Done, running mint now. Switch was easy, machine performance improved without that bullshit telemetry running.
this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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If you thought you ever had "digital sovereignty" while using a corpo OS...
Right but it's the degree, my friend. Life works like that a lot.
I haven't run Linux for probably 20 years until last week when I replaced my windows 10 with Tumbleweed. It's definitely better than I remember for driver compatibility but it's still not good enough for a general windows replacement.
Videos don't play without hiccups, sometimes my keyboard and mouse don't work when the PC wakes up and I needed to install Mint in distrobox to get some software working.
Also people have been trained to troubleshoot by clicking and Linux still mostly demands troubleshooting via the terminal and that's a deal breaker for many people.
Funny thing is I'm so used to working in the CLI in Linux for work that I groan if I have to work through any gui like x windows.
Yeah I think that's probably the most common attitude amongst people comfortable with Linux but it's not helpful for the "just install Linux" movement.
Idk I think it can be.
I tell them not to be afraid of the terminal, but do be careful of sudo, and keep backups on a separate drive so worst case scenario you reinstall, it's free. It's not as scary as it seems, and if you put in a little effort (like literally just watch a few "linux terminal for beginners" or "bash for beginners" videos on youtube) it'll soon become your preferred way to do a lot of shit very quickly, and at least if I'm wrong there you'll be comfortable enough to fix your shit when you need to.
But do keep those backups, because it's entirely likely you'll at least fuck one install up beyond repair (or at least beyond repair you can do right now while noob and a reinstall is trivial.) And don't bother with vim at first, use nano until you "need" to upgrade from nano (if ever).
I like to think that it's more helpful then "trust me bro you'll never need it" because it's entirely likely that at some point they will, unless they just web browse. But it really isn't that bad and they probably will love it when the fear subsides, happened to me, and to countless others before me.
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I mean, it's not really fighting back. There's nothing to win. You're just ending a toxic relationship and getting your PC and digital wellbeing back to how things used to be.
Freedom, respect, privacy, money, ... There's lots to win. And it isn't just going back to how things were: it's going to places better than anywhere you've been.
KDE plasma has gotten really good with 6.5
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