Best of luck. I can’t go back to windows any more. Well, I still dual boot for one game and the digital features of my national ID cause OF COURSE that software is windows only. 😒
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 8 months ago
More and more I am considering taking a vacation with the specific goal of migrating to Linux. I've got decades old workflows linked to certain programs and tools that I know for sure only exist in Windows, so I'll likely have to still run it in a VM for those, but my system setup is just kinda the place I call home the most, yet my patience for all this nonsense is rapidly declining.
Holzkohlen@feddit.de 8 months ago
munter@mander.xyz 8 months ago
In case you didn’t know or haven’t tried yet: AusweisApp2 does exist for Linux. But I assume, like me, you tried unsuccessfully already. For me, the Linux drivers of my card reader don’t work…
meekah@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think if you have a new Perso it should be possible to utilize the NFC module in your phone
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 8 months ago
I think we're both German. My ID doesn't have that yet, I dread the day where I can't renew it without all that nonsense.
uis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m not German, so I need explaination.
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 8 months ago
Germany introduced some digital ID functionality so you can do certain things online rather than having to go talk to someone in person, but that means that your ID isn't just a card anymore but has some digital elements to it as well. And apparently the apps to use that stuff are Windows based.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Come on. Join the dark side. We have cookies.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
[Reject all]
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 8 months ago
But once you have tweaked things a bit, a new home is surprisingly quickly found. I mean, i know what you mean. But in the end, like or dislike boils down to a few basics and the rest accumulates over time.
torpak@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I did the switch twenty years ago, starting with dual-boot and Wine. Nowadays dual-boot is gone and I never use Wine outside of gaming.
thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 8 months ago
You’ll be surprised how much you can do with wine and mono. But even so, switching and getting a vm is a viable option
zzzz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Do it, my friend. I took the leap ~5 years ago and have not once regretted it. You’re right, you have Wine and Windows VMs available, if need be. But, honestly, I bet you end up replacing those work flows with better ones within Linux before long.
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 8 months ago
I mean, I'd like to. But some of my work requires me to use stuff like Adobe products and I find it massively easier to keep up to date with what these tools can do, if I can just muck around in my private projects (I actually care about) and then transfer the knowledge to my work stuff. I'll mull the idea some more time. Not really interested in dual booting at all, though that might be a solid solution, but windows simply deciding to kill everything else, even if its on a different disk entirely is not a prospect I relish.
stevecrox@kbin.social 8 months ago
I would suggest looking at Crossover Linux by Codeweavers.
Linux has something called WINE, its an attempt to implement the Windows 95 - 11 API's so windows applications can run on linux.
WINE is how the Steam Deck/Linux is able to play Windows games. Valve embedded it into Steam and called it "Proton".
WINE is primarily developed by Codeweavers and they provide the Crossover application that makes setting up and running a Windows application really easy.
People will mention other wrappers (PlayOnLinux, Lutris, etc..) but Crossover makes it really easy.
There is an application database so you can see in advance if your applications would work: https://appdb.winehq.org/
AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 8 months ago
Thanks for the long response. I was thinking Mint maybe, had some experience with it a few years ago. But it'd replace both my private and work stuff over, so some gaming, too (mainly through steam). Stability is key to me. My current Windows install hasn't needed anything for 4 years or so, so I'm absolutely not going for Arch. I need this stuff daily, I cannot waste time trying to troubleshoot for hours or relying on backups, etc.
PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just a heads up OpenSUSE is phasing out leap so it won’t have a stable release “soon” unless the things with ALP shake out well.
lud@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Apart from Wine, Proton also includes some other stuff that helps gaming.
Also here is the Proton comparability site: www.protondb.com
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As someone who is currently in the process of moving everything to Linux, this is a genuinely helpful comment. I have it saved now, lol. Thank you for taking the time to write this out, much appreciated.
Simbomba@feddit.de 8 months ago
There might not be a Linux native version of the adobe products available but theres a fun script that lets it run from what I experienced flawlessly on several distributions
anguo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Could you give more info on that?
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’ve been dual booting for almost ten years and distro hopped a fair bit and never had that happen. Not once ever. I’ve screwed up my fair share of installs too. I think it’s one of those things that used to be a problem 20+ years ago, but is now basically a meme.
Anamana@feddit.de 8 months ago
My Linux experience was filled with headaches on how to solve compability issues. It’s just a pain that some things don’t work as well as they used to with a clean windows install. So I traveled from Windows to Debian to Dualboot (win/debian) to Windows. And tbh I never looked back since then.
Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m doing it. I build a new pc every 5 to 10 years. The new monster has posted. Need a few small cables before I really get started. I was going to put an older copy of win10 pro on it. But I’m going to take the Linux leap. The tower will be free of windows from day 1.
Nobara simply because the author also wrote Proton, the Steam linux gateway. (Open to suggestions).
All AMD.
Gaming. Streaming. Internet. Video files. Voice recording. Occasional simple documents. That’s 99.99 percent of my usage.
zzzz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Right on, dude. I hope the transition is a pleasant one for you!
uis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would suggest OpenSUSE Thumbleweed, but I did not use it for many years.
Also for gaming never use PulseAudio, lag in unbearable.