DankPods just switched to Linux!!!
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27784074
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27756512
(Apologies if the link doesn't work; Google are dicks)
First step on the Linux user to anticapitalist pipeline :)
Been considering doing that myself, but am worried I'm not tech-y enough
Use a popular distribution like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. There's a lot of resources online that will walk you through any weird setup issues (many with code to copy/paste).
There are also plenty of articles that have "top 5" type lists for what sort of things you should install right away (like multimedia codecs if you want to consume a variety of media).
I'm only basically techy, and I very much enjoy Linux Mint. It's snappy and comfortable and does everything I really need to do with no fuss. It took me a few nights of Googling (Duck Duck Go-ing?) to get over a few hiccups, but it wasn't difficult with the walkthroughs, just a little time consuming. Once set up, the system has been rock solid.
I daydream about my laptop when I'm at work and my Win11 work computer suddenly decides I don't actually need to click anything in the upper third of the screen. Again.
I did make a dual boot switch to Linux. Been really liking it so far, but I'm sad to realize that Adobe doesn't really work with it :(
I'll either have to keep windows on a partition, or I'll have to use a Virtual Machine for adobe in linux, neither of which feel awesome, but... What can you do?
Switching to Davinci Resolve is something I tried earlier, but I found it a bit clunky
That's the neat thing, Linux can actually be easier than Windows because you don't have to be a tech-y person to shut down all the tracking and advertising.
Even using the command line terminal is a lot simpler than it seems, and it isn't even necessary for something like 98% of use-cases anymore.
