I switched from ubuntu to debian and from debian to fedora (37).
Fedora is just great.
And being a red hat certified sysadmin, I'm liking it even more.
I am old enough to have had years before Windows even existed. So I never switched to Windows, dodged a bullet there :)
Lol. I used Windows coz I wanted a GUI but BSDs or Linux was not good enough then.
My primary dislike is that gnome continually focuses on touch-centric UI over desktop UI and occasionally makes changes just for the hell of it which bother me and break extensions and themes. The recent changes to buttons just feel like they're chasing Android.
Despite all of that, when combined with a few extensions and customizations it remains my favorite despite experience, despite the vanilla experience being sub par. But not when it's broken obviously.
It's a love hate relationship.
I don't know why, I never liked Gnome. I used to use KDE, now I'm mostly using LXDE.
There seems to be issues with Wayland graphics driver in Fedora 37, after switching to X the issue went away.
You were tough. I tried to switch a couple of times during the past decade or so, but had to give up due to various reason. This time I guess I might have to crack through as M$ really really pissed me off.
Re:The Day Windows Died
by hammyhavoc on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:31AM
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Buddy, Fedora 35 killed TimeShift accidentally and countless people had non-functioning backups. That's a doozy you are overlooking completely.
Fedora 36 is pretty smooth. Only issue was a nvidia driver update a couple of years ago, but was easy enough to unwind. Otherwise no issues.
It's like that Neil Stephenson passage where he compares BeOS to the Batmobile, MacOS to a Lexus, Windows to a station wagon, and Linux to a tank, with the problem being that people are scared to learn how to drive a tank -- even though it's free.