With the growing number of users jumping from Windows to Linux, I decided to fully take the plunge and dive deep into the Open Source ocean. A few months and several headaches later, it has proved to be the best computer-related decision I've made in over a decade (and perhaps in my entire life).

There. That’s out of the way. I recently installed Linux on my main desktop computer and work laptop, overwriting the Windows partition completely. Essentially, I deleted the primary operating system from the two computers I use the most, day in and day out, instead trusting all of my personal and work computing needs to the Open Source community. This has been a growing trend, and I hopped on the bandwagon, but for good reasons. Some of those reasons might pertain to you and convince you to finally make the jump as well. Here’s my experience.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it
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    8 days ago

    Expect that the app store default to flatpack packages, so installing a tool that normally requires 100 KiB takes up 4 GiB.

    It doesn’t make any sense.

    • lautan@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      That’s a downside but most people would rather just have the software work and not have to fiddle with the command line.

    • RightEdofer@lemmy.caEnglish
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      8 days ago

      That is because you already had the dependencies installed on your system. Flatpak can share dependencies as well so if you use a lot of them it doesn’t really make much of a difference. And since it’s bundled together it is great for having up to date apps on distros that are not rolling. Also good at isolating apps with different toolkits from mucking up your system.

    • Delascas@feddit.ukEnglish
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      8 days ago

      In the age of a 1TB SSD costing $50 . . . frankly who cares. Flatpak’s are the easiest to deploy Linux packages . . . a perfect pairing for Mint - an OS designed to “just work”.

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zip
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        8 days ago

        While your statement does make sense for now, the prices of storage are going up at an alarming pace. We all need to account for this moving forward.