Hey everyone,

I am exploring switching over to Linux but I would like to know why people switch. I have Windows 11 rn.

I dont do much code but will be doing some for school. I work remote and go to school remote. My career is not TOO technical.

What benefits caused you to switch over and what surprised you when you made the switch?

Thank you all in advanced.

  • jpablo68@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I made the switch when windows ME was released, right now I’m using win10 for work because of some software that really doesn’t have an alternative in Linux but I do run it on all of my other computers. Benefits:

    • customization: If you want a desktop environment there’s KDE, Gnome or XFCE, if you want just windows or a tiling window manager there’s tons of them too
    • package managers: update all your software on your own terms while you brew some coffee.
    • scripting capabilities: you can automate lots of stuff with bash.
    • scalability: do you have a potato computer, no problem, do you have a nice one, even better.

    Edit: I forgot to say that I run Debian on most of my machines.