Pros - My hardware is mine. If I don’t like something that shipped with Debian or Mint, I can just remove it. If I’m on Mint but miss something from Debian, there’s usually a one line command that will add it back.
Also, most versions of Desktop Linux are free. I don’t mind paying for software, but keeping track of Windows license keys was a pain in the ass.
Cons - I mean, it’s still a computer. Computers are dumb. Installing it - while way simpler than a Windows upgrade, still took me a few minutes of clicking “next”.
I intend for my next computer to ship with Linux Mint pre-installed, because I’m that lazy.
What do I miss from Windows?
Nothing.
I used to dual boot Windows for gaming, but now there’s only 5 games in my Steam Library that don’t run on Linux.
Five.
I gave up five games, to kick Windows out of my life.
I would tell you which ones, but I haven’t actually run across which ones. I only know it’s five because I can subtract the numbers before anand after I click the “only show me Linux compatible games” filter button.
I only know it’s five because I can subtract the numbers before anand after I click the “only show me Linux compatible games” filter button.
Just a heads up, to add on to this, just because Steam has a game listed as “unknown” or “unsupported” doesn’t actually necessarily mean that you can’t get it to work. So it might actually be less than 5.
For example, Steam says that the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition is “unsupported,” but I got it working, including DSFix, just fine (and very easily).
Pros - My hardware is mine. If I don’t like something that shipped with Debian or Mint, I can just remove it. If I’m on Mint but miss something from Debian, there’s usually a one line command that will add it back.
Also, most versions of Desktop Linux are free. I don’t mind paying for software, but keeping track of Windows license keys was a pain in the ass.
Cons - I mean, it’s still a computer. Computers are dumb. Installing it - while way simpler than a Windows upgrade, still took me a few minutes of clicking “next”.
I intend for my next computer to ship with Linux Mint pre-installed, because I’m that lazy.
Nothing.
I used to dual boot Windows for gaming, but now there’s only 5 games in my Steam Library that don’t run on Linux.
Five.
I gave up five games, to kick Windows out of my life.
I would tell you which ones, but I haven’t actually run across which ones. I only know it’s five because I can subtract the numbers before anand after I click the “only show me Linux compatible games” filter button.
Just a heads up, to add on to this, just because Steam has a game listed as “unknown” or “unsupported” doesn’t actually necessarily mean that you can’t get it to work. So it might actually be less than 5.
For example, Steam says that the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition is “unsupported,” but I got it working, including DSFix, just fine (and very easily).
Thanks!