I stopped using Windows

While everyone else is chasing the Linux high, some of us have been running it for a while now as a daily driver. I'm more then happy to see people joining the community and being a part of something a lot bigger, but at the same trime, I can't help but feel like people are changing ecosystems for the wrong reasons.

I switched to Linux about 2 years ago and have been daily driving it ever since then. For me it wasn't about how evil Microsoft has become, or how Apple is literally using its ecosystem to lock people into using their devices and no one else's. For me it was a personal choice. I didnt' feel that my workflow required the use of Windows anymore, and installed Linux instead.

My distribution of choice? Debian. It's stable and doesn't have all the extras that come with Ubuntu, Mint or Zorin. I just want a barebone distribution with GNOME and that's it. My problem with Ubuntu is it's hit or miss on whether it will work or not, I've never been a big fan of Mint, and Zorin is fine, but like Mint it's nothing special.

Fedora has typically been my go to because I've used them since the beginning, but it just didn't feel right. There is wider support for Debian with .deb packages then there is for .rpm packages and that was the selling point for me, and considering I've spent a little longer configuring servers with Debian/Ubuntu it only made sense.

The bigger question is if you are getting into Linux, what should you use, and the answer is really going to depend on what you plan to do with it. If you're a gamer, something like Bazzite or CachyOS would be perfect. If you are a general user, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS or Linux Mint might be a good option. If you're a developer looking for bleeding edge tools and repos, Fedora might be your thing. Or if you want to customize your OS just the way you like it, something like Arch might be the thing for you.

Like with any version of Linux, there is always a curve. It's not always as simple as point and click, sometimes things go wrong and you have to use a terminal to fix it, and if you're okay with that then you're on the right path, but if you're not technically inclined, maybe using Linux isn't the right fit because even the most user friendly versions of Linux still require some technical knowledge.

But at the end of the day it all comes down to how much you want to get away from macOS or Windows.