Windows user tries linux for the first time
Quick premise: for my entire life, I’ve been a Windows user. Everything I did was on Windows — gaming, editing, watching videos, programming, etc.
I’d always heard that Linux was (and still is) much better than Windows. Back when I first heard this, around 2014, I was really curious about it, but I kept putting it off because I wasn’t confident about the compatibility of the programs I used.
Recently, though, Windows has become terrible. It’s super slow (even with Fast Boot enabled), and I’ve had a lot of problems with updates making the OS more unstable and less reliable. Another big issue for me is the ads — I paid for a Windows key, and I don’t want to be bombarded with advertisements for random products I never asked for.
Two weeks ago, I finally said “enough” and installed Ubuntu on my second drive (1st NVMe = Windows, 2nd SSD = Linux, 3rd HDD = basically cloud storage). I chose Ubuntu because of its large user base. My logic was that the bigger the community, the more stable the experience would be, and if any issue came up, someone had probably already solved it.
After these two weeks, I can honestly say I’ve never had this much fun using an operating system. Keep in mind, I already had to reinstall Ubuntu because I bricked GNOME while installing ROCm drivers to stop DaVinci Resolve from crashing on the edit page. From what I understand, those drivers conflict with GNOME and cause it to crash. I’ve also had issues with Bluetooth — for some reason it just won’t activate. I tried reinstalling the Bluetooth packages and restarting the service, but nothing worked.
But despite those problems, this OS — or kernel, however you want to call it — has been genuinely fun to use. I’ve never had this much freedom and control over my computer before. I customized GNOME to look cleaner and more macOS-like (because the default Ubuntu sidebar is disgusting), removed the useless Snap packages, and replaced them with Flatpak versions because they work better, and so on.
I don’t want to make this post too long — I just wanted to share my experience and this new “love” I’ve developed for Linux.
This was corrected by chatgpt English is not my first language If you are curious this is what I wrote Originaly
Quick premise, for my whole entire life I've been a Windows user, everything I did was on windows: gaming, editing, watching videos, programming, etc.
I've always heard how linux was(is) so much better than windows(back when I heard this was like 2014) I've always been curious about it but i always put it off because I was not confident in the poor compatability of all the programs I used.
Until recently, Windows has become dogjhit, I'ts super slow(even with fast boot), and had a lot of problems when they kept upgrading and making the os more unstable and less reliable(also had a big problem with advertisement, I paid a key for the os and I don't want to be shoved ads for bs products that I've never asked for).
Last 2 weeks I said enough and installed ubuntu on my second drive(1st nvme windows 2nd ssd linux 3rd hdd like a cloud) I chose ubuntu because of the user base. My logic was the more user base the more stable and if there was a problem someone would have dealt with it already. After 2 weeks I can tell you I've never had this much fun using an os, keep in mind I had to reinstall ubuntu because I've bricked gnome installing ROCm drivers to make DaVinciResolve not crash in the edit page ( from my understanding these drivers conflict with gnome and makes it crash), I had problems with bluetooth as it does not work, for some reason it doesn't activate I tried to reinstall the bluetooth packages and relaunch the process but still nothing. but beside these problems. This OS or Kernel or however you wanna call it's fun I've never had this much freedom to control my computer as this, I've changed the gnome desktop to look better similar to mac( the side bar on ubuntu is disgusting), removing the useless snaps and reinstalling the flatpak versions because they are better and on on....
I don't want to make this post super long I just wanted to share my experience and this new "love" for this kernel/os