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I'm ready to install Linux, but I'd like your opinion first (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Doctor_Rex@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hello I'm Doctor_Rex I'm the OP of this post:

My Windows 10 install broke, but I'm hesitant to switch to Linux.

I'd like to start by thanking everybody who responded to my questions. Your answers have helped a lot when it came to my worries on switching to Linux.

I've taken in a lot of your recommendations: Fedora, Fedora Kinoite, Nobara, Bazzite Linux, VanillaOS,

I've decided on Fedora Kinoite, as it has everything I want from a distro.

It was very kind of you all to answer my questions but after making that post and reading your answers new questions propped up.

These questions are a little more opinionated than the last ones, and a little better thought out, but please take some time to answer them.

Questions:

  • Is Wayland worth using? Especially when you consider all the issues that may come from using an NVIDIA card.

Are there any real noticeable advantages/improvements to using Wayland over Xorg.

  • Does bloat actually matter or is it just a meme?

Does bloat actually have a noticeable negative impact on your system or are people just over reacting/joking.

  • What are some habits I should practice in order to keep my system organized and manageable?

Any habits or standards that I should abide by in order to save myself headaches in the future?

  • Any other resources besides the Arch Wiki that I should be aware of?

Self explanatory.

  • What do you wish you knew when you first started using Linux that would have saved you a headache in the future?

I'm not referring to some skill but instead something pertaining to Linux itself. Feel free to skip this question.

I'll be going to sleep soon, so apologies if I don't reply but please take a moment answer any questions you think you can.

Thank You!

Edit: ~~AUR~~ = Arch Wiki. Fixed a typo

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
  • Is Wayland worth using? Especially when you consider all the issues that may come from using an NVIDIA card.

Short answer, no. There are advantages, but not worth it on an nvidia card. Wayland will replace Xorg very soon is a saying for over a decade, there's reasons it hasn't happened yet, nvidia is one of them.

  • Does bloat actually matter or is it just a meme?

For starting up, just a meme, on the long run it's nice to have a small system, but not that important i£ you have the disk to spare.

  • What are some habits I should practice in order to keep my system organized and manageable?

Yes, the main one is "use the package manager". The second one is keep your /home in a different partition.

  • Any other resources besides the Arch Wiki that I should be aware of?

I would say that any community is also a good resource, since people are usually helpful.

  • What do you wish you knew when you first started using Linux that would have saved you a headache in the future?

Set your /home to a different partition, I know I already mentioned this but it will save your ass the first t*me you break your system and have to reinstall.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Set your /home to a different partition, I know I already mentioned this but it will save your ass the first t*me you break your system and have to reinstall.

Also back up your fstab so you know what partition/disk UUID is what.

[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or you know, just backup your system entirely.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t believe in backing up anything that is not user files. Pets vs cattle and all that.

[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

Unless you have a very clearly predefined and unchanging use case, I think a personal computer will always be a pet and trying to enforce a cattle paradigm on it is a mistake.

Furthermore I find it a waste of time sorting out "user files" from "system files", not to mention that it is error prone, when I can easily just back up everything and be sure. I don't ever intend to restore "everything" as a whole, but being able to refer to previous versions of random files (like your /etc/fstab), even if it's just for troubleshooting, has already proven to be invaluable for me.