There. That’s out of the way. I recently installed Linux on my main desktop computer and work laptop, overwriting the Windows partition completely. Essentially, I deleted the primary operating system from the two computers I use the most, day in and day out, instead trusting all of my personal and work computing needs to the Open Source community. This has been a growing trend, and I hopped on the bandwagon, but for good reasons. Some of those reasons might pertain to you and convince you to finally make the jump as well. Here’s my experience.
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It’s no secret that Windows 11 harvests data like a pumpkin farmer in October, and there is no easy way (and sometimes no way at all) to stop it. The operating system itself acts exactly like what was called “spyware” a decade or so ago, pulling every piece of data it can about its current user. This data includes (but is far from limited to) hardware information, specific apps and software used, usage trends, and more. With the advent of AI, Microsoft made headlines with Copilot, an artificial assistant designed to help users by capturing their data with tools like Recall.
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After dealing with these issues and trying to solve them with workarounds, I dual-booted a Linux partition for a few weeks. After a Windows update (that I didn’t choose to do) wiped that partition and, consequently, the Linux installation, I decided to go whole-hog: I deleted Windows 11 and used the entire drive for Linux.
I dumped Windows 10 for Linux, ha!
I dumped Windows 98 for Linux (however, work has for various reasons forced me to keep either a windows or crappintosh 'puter around).
Me too, for Fedora!
#metoo kde plasma
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Me too, dumped Windows for Linux dual boot Linux Mint and Zorin OS and no regrets. Never used Linux before.
Windows 11’s unwanted AI spyware + Trump’s administration makes for the perfect storm for Microsoft to take a big hit outside of the US.
One can only hope.
A few weeks I also dumped Windows 11 for Linux Mint… and what a relief and improvement! I feel in control again and can see what’s going on in my machine. My laptop is running smoother then ever without the AI rubbish in my face (and behind the screen).
I have started recommending the switch to friends as well.
Yeh. Would if I could but I can’t… DJ software doesn’t work on Linux. I’ve emailed them every year for the last ten years asking for a Linux version but they don’t give a shit.
in my experience one of the biggest hurdles people have when switching to Linux the first time is one of attitude. They just expect Linux to be a drop in replacement for Windows and work exactly the same. It doesn’t though. It’s a completely different operating system. So when all of the little quirks and features they’ve learned from Windows don’t quite work the same in Linux they don’t stop to try to learn HOW these things might work in Linux, they instead ask how they can make Linux work the way it does in Windows. Which of course leads them down a rabbit hole of tweaking things. Now don’t get me wrong, a lot of DEs are already really similar to windows out of the box and can usually be tweaked even further to emulate Windows quirks, but this is not a good experience for a new user. They get the impression that Linux is hard and requires all this effort to “get it right” when really they just need to learn. I think if distros spent time creating interactive new user orientation guides that went over a bunch of these things it would be helpful in that regard.
