Why did you switch to Linux? I’d like to hear your story.
Btw I switched (from win11 to arch) because I got bored and wanted a challenge. Thx :3
Privacy, no bloat (depending on distro), no Big Tech, freedom, no cost.
+1 privacy and idea about freedom software
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My shift was primarily ideologically driven. I was sick of privacy encroachment, enshittification, and feeling like my computer wasn’t truly mine. Linux changed all that.
Because I’m a fucking nerd and in '99 using Linux and LaTeX was the nerdiest thing to do. Stayed because it’s fucking awesome.
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Same as most people. OSs have just evolved to become systems made to serve their creators rather than their “customers”.
Windows wants to steal all your data and then use it to shove ads in your face.
Apple also constantly tries to push their own products and services through the OS, not to mention continually pushing the boundaries of irrepairability and locking you in an ecosystem. And just being extremely expensive.
Because it is the least worst OS
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Around 1998 in middle school that’s what I thought all the ‘hackers’ were using.
- fun, I like trying out new software
- I love the philosophy of free software.
- fuck Microsoft and windows.
- It’s actually just better
(I switched last year)
I got sick of my devices spying on me
I really, truly, seriously hate modern implementations of AI and am willing to make concessions in my life to avoid using it. Windows 11 forcing Copilot was my last straw for using Microsoft.
Opening up Win11 and finding out that the simplest of apps - Notepad - now has Copilot integration just enforced my stance that switching to Linux was the right move.
Back in 1999 my windows laptop got hacked and my bank identity was accessed. On a Clean Windows I had Just Installed.That did it. I formatted my hard disk and installed first Linux Mandrake and finally settled on Debian Potato . Never looked back.
My desktop PC ran Windows 10 and didn’t have the magic Windows 11 chip. I tried to do some easy things to get it to recognise my PC as having that chip anyway, but it didn’t work, and I was a bit afraid it’d run like shit with 11 anyway.
So I just decided to try something different and install Linux. First on an old little laptop I had lying around. I tried Mint first, then OpenSUSE - the first because it was supposed to be easy to newcomers, the latter because it’s German (and I liked the way it felt when I tried it on my laptop).
After trying it for a bit, I just decided I’d install it on my desktop as I didn’t want to use Windows 10 without security updates anyway. I’ve now been using OpenSUSE Leap for about half a year, and I’m quite happy.
I switched because Linux is obviously way better in so many ways. No brainer.
I use Windows at work and it’s a joke. It’s security theater. Microsoft and similar capitalist entities are paid not for actual security but for liability protection.
