Better experience with Linux

[u/christaras_s]

I've been daily driving win11 since release, and installed linux a few months ago on another partition. Keep in mind, I've been formatting my windows drive every 2 years to make sure it won't have any problems. Then windows really started to get annoying.

Forces random slop down your throat: okay i can debloat it.

Enables random settings on boot: okay, i don't care much about those.

But then, it stops running stuff every now and then. A few days ago steam wouldn't open even after reinstalling it. Now i can't open msi afterburner.

Linux on the other hand, never gave me any issues other than nvidia drivers not running properly, which i admit, i had to spend a few hours benchmarking different drivers, but i also have to do that on Windows?

Because apparently the latest released drivers also don't work properly on windows?

My gpu is an rtx 2080, which is still supported by nvidia.

What I'm getting at is that, once you configure stuff on linux (which takes a few days to tweak everything to your preference), it runs perfectly, with literally 12GB less ram usage than windows in games, apps and at idle.

I hate Windows recently and thinking about permanently switching to Linux

P.S: I'm using Mint for the time being but i might take up another distro soon.

[u/A_Harmless_Fly]

Not to poop on your parade, but have you checked the status of your drive with smart? I have a sneaking suspicion you might have a hardware issue if programs were randomly being corrupted.

[u/christaras_s → u/A_Harmless_Fly]

Yes, it's at 97% health and 100% performance and read/write benchmark is basically at the max supported by pcie 3.0

[u/A_Harmless_Fly → u/christaras_s]

Any errors in the log at all? Benchmarks and hp% aren't the only indicators to look at.

[u/christaras_s → u/A_Harmless_Fly]

I checked it 2 or 3 months ago and it was fine. Might be time to recheck it though

[u/A_Harmless_Fly → u/christaras_s]

I like gsmart control as far as GUI options go, or 'smartctl -x /dev/yourdrivehere' for CLI.

I've seen drives fail in some pretty odd and intermittent ways while still passing smart before, but the logs usually have some kind of error. Though admittedly I've got more experience with HDD failure than SSD failure.

[u/christaras_s → u/A_Harmless_Fly]

I just checked my logs and all my drives with crystaldiskinfo (inside windows, not linux) and everything is fine other than 1 read error on my spare hdd. Some other log errors are just random stuff i did on my pc or errors that i already know happened. Thanks for the info

[u/ConflictOfEvidence]

I'm not sure you understand how question marks work.

[u/DontRelyOnNooneElse]

That's the main thing that convinced me to switch fully; not how much better Linux seemed by itself but by how much more awful Windows was by comparison when I went back to it

[u/Sapling-074]

Exactly. I've run into a lot of problems on Linux, no different then Windows. The difference is fixing Linux problems are a lot easier to solve.

[u/Dull_Bathroom5421]

Do it. Dedicating a whole machine to Linux is a wonderful thing. No nazi windows bootloader bullshit and so light in resources compared to Windows 11. I use both, I'm a bit greedy, but Linux indeed rules.

[u/citramonk]

I'm running windows 11 in my gaming machine. Bazzite in my another gaming machine. Arch on a work mini PC. The thing is... everything works FINE on windows. I didn't have any issue for years. I want to fully switch switch in Linux NOT because I have issues, but because I want to support open source. It should be a thoughtful decision, not a whim.

If you have problems on windows, learn how to solve them. Or your Linux days are gonna be miserable.

[u/christaras_s → u/citramonk]

I can fix linux problems easier than windows and without as much frustration, because half the windows problems are from random forced updates, while in linux you know what went wrong. I havent had any problems on linux from something i wasnt involved in, while windows has been very problematic recently

[u/citramonk → u/christaras_s]

Skill issue? People have been using Windows for 20–30 years and still can't do SHIT. Tell me where the Windows logs are stored and how to access them. Put your enthusiasm into learning your tools. Learn what's happening with your PC when it crashes or when something doesn't open.

You've been using Linux for a few months, and now you THINK you can fix anything. That's a ridiculous statement. You haven't actually fixed any real issues yet; you've been fighting the configuration process.

[u/christaras_s → u/citramonk]

I never said that though? I said i can fix linux problems easier than windows not that i know how to fix everything😂 laughable reply dude

[u/kingtig_29]

Same best decision I ever made

[u/Logical_Front5304]

Just wait. Most Linux installs nuke themselves.

[u/Saltkrakan01 → u/Logical_Front5304]

In my experience, they're not. I'm using Linux since 2007 and got system nuked three times. Twice, it was my fault, back in a days I do not fully understand, what I was doing. Third time, it was faulty SSD, which were destroyed on HW level (during Windows update :-D).

[u/BashfulMelon → u/Logical_Front5304]

If that happens, that's when you learn about image-based distros and how Reddit has been lying about them.

rpm-ostree install --apply-live [package]

Installs system software, persists across updates, no reboot.

Nobody needs to live in fear of nuking an install.