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Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/918797/switched-to-linux-dont-miss-windows

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>In January I finally made good on my threat/promise to install Linux on my desktop. I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. Since then I have booted into Windows exactly twice: once to scan a multipage document that wasn’t scanning right in Linux, and once to print a photo for my kids’ school on extremely short notice. There’s a reason it’s taken me three months to write the next installment in my Linux diary: nothing has gone horribly wrong.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/918797/switched-to-linux-dont-miss-windows From the post: >>In January I finally made good on my threat/promise to install Linux on my desktop. I wanted to see how far I could get using a Linux PC as my main computer without doing a bunch of research beforehand or troubleshooting afterwards. Since then I have booted into Windows exactly twice: once to scan a multipage document that wasn’t scanning right in Linux, and once to print a photo for my kids’ school on extremely short notice. There’s a reason it’s taken me three months to write the next installment in my Linux diary: nothing has gone horribly wrong.
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Used Linux in a professional capacity from 2000-2006, back in the bad old days of Linux. Picked it back up in 2019 and was impressed by how far it had come. Haven't looked at Windows since - and yes, I can play vidya on it too.

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I first started using it in the 90's. I remember taking nearly a week to get audio working on a (not so old at the time) 486 pc. I have used it ever sense. Professionally as well as at home, for personal projects, for game servers with friends. Just about everything.

It is amazing how far it has evolved over time. Its to a point that its basically "just install it" and it works. Sometimes there are odd quirks or problems but for the most part? It just works. It's still getting better too.