because you found it funny

I tried installing Arch once about 10 years ago. I couldn’t get it to work even though I admittedly didn’t try my hardest. I was in a PhD program at the time, so my mental resources and time were quite limited. Still, I had real experience as a sysadmin, so I wasn’t entirely computer illiterate. Every time I see a potential user switching to Linux asking for distro recommendations and others suggests Arch, I internally roll my eyes. Unless that user is a computer programmer or similar looking to prove their skills to themselves, that is a great way to get someone to never switch to Linux because they will more than likely become overwhelmed with the installation.

If you are switching to Linux for the first time and don’t want to spend a frustrating week reading a wiki and troubleshooting lots of minute but consequential issues, don’t start with Arch! Linux Mint is by far the easiest for new users. Give it a run for a while until you feel like switching to more demanding distros.

This is one of my top two reasons for not using Windows. Wth can I not put the panel where ever the hell I want?? So freaking frustrating how they control what you can do just in terms of user preferences. Or like, why can’t I click on whatever window I want regardless of a prompt being open. “Oh you took a screen shot and want to save it, but you need to look at the site to remember the name? lol, fu.” Unbearable.

Fyi, the other top reason is that they shove a bunch of garbage in that I don’t want, like that Cortana bs they did a few years back. No thank you.

awwwww beansssssss :(((

GTFO here! That is sooooo much more inconvenient since it will block the view of anything you have open on that screen, and it just feels completely odd. wowwww.

Linux Mint is the shit if you want a to have just a smooth seamless transition from Windows or a Linux OS that just works.

yooo, I haven’t used Win in a whileeee. did they move the start menu to the center of the panel?

I’m on KDE Neon, and the update jacked up the desktop, icons, kvantium, and dolphin configuration of one user account. If I use Wayland on the account that is fine, the keyboard and mouse start acting annoyingly funky. Also, it completely changed my login screen.

Thank you! 😁

OMG, get ready to waste a bunch of time personalizing the appearance of your desktop environment. Here’s a site that has lots of personalization options for KDE. You can use it to browse global themes, plasma themes, icons, cursors, and even splash screens (the loading screen when you login in). I have found that finding the theme I want via the linked site, then searching and installing it through the System Settings is the most effective and easiest method for me. As far as personal taste, I use Colorful Dark Icons.

There’s also Kvantium, which you can use to further personalize the appearance, to include transparent windows! It takes a little bit of learning to get it going, but if I could figure it out, it’s probably not too difficult. Basically, install the Kvantium Manager via Discover, download a Kvantium theme from the KDE Store, and then use the Kvantium Manager to install the theme.

Here’s a screenshot of my main screen so you can check out what’s possible. Have fun!

That’s badass. Congrats, @xkforce@lemmy.world!

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade | lolcat

because it’s so easy 🤷‍♂️

I like your funny words, computer man. 👉😀👉

I use KDE Neon, btw.

I am not doubting your experience and respect your judgement. However, I’m having trouble trying to understand how Windows files were easier to get than Linux. To me, it seems like they would be equally as easy, except that using a Linux live boot USB is much easier to make, which you can use for both. Perhaps, the Linux drive was encrypted? Anyone have ideas how Linux files would be more difficult to access? I’m really just trying to understand.

Committed loyal Linux users here. I don’t even have my Linux dress up to role play Windows via a virtual machine. We still get kinky tho 😜

same. also, i noticed that the kde store was 404ing around the same time.

neato burrito

how do you know?

i dont get it. what’s “natural scrolling”?