A while ago I installed Arch on my new laptop, as an alternative to windows. I managed to get everything i needed to work on arch work with the exception of some programs that do have debian support. So, I deleted windows from my old desktop, and I am installing Debian on that. In other words I will now be daily driving Arch and Debian on two different computers. I have escaped the windows hell.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    Congrats on making the leap!

    Just out of curiosity, are you willing to share some/all of the things you’re still having to resort to dual-booting with Debian for?

    • sharpiewater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      not dual booting, they are running on completely different computers. But my main problem is a program called Hamachi not working correctly. I use it for “lan”-gaming with friends on games with dead servers.

      • admin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        5 months ago

        Hamachi could be replaced with your own WireGuard VPN server, just your friends would have to set up their clients.

        • auroz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          Tailscale could also work, if they’re looking for something with a little less setup difficulty. I haven’t used it myself as I’m happy to tinker with WireGuard, but it’s supposed to be quite easy to get going and I think the free tier isn’t too restrictive.

          • Nikki@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            personally love zerotier, all of the above work well though from my experience!

          • sharpiewater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            I actually tried tailscale but one of my friends apparently already has ti and coudlnt figure out how to connect to another network without spending more money

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        Hamachi

        Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long long time

          • sharpiewater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            More like plugging in my external dvd drive to my laptop to listen to my burned mixes with cava on my desktop

          • skaffi@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            I was using Winamp right up until I made the switch to Linux last year.

            Fortunately, Audacious can use Winamp skins, too, so I’ve still got that Winamp 2.x classic look going.

  • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    Glad to hear another success story of someone who dropped Windows.

    I dropped Windows on all of my machines over a month ago. My 2 desktops and 1 laptop I own are on Arch. I can’t fully escape Windows completely due to music production software I use due to lack of support for the hardware on Linux. (Thanks Line6…) So I run a Windows VM in QEMU with USB passthrough, but with no network access.

    I wrote an alias to count days its been since I switched to Linux full time.

    It wasn’t a difficult switch for me. Even with the learning curve. I actually enjoy the tinkering and learning aspect.

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Welcome! I made the switch a little over a year ago and have been loving it. Honestly, it is such a breath of fresh air. I do hate my job more every day now though, since I am stuck on Windows there… lol

  • communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Congrats, it’s a great feeling to finally be free :) I was wary when I did it too, but I knew I literally never booted into Windows anyway. And I never regretted it afterwards. Never went back.

  • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    While I only have one PC I did write over my old Windows drive about a month ago, I haven’t loaded into Windows 10 in nearly a year and I fear how many updates it would have forced upon me at once…