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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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[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In my opinion newbies should learn what is called sane defaults. It's a pity that almost every installer in the word except OpenBSD's disklabel(8) cannot properly do automatic partitioning.

And I don’t think having separate fixed size partitions like you suggested is a good idea for anyone on a desktop.

UNIX's removable filesystem is a BENEFIT, not a BUG. DOS and then Windows' A: B: C: D: are BUGS.

Why not take advantage of it. Microsoft always wanted a removable filesystem like UNIX. But they simply can't get it.

I would link another article that discuss about using a huge root partition for all: https://www.bsdhowto.ch/hugeroot.html

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=154054091026039&w=3

Avoid corrupting newbies' partition is a way to keep them with Linux.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Agree to disagree.

[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I've updated:

new:

UNIX’s removable filesystem is a BENEFIT, not a BUG. DOS and then Windows’ A: B: C: D: are BUG.

Why not take advantage of it. Microsoft always wanted a removable filesystem like UNIX. But they simply can’t get it.

(Those can't admit this advantage often say "Linux and Windows are almost identical"...)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dude, that has nothing to do with logical volumes vs physical partitions. You're tilting at the wrong windmill.

[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can create either logical volume or physical partition, but make sure you have different partition for different mount point: /, /usr, /usr/local (keep small on linux), /var, /opt (if you use), /tmp (if you have little ram or don't want to use memory filesystem).

What do you mean by your comment.

I haven't said something about logical volumes vs physical partitions.