In short, no. Linux can be adversarial, finicky, and sometimes just plain bullshit. That’s the price of device freedom though. Can’t speak for anyone else, but it does get easier the longer you stick with it though.

Can we be cell besties?

This was the push I needed to get off Windows completely. Some update broke Bluetooth connectivity. It’s penguins all the way down for me now.

Love Mint. I have LMDE on my archival machine. It’s good stuf

POP_OS runs great and it’s my primary OS on my System76 machine. My issue seems to be more to do with Nvidia Drivers. Nothing that’s a deal breaker, but the Machine Spirit needs appeasement on occasion. I’m actually really excited for COSMIC to be released.

On my Asus machine, I’m just tired of Windows and want to familiarize myself with more of the Linux environment. It’s maybe 2 or 3 years old at this point

I might check out Fedora. Is switching between the iGPU and dGPU relatively straightforward?

Thanks for the recommendations! Bazzite seems like a good fit for this machine’s use case.

Thanks for your thoughts. My experience with Arch has been weird. I can get everything mostly working, but sound has always been an issue on my current hardware. Black Arch was fun to mess around with because I didn’t necessarily care if sound output was borked. I will look into cachyOS and spin up a VM. Thank you friend!

I hate the phrase, “full blown melted toblerone”. Thanks for sharing 🤣

No joke. I used to work Tech Support and we would be forced to schedule callbacks for BlackBerry devices. The most locked down shit I’ve ever seen. The level of locked in would make a Nintendo Executive blush. Thankfully BlackBerry was on the way out in that time

No I do not want that.

Thanks for that comparison :(

Can’t have my group chats leaked if I don’t have any!

Earl Grey with double Bergamot. It hits so hard

Lowkey Wife material. That level of levity is super attractive

I got mocked and laughed at the last time I ate alone. Your mileage may vary :/

Nope. Don’t like that…

Yooo! Let’s go Pop_OS!

The most recent time I watched the TV version it was, “Yippee Ki-yay, my friend”.

Based on your post, you sound like you don’t want to use it but feel obligated to. You aren’t obligated to use it. I purchased a Linux machine and daily drive it for everything I can. It was a little rough to start but I have picked up on it pretty quick. You will deal with weird quirks from time to time. Most issues I run into are common enough that a quick Google search will fix me up or get me pointed in the right direction. If you want to try Linux, just know that there is a learning curve and be patient with it. As far as Distros, start with a “Just Works” Distro. I recommend Linux Mint or Pop_OS. They work well out of the box while having plenty of room for tinkering. I’m by no means a programmer or Developer but Linux is still accessible without a deep arcane knowledge base of CS information to draw from. Regardless if you use Linux or not, I hope you enjoy your new PC!