I have been wondering about whether I should make the jump… but there’s just nothing that it particularly improves for my current use case for my PC. Just incremental changes and UI changes for the sake of UI changes.
I switched to Linux Mint on my personal computer because I wasn’t happy with Windows 11 on my work computer. But honestly, after having time to consider the big picture, I think what I disliked the most was being arbitrarily forced into OS updates which didn’t really seem to benefit me at all. And which would eventually lead to the software-based obsolescence of my hardware.
After I’d installed Mint, I was browsing for new desktop themes. I noticed that some of them were up to seven years old, and they still worked just fine, were compatible, and felt modern. And that’s exactly what I want: if I don’t feel like changing my desktop theme for seven or ten years, I will be infinitely more able to do that with Linux than with Windows. I have other things to worry about than keeping up with whatever Microsoft or the computer hardware manufacturers are expecting me to do.
I have been wondering about whether I should make the jump… but there’s just nothing that it particularly improves for my current use case for my PC. Just incremental changes and UI changes for the sake of UI changes.
I switched to Linux Mint on my personal computer because I wasn’t happy with Windows 11 on my work computer. But honestly, after having time to consider the big picture, I think what I disliked the most was being arbitrarily forced into OS updates which didn’t really seem to benefit me at all. And which would eventually lead to the software-based obsolescence of my hardware.
After I’d installed Mint, I was browsing for new desktop themes. I noticed that some of them were up to seven years old, and they still worked just fine, were compatible, and felt modern. And that’s exactly what I want: if I don’t feel like changing my desktop theme for seven or ten years, I will be infinitely more able to do that with Linux than with Windows. I have other things to worry about than keeping up with whatever Microsoft or the computer hardware manufacturers are expecting me to do.
It’s kinda glorious to think about, tbh.