Subj : Year of Linux on the Desktop (for me!)
To   : RetroSwim
From : Mindsurfer
Date : Sun Aug 03 2025 03:37 pm

  Re: Year of Linux on the Desktop (for me!)
  By: RetroSwim to All on Sun Aug 03 2025 01:21:18

 Re> Keen to know if anyone else has made the switch recently? Any difficult
 Re> hardware or software challenges? I've tried to make the switch once a year
 Re> for ages, and it's only been this year that enough stuff "just worked".

well, not recently. I switched some years ago from Windows 7. Kept Windows 7 on a VM for some Banking Software that was available on windows only.
Had a little extra config work to make an epson scanner work. Bought VueScan, cause it is much better compared to Epsons own Scan software.
I used some of the software i was used to on windows via Wine. Like Irfanview and Notepad++
I am not a PC gamer, so never head a big GPU etc. I have mostly everything on MiniPCs. If you don't need much GPU power, they do quite well.

Oh, my choice first was Ubuntu. That made me stay on Windows, but then was told to try Linux Mint and this is what i use until today. I love Mint. It just works!
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