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Should I switch to Linux? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by SaltyPlans@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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Been a long time Windows user but with each Windows version, I hate it more. So bloated and locked in. I saw that mint is a good beginner distribution but its not supported by framework. Is Ubuntu really different from Windows with a higher learning curve?

Talk me out of wasting hours to get linux working when Windows works out-of-the-box

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[–] sentientshadeofgreen@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fedora works out of the box. Does all the things Windows Pro can do but for free. $100 for Bitlocker? I mean if you want, or you can set up LUKS right on initial install. Better privacy, better security, no hidden telemetry or bloatware, plenty of initial set-up guides out there, and you'll learn more about your new machine setting things up than you would with Windows.

For all the random little minutiae that doesn't work on Linux (maybe a specific work programs or something), then just spin up a Windows VM in GNOME Boxes or set up a dual boot. Personally, I have an external SSD enclosure that's entirely Windows and I just boot from that whenever I actually need to do a Windows thing.

[–] tomzstuff@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm a massive Fedora fan, and have it installed on my Framework AMD 13". However there is something that i do find annoying, whilst the fingerprint reader works, I would really like it just to login when used. Unfortunately there seems to be another requirement once loggin in to then enter the password once logged in, have your come across this?