The last week or thereabouts, I have been trying my 2nd migration to Linux. Went with ZorinOS, but ultimately the project failed. This is because there is a lot that isn’t hand-holdy enough, or AppImages just not working consistency. If nothing else, I at least a get a fresh start: Windows Enterprise 25h2 GAC via RUFUS + Massgrave, with Shutup10 Premium to set and forget my privacy. Good enough for now.
It isn’t ideal, as I suspect an 2nd American Civil War down the line - and MS is likely to side with Dogey America. Hopefully Linux would be more friendly and refined by the time things kick off.
To be completely honest, any OS change does come with some friction, and Linux is certainly no exception. Should you ever try this again. give it two weeks, and you’ll learn the best practices.
Honestly thats just cause zorinOS is a dumbsterfire. Sure theres 100s of distros to choose from and a fuck load of them are “professional” projects. But they arn’t actually user friendly professional projects. Theres little to no effort or care put into the real world aspects that need to be accounted for to onboard new users.
ZorinOS is great and professional for an already existing user.
Its why valve has had to put so much fucking effort in to get something thats actually viable to market to your avg joe.
Frankly outside of a steamOS, bazzite, and cachyOS. Basically no distro goes to any real length to actually make things new user friendly.
Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, and many other of the most popular distros are “good enough”. They are perfectly functional out of the box as nothing more or less then a useable desktop and web browser. Anything beyond that quickly falls to hit or miss bullshit.
As dumb as it is. The only distros that have actually put the work in to onboard new windows users properly have been the ones with a version targeting the steam deck and gamers.
People who ONLY need a email client are already accounted for after all with stuff like mint. You don’t need your computer for anything so anything beyond the basics being VERY polished is pointless.
The last week or thereabouts, I have been trying my 2nd migration to Linux. Went with ZorinOS, but ultimately the project failed. This is because there is a lot that isn’t hand-holdy enough, or AppImages just not working consistency. If nothing else, I at least a get a fresh start: Windows Enterprise 25h2 GAC via RUFUS + Massgrave, with Shutup10 Premium to set and forget my privacy. Good enough for now.
It isn’t ideal, as I suspect an 2nd American Civil War down the line - and MS is likely to side with Dogey America. Hopefully Linux would be more friendly and refined by the time things kick off.
To be completely honest, any OS change does come with some friction, and Linux is certainly no exception. Should you ever try this again. give it two weeks, and you’ll learn the best practices.
Until then, good luck with your existing setup!
Honestly thats just cause zorinOS is a dumbsterfire. Sure theres 100s of distros to choose from and a fuck load of them are “professional” projects. But they arn’t actually user friendly professional projects. Theres little to no effort or care put into the real world aspects that need to be accounted for to onboard new users.
ZorinOS is great and professional for an already existing user.
Its why valve has had to put so much fucking effort in to get something thats actually viable to market to your avg joe.
Frankly outside of a steamOS, bazzite, and cachyOS. Basically no distro goes to any real length to actually make things new user friendly.
Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, and many other of the most popular distros are “good enough”. They are perfectly functional out of the box as nothing more or less then a useable desktop and web browser. Anything beyond that quickly falls to hit or miss bullshit.
As dumb as it is. The only distros that have actually put the work in to onboard new windows users properly have been the ones with a version targeting the steam deck and gamers.
People who ONLY need a email client are already accounted for after all with stuff like mint. You don’t need your computer for anything so anything beyond the basics being VERY polished is pointless.