I’d wanted to jump to Linux since the 90s, but it was never quite there for me, plus my day jerb requires me to be on Windows. I finally started ripping the band-aid off a couple years ago and it’s been amazing. I received a private message in response to a long-running issue I was having with my dGPU, and that person absolutely got me squared away by suggesting I give Aurora Linux a try for use cases.
Win10 at some point stopped recognizing my beloved FiiO E10 USB headphone amp despite it supposedly being class-compliant. Nothing I did could get any Windows machine to recognize it. Today, I found that amp in a drawer. I plugged it into one of my Aurora Linux machines, and the OS immediately recognized it. Works great and gave me back the headphone sound that I know and love.
So thank you all, for this community, for your contributions, for paying forward the Linux love. Have a great day all.
i’m coming at this realization from the opposite direction; my experience w linux made me believe you had to be VERY disciplined about your hardware purchases or you’re stuck having something that doesn’t work until you fix it.
so i’ve spent the last decade buy linux-first laptops – aka generic tier laptops with mac laptop price tags.
i needed a new laptop and my circumstances forced me to buy a cheap/off-brand windows-first laptop and i was dreading having to fix whatever didn’t work like i had to do circa 2002; but no, it’s just worked.
the people of lemmy made me realize this and wo them, i would be stuck trying to do my thing on broken hardware.
I have revived two old computers back from being utterly unusable thanks to Linux. Thats two less sitting wasted in a landfill somewhere.
i used mine to build an everything server and i kept cannibalizing parts from other “dead” systems from e-waste collection dumpsters intended for landfill to keep it running for many years until it died recently.
it’s amazing what people throw away sometimes; i once got a macbook air from one and ran fedora on it for many years as well.
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You know what, I double that sentiment. The Linux community definitely helped me make the switch too, even if not by DMs.
I still have issues with an Nvidia card computer I own, but all my other machines work just fine and I simply like it more. I’m sure my card will come around sooner or later anyway.
I still have issues with an Nvidia card computer I own …
who doesn’t? lol
i intentionally avoided nvidia this time around because of my experiences w it in the past.
Oddly, not a single problem on my 2070 system but I think age helps Linux get stable. Older the hardware, the better open source works.
very true and i would have been better insulated by purchasing older hardware, but buying electronics second hand has always made me regret it.
Great story … thanks for sharing
Welcome to the club! Glad you like it.
You’re welcome!
Enjoy it while you can. AI, Wayland and Rust-coded MIT libraries will change the landscape of the Linux ecosystem very soon and irreversibly.
