I done with Windows, Fedora Core 29 is my new daily driver.

GSGRUNT

GSGRUNT

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This time, I think it will take.

I've recently downsized from my miniITX system to Intel NUC with Vega graphics and set up dual boot Win10 and FC29 on the new system.

This system was used for:

1. Internet & Email
2. Netflix
3. Prime Video
4. GIMP(image editing)
5. Eclipse(programming)
6. Google Earth
7. Gaming
8. VR


1-6 work in Linux as well or better than in Windows.
I've been losing interest in gaming and VR of late but the Steam games I still have interest in work well in Linux(Talos Principle and Portal). Some VR works also.

The Intel with AMD graphics NUC is pretty close to bleeding edge hardware tech was a breeze to setup (graphics/bluetooth/wireless network/audio). I print, when rarely needed, through Google cloud print.

I tried to like Windows 10 UI but ended up setting it up to be like Win7. The Gnome desktop in Linux just works for me.

I still have a Window laptop for any apps that I need that don't work well in Linux.

Just wanted to share that Linux has come a long way.:)
 
Debian or bust. :bleh:

j/k - haven't played with a red hat based distro for years, but if it's come as far as Debian based then :up: You can't really go wrong unless you're running a distro that breaks security and half of everything else with each new update, and Fedora has been reputed to be pretty solid for some time now.
 
I like the Debian derived distros.

Pretty sure I posted a thread like this years ago after thinking Ubuntu was going to be the one to get me off Windows. AAA gaming was what the only thing missing and was the reason I fell back to Windows.

I went with Fedora this time because I have to support a customer that has 1000+ fielded Fedora systems.
 
I bailed on Windows 10 for Linux about 2 years ago.

Like you said, most of what you need to do on a computer can be done just as well on Linux. Really, most of the time I'm just using a web browser so any OS will do.

There are definitely some quirks with Linux, and some growing pains. But, overall, I like the experience much better. Far less day-to-day frustration.

I still have Windows 10 installed on another SSD. It's been months since I've booted to it.

Even with gaming, Linux has come a long way. Especially in the last year. With DXVK, Lutris and Proton, as well as an increasing number of native games, there's more than enough.

I think the only thing I haven't managed to find an on-par alternative to Windows in Linux, is watching Blu-ray discs.
 
Forgot that I watch golf on TV(ATSC) with my main PC:eek:

Getting TV viewing working on Fedora is not as seamless as it is on Windows.
Took me an hour to get it working, but it is working.:)
 
GSGRUNT said:
Forgot that I watch golf on TV(ATSC) with my main PC:eek:

Getting TV viewing working on Fedora is not as seamless as it is on Windows.
Took me an hour to get it working, but it is working.:)
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I have a SiliconDust HDHomerun. Getting live TV to play through VLC was relatively easy.

Setting up MythTV to record TV made me want to quit life. That wasn't a project I should have undertaken as a total noob.
 
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I have a SiliconDust HDHomerun. Getting live TV to play through VLC was relatively easy.

Setting up MythTV to record TV made me want to quit life. That wasn't a project I should have undertaken as a total noob.
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I didn't see much in the way of DVB support with the Fedora 29 distro. Fiddled with Xine and Kaffine before going with VLC.

For DVB support I believe a Debian variant would be superior.
 
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GSGRUNT said:
I like the Debian derived distros.

Pretty sure I posted a thread like this years ago after thinking Ubuntu was going to be the one to get me off Windows. AAA gaming was what the only thing missing and was the reason I fell back to Windows.

I went with Fedora this time because I have to support a customer that has 1000+ fielded Fedora systems.
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I'd say that's a fairly compelling reason :p

I enjoyed Ubuntu myself quite a bit until every update began breaking my NV driver package - I had really good fortune with anything opengl which was great because nothing I was really playing at the time used d3d, but that's where I began getting back to Windows.

I really miss Gnome though. One of the best desktop experiences out there imo.

Sidenote: I even ran Enlightenment for a while back in it's early days. I learned with Gentoo so thought Enlightenment would be a cakewalk. Wrong :p

This thread is making me want to slap Mint back on a hdd and see how it's doing these days, I'd have an awful lot of catching up to do though. It's been a while.
 
Two weeks in and I think this is going to take.:)
Linux today, IMO, is a better desktop OS than Windows 10. With some minor sound issues resolved the Gnome experience is more functional, efficient and intuitive than Win10.

I believe Microsoft screwed the pooch trying to make a combo handheld/desktop OS. It ended up sucking at both.

I was an admitted fanboy of MS during the MS v Apple days, but today MS can suck it.:lol:
 
Almost 4mos with Fedora 29 but I broke it to the point of no repair trying to get VM PCI pass-through working to an external GPU.

Seems to be more help online doing VM PCI pass-through with Ubuntu so I'm starting fresh today with Ubuntu 18.10.

The new goal is to get Windows running in a VM on Linux host using the GTX1080 eGPU via PCI pass-through .
 
You should use something like Timeshift to automate system snapshots in case something gets messed up.
 
Part of the fun of linux is trying to fix what I foul. Forces me to learn more.
I wanted to switch disrto anyway. :p
 
GSGRUNT said:
Part of the fun of linux is trying to fix what I foul. Forces me to learn more.
I wanted to switch disrto anyway. :p
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That's not untrue.

Especially Linux gaming right now with Wine and suddenly so many more games becoming playable, but usually with some tweaks. Takes me back to the good old days of PC gaming in the late 90s and early 2000s when half the challenge was getting the game to run.

But Timeshift is a nice tool to get you back to a usable state when you totally bork your system. It's a lot more convenient than using a disk imaging tool.
 
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