I don't wanted to lose microsoft office. But after an accidental full 'reset my pc', I lost the access to microsoft office. I don't want to pay to get ms office. Don't like browser like Edge and other bloats.

Unnecessary stuffs of Windows: I don't like the windows auto update without my permission (I also don't want to pause every updates). I don't like the 'blue screen error'

Low performance over time in not so great spec PC and high RAM usage: My windows 10 performance was very very poor after 2 years. It only got better after 'reset my pc' but again started messing after months and adding some extra softwars over time. Also, I don't know why it is taking so much Ram (I initially used 4 GB ram and then added another 4GB ram). after it becomes 8 gb ram, the performance was better. but again got slower over time, crashes, hanging etc.,

Fear of Security vulnerability and the abstraction of windows: I always cautious about downloading unnecessary things. but still sometimes things gonna happen in the initial days. Always doubted the presence of malware in windows. After reset pc, it was working fine. but still not satisfied with windows for its security (As it always feels like fully abstracted os).

Complexity of windows in extra things: As long as using normal stuffs it is simple. But when going into control panel, changing environment variables, and several other things, etc,. I didn't have any idea of what I was doing.

The above reasons make me to try Linux. So, I started to try ubuntu 20.04.

Initial Impression of Linux and Easy to use: The Live usb feature of linux impressed me a lot. Easy installation of linux. The gnome DE was looking very good and also simple. Also the GUI settings are simple and easy to understand in ubuntu. As expected, I can do several customization and reading ubuntu's beginner command line tutorials etc., Surprisingly I didn't feel any complication at all. Infact everything felt simpler than windows. Also I felt that the utility apps or system apps of Linux is much better than windows in every aspect. Every Linux distros default pdf viewer >>> bloaty adobe acrobat pdf reader. Default text editor of linux >>> milky white notepad. etc.,

Linux is free and also its ecosystem application: Because Linux is free and open-source, it created an ecosystem for all the free and open-source apps. I automatically find all the fantastic free and powerful featured apps like Libreoffice, gimp, krita, inkscape, blender, kdenlive video editor, obs and several others (Some I already started to know when using windows at the later stage but the feel is different when using it in Linux). And there are no forceful apps like edge. I don't have to go for any pirated things when I already have a fully featured great open-source ecosystem for anything. I can also use apps vlc in linux (that is enough for all the media content for me).

Everything going fine: It just ping me that there are updates with all the package names and its details. It won't force me. I can start update only when I wish. Also the downloading and installation of updates are very quicker. This is such a relief when thinking about windows. Also there are no blue screen errors! I even started to have an idea of how it works inside (like one step deeper).

Very good performance in not so great spec and low RAM usage: The performance is very stable and good even after several months. The rendering in blender is like 20% to 25% faster compared to windows. Every app is performing good and stable in linux. felt like 8GB RAM is very sufficient for all my stuffs!

Security awareness: After I started using linux, I automatically started noticing what I am doing with my computer. started to know about why using this command to install or anything. Whenever installing anything or doing anything weird, I automatically started doing research about that. Came to know about firewall. Also came to realise that our system is not as secure as we think and we have to very careful about it.

Exploring Linux and it simplicity: The existing GUI part of linux is very simple and easy to use. But After using linux for some time, I felt comfortable with commands than GUI. It felt faster and also knowing what exactly is happening under the hood. It is less abstracted! and came to know about several things like IRC.

After using Linux for some time (an year), The things I felt:

I 100% missed games (especially cracked version of games like far cry 3, call of duty: modern warfare older version, nfs hotpursuit 2010 are no more playable in linux). I have to pay in steam to play those which i don't like. But still some free supported games are good in Linux. But I don't like much (as I am not a big gamer). The microsoft store has lot more good free games than Linux supported free games.

microsoft office: Currently I am familiar with Libre office, so no more missing MS office. But the problem is everyone uses ms office. and when I open some docs in Libreoffice which was created by ms office, then it started messing some things slightly.

Missing font: I missed the fonts of windows 10. Eventhough we can install preprietary microsoft fonts in Linux. it still misses some important fonts. Also the ubuntu's default font felt not so good after months. When I look into windows font, it looks great. (Initially I was liking ubuntu desktop font than the windows due to new changes, but when the time goes the windows desktop font is better)

browsers like firefox and chrome is taking some time for the first time launch after the reboot.

So, I switched back to windows by reinstalling (using dual boot with linux):

Some positives: After swictching to windows the only thing felt good is seeing it in my PC again after a long time with fresh installation. It looked polished. The icons looks premium. Edge, google chrome launches very fast in the first time launch at the cost of eating so much RAM. The default fonts of windows looks so premium compared to ubuntu 20.04

Negatives again and no need for windows: All the negatives I listed Initially comes back again with very much awareness since i got familiar with linux. Now I can clearly see the difference of how mess it is! especially interms of RAM usage, simplicity! Felt that there is no reason to continue windows when everything worked perfectly and fluently in Linux. The positives of Linux is very much than the positives of windows.

Not so good development in Windows: The working with gcc, git and other software development things are very much easier to setup in Linux than the windows. Felt like app installation is much easier, faster and simpler in Linux than the windows.

Started to completely switch to linux but also need to overcome negatives of ubuntu 20.04. Which leads to Distro hopping.

I switched to Linux mint: Almost all the negatives of ubuntu is gone. The utilities, default system apps, simplicity, Faster and efficiency of everything is even so great in Linux mint than ubuntu 20.04. The fonts are very good like windows. But the only problem is after some months, the cinnamon DE looks bored and little bit old fashioned. Every other thing is great.

I switched back to ubuntu but ubuntu 22.04. This version is very good than ubuntu 20.04 and I was satisfied with new gnome DE. but still I want change because of somethings. I want to try debian (as that was the one I saw my cool friend was using back then in college).

I switched to debian: Everything went smooth. now my distro is not handled by any company like canonical. I learned a lot while using debian. I was so proud of debian and myself. But after 2 months, I felt that I don't like gnome 3 (why not gnome 4 like ubuntu 22.04). It felt outdated. Also as usual it uses only very stable applications in the repository which is also outdated. Now the disadvantages of ubuntu 20.04 and linux mint is happening in debian.

I tried to swich to several lite distro for like 2 to 3 days: But don't like the DE (desktop environment) because too old fashioned. I couldn't find anything that fully satisfy me. So I agian tried to switch between linux mint, ubuntu 22.04. Until I find the KDE Plasma.

The last distro I switched is Kubuntu 22.04. It felt like having a good water after a long thrist. It satisfied all my requirement and even have its own eco-system of KDE apps which is fantastic. The default font is very good, the performance of apps are very good. The default DE font is very good. The system apps and utilities are very good. The customisation is fantastic at its peak. The features are fantastic! The default apps like text editor, pdf readers, File manager, settings, music player (Elisa) etc,. are the best of all. The options I have here are excellent. It is almost an year with kubuntu. No distro hopping anymore for me. Fully satisfied with Kubuntu (mainly because of KDE plasma DE). I am not a 100% command line user.

This gives an end card to windows. I don't even have it in my PC. I have windows 11 in my company working PC and that is for work only and I don't like windown 11 there. Only games is the positivity in windows.