Long time Windows user here. I’ve been a M$ sysadmin at a large healthcare conglomerate for 20+ years. It’s all M$ products that I work with.

Anyway…I’ve dabbled here and there with Linux, ran it in VM’s or dual booted, but I’ve always gone back to my comfort zone of Windows.

I’ve “recently” (last 6 months") tied Kubuntu and I did like it, but really hated Snap, so about 3 weeks ago I jumped to Mint. Now I know that both distros are Linux training wheels, but I have to say that I’m really impressed! I forget how fast and responsive Linux is without all the bloat that you get with Windows. The main detractor of sticking with Linux before was gaming, but with Lutris now filling in that gap, there’s nothing holding me back.

For the first time, I would really recommend Linux to friends and (selective) family.

Long story short, after 25+ years of using Windows almost exclusively, I’ve finally made the jump and just blew away my entire M$ partition and I don’t feel bad in the least.

I’m sure I’ll be hanging around this sub for a long time, and I’ll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse. but for now, I’m really impressed with how far Linux has come.

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Edit- Wow, thank you for all the love and support! I’m very happy to hear that I"m in good company with Mint. <p>

I love all the great suggestions too for Vbox alts and game launcher. Gotta love this community. <3

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    11 months ago

    Now I know that both distros are Linux training wheels

    I’ve switched from Mint just half a year ago and I’m a professional Linux server admin, Linux Mint works great!

    with Lutris now filling in that gap

    I recommend either the official Steam client or Heroic Games Launcher if you have GOG or Epic games instead, both have better UX.

    I’ll make a jump to a more traditional distro like Debian or Suse

    Seriously, don’t feel pressured to do so, Linux Mint is a truly great and stable distro. If you switch, do so because some distro feels like a better choice, not because you feel you should switch to something more traditional. Debian is not really the best experience on desktop, can’t speak for Suse.

    • agr8lemonOP
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      11 months ago

      Great suggestion on the Heroic Games Launcher, my only hang up here is that I’m a WoW player. To the best of my very limited Linux knowledge, Lutris is the “best” way to get WoW working under Linux.

      That said, I do really love the UX of HGL.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, probably, though from what I remember from the times when I played WoW (like 16 years ago), it worked really well even back then on pure Wine. But yeah, if someone made an install script for Lutris, why not.

        For GOG and Epic, HGL is the best. I somewhere also have a shell script for launching EA desktop if you have any games there.