I've been on Linux since Nov 2018.
Currently running Ubuntu (KDE Plasma) 18.04 LTS on a Thinkpad T580, likely going to upgrade to 20.04 very soon. I've tried Mint (super slow booting from NVMe drives, maybe this problem has been fixed I don't know), Debian (blazing fast but more work than I wanted to do, particularly for security) and Arch (something I played with on a virtual machine, WAY too much work but if you're into that sort of thing then it's awesome)
My tips:
- Don't put a Linux distro on your main machine if you're not completely comfortable setting it up. I don't dual boot to Windows. I haven't needed a Windows machine in a long time.
- Don't install Linux on a laptop that isn't a Thinkpad, Macbook, or a Dell XPS. You will hate trying to set it up. Maybe avoid newer Macbooks as well (2016 on). There are a million reasons for this but most of them have to do with UEFI, SecureBoot and hardware drivers
- If you're going to build a PC, build it with Linux in mind. Make sure that each part has a driver that is easily compatible with Linux. Bonus points if the driver is free/open source.
- AMD > Intel and Nvidia for Linux.
- Everyone's got their own opinion about this stuff: find your own truth. I'm sure @Cyberthal and I disagree on a lot of points when it comes to setting up one of these, but that doesn't mean that either of us are wrong.
Most people in the Linux world are either sysadmins or software developers. Their perspective is going to be very different from someone who runs businesses and is mainly concerned about having a secure machine that can do what they want with as little hiccup as possible. All Linux users can generally agree that we don't want government backdoors in our software or firmware and we're willing to spend additional time and energy with our tech to make sure to minimize this as much as possible.
Currently running Ubuntu (KDE Plasma) 18.04 LTS on a Thinkpad T580, likely going to upgrade to 20.04 very soon. I've tried Mint (super slow booting from NVMe drives, maybe this problem has been fixed I don't know), Debian (blazing fast but more work than I wanted to do, particularly for security) and Arch (something I played with on a virtual machine, WAY too much work but if you're into that sort of thing then it's awesome)
My tips:
- Don't put a Linux distro on your main machine if you're not completely comfortable setting it up. I don't dual boot to Windows. I haven't needed a Windows machine in a long time.
- Don't install Linux on a laptop that isn't a Thinkpad, Macbook, or a Dell XPS. You will hate trying to set it up. Maybe avoid newer Macbooks as well (2016 on). There are a million reasons for this but most of them have to do with UEFI, SecureBoot and hardware drivers
- If you're going to build a PC, build it with Linux in mind. Make sure that each part has a driver that is easily compatible with Linux. Bonus points if the driver is free/open source.
- AMD > Intel and Nvidia for Linux.
- Everyone's got their own opinion about this stuff: find your own truth. I'm sure @Cyberthal and I disagree on a lot of points when it comes to setting up one of these, but that doesn't mean that either of us are wrong.
Most people in the Linux world are either sysadmins or software developers. Their perspective is going to be very different from someone who runs businesses and is mainly concerned about having a secure machine that can do what they want with as little hiccup as possible. All Linux users can generally agree that we don't want government backdoors in our software or firmware and we're willing to spend additional time and energy with our tech to make sure to minimize this as much as possible.
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