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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 980090">Personally I too have been on and off Linux over the years, however recently I have switched everything over to Linux and in all honesty I am quite happy. I still dual boot Windows on one of my systems and in a VM on another system for those just in case situations...however, I am exclusively using Linux daily and really haven&#039;t had the need to go back into Windows very much, if at all...You mentioned that you tried it in the past, but ran into some issues, can you elaborate what kind of issues you have run into? One thing I&#039;ve learned is that your experience with Linux will vary and it&#039;s important to choose not only the right distro, but the right desktop environment (DE) as well, at least when starting out. For example, I personally use Fedora (which I would recommend you try,) it&#039;s a solid distro, very up to date, while also being very stable...I personally haven&#039;t had any issues with it. By default Fedora comes with Gnome (which I really like) as it&#039;s DE. Gnome while a good DE, does have a very different workflow than what most people are use to. It&#039;s very keyboard, touch pad gesture driven and very simple in design which you either love, or hate. Personally, I don&#039;t think Gnome is a good DE to start off with....I would choose something like KDE as it&#039;s looks and feels very much like Windows by default, which may help make the transition a little easier IMHO.Like some have mentioned, depending on your software and use cases, you may have some difficulty finding the same apps on Linux, Lets take Microsoft Office as an example...while it isn&#039;t on Linux (yet...seems like they may make a Linux version at some point) there are some great alternatives like LibreOffice and Only Office. However...if you don&#039;t need all the advanced features of Office and all you do is basic office documents and such, you can just use the online version of Office, or even Google docs. It&#039;s what I do, and it serves my use case well. So unless you have very specialised software that you use, there are some good alternatives out there.What distros have your tried in the past?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 980090"] Personally I too have been on and off Linux over the years, however recently I have switched everything over to Linux and in all honesty I am quite happy. I still dual boot Windows on one of my systems and in a VM on another system for those just in case situations...however, I am exclusively using Linux daily and really haven't had the need to go back into Windows very much, if at all... You mentioned that you tried it in the past, but ran into some issues, can you elaborate what kind of issues you have run into? One thing I've learned is that your experience with Linux will vary and it's important to choose not only the right distro, but the right desktop environment (DE) as well, at least when starting out. For example, I personally use Fedora (which I would recommend you try,) it's a solid distro, very up to date, while also being very stable...I personally haven't had any issues with it. By default Fedora comes with Gnome (which I really like) as it's DE. Gnome while a good DE, does have a very different workflow than what most people are use to. It's very keyboard, touch pad gesture driven and very simple in design which you either love, or hate. Personally, I don't think Gnome is a good DE to start off with....I would choose something like KDE as it's looks and feels very much like Windows by default, which may help make the transition a little easier IMHO. Like some have mentioned, depending on your software and use cases, you may have some difficulty finding the same apps on Linux, Lets take Microsoft Office as an example...while it isn't on Linux (yet...seems like they may make a Linux version at some point) there are some great alternatives like LibreOffice and Only Office. However...if you don't need all the advanced features of Office and all you do is basic office documents and such, you can just use the online version of Office, or even Google docs. It's what I do, and it serves my use case well. So unless you have very specialised software that you use, there are some good alternatives out there. What distros have your tried in the past? [/QUOTE]

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