In the end of November 2022 (1 year ago), I switched from MacOs to Linux (Debian with KDE Plasma) on my MacBook.

No regret! Was a very good decision.

I think, I’ll never go back.

Experience:

  • I did not know about KDE Plasma until 1 year ago. The picture in my head about Linux was pretty much GNOME. I’m a huge fan of KDE Plasma now. KDE Plasma 6 in 2024 will probably be awesome.
  • The GitHub repository “Awesome-Linux-Software” was awesome during the first weeks. It made me realize that most of the stuff I was already using, is also available for Linux. Only software I had to leave behind: Affinity Designer (IMO far more intuitive to use than GIMP, sorry FOSS community) and Visual Studio for Mac (which is dead anyway)
  • The only advanced thing I had to do in the beginning: My WIFI connection is always gone when I close my MacBook, but there is not automatic reconnect when I reopen it. None of the usual stuff recommended when using Debian on a MacBook helped. So, I had to write a service that checks for this (something with rmmod, modprobe, brcmfmac, …). Probably too much for a casual user and hopefully not necessary for them…

TODO in the next year:

  • Trying out gaming on Linux, maybe buying a Steam Deck
  • Migrating to KDE Plasma 6 (and switching to Wayland)
  • Recommending our religion Linux to others
  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    Everything just works, if it doesn’t it’s probably your fault.

    Not even console locale did on my notebook, have to fix that setup sometime. And the installer is pretty barebones and a bit buggy.

    Supports a lot of architectures. NetBSD is the only other POSIX OS that supports more architectures than Void.

    Nononono, there are only two POSIX certified linux distros: K-UX and Huawey’s EulerOS.

    • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Not even console locale did on my notebook, have to fix that setup sometime.

      What exactly did you do that you couldn’t change your locale? You do know that you have to reconfigure glibc-locales afterwards.

      And the installer is pretty barebones and a bit buggy.

      What exactly is buggy about the installer?

      Nononono, there are only two POSIX certified linux distros: K-UX and Huawey’s EulerOS.

      POSIX certification costs money. There are a lot of distros and OSes that are POSIX compatibe, just not certified.

      • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
        1·
        1 year ago

        You do know that you have to reconfigure glibc-locales afterwards.

        Oh, i did? Thanks anyways!

        What exactly is buggy about the installer?

        I had to work around it so that it doesn’t send me to (disk? network? not sure anymore) setup again and again.

        • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I had to work around it so that it doesn’t send me to (disk? network? not sure anymore) setup again and again.

          Never happened to me. How long ago was this?

            • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              You should also probably try and see if the same thing happens in a VM. The flash drive might be failing and I don’t think Void does CRC checks of files when copying them… definitely not when funning them, like the installer for example.

              EDIT: I remember the installer bringing me back to the partitioning setup, but that’s because I partition manually, not through the Void installer, so the installer thinks that that step is skipped. No worries though, just go to the end of the installer setup and continue with the provided settings. If an adequate target partition has been set, it will install Void.