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When and why did you start using Linux? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am just very curious what peoples stories are. And if you are not using Linux what is holding you back?

No judgement of any kind, just pure curiosity.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was a low-spec laptop I was gifted as a teen. To give you an idea:

32 GB soldered-in SSD
4 GB RAM
dual-core celeron

It came with Windows 10, and on day 1 it said I had low storage 💀. The huge bottle-neck for me was the un-upgradeable storage for sure, because a lot of programs I wanted to install (i.e. for art/music/programming) wanted to live on the C: drive rather than on my usb. And in general it was atrocious to use.

I got introduced to Linux from the Godot Engine discord meme channel of all places. Lots of Linux users seemed to live there, so I thought maybe I ought to learn Linux to understand the memes 🤣 (and escape my insanity)

I still was very unsure about wiping Windows in case something broke or still had info on there (i think i still do in my browser). So if not wipe the OS, I could have ran Linux off my USB, but it stuck out a couple inches so I didn't wanna risk it unplugging 🤣. But my buddy suggested an idea to use the small MicroSD slot on the side. I was able to get one (128GB) for my birthday and decided to go with Mint. Things mostly just worked but there was some strangeness cause it was a persistent live usb install. But still so much better than Windows

This was about 2.5 years ago now. And don't worry, I saved up to build a desktop PC, running Arch, of course ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only 32 GB of storage is insanely low, what the hell. They shouldn't even be allowed to make laptops like that unless you are able to replace it...

I would never think about running something of a MicroSD, good thinking on your buddys part!

I hope the new desktop has decent storage now :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know!! I think the idea with those types of laptops were that most people just needed a laptop to browse the internet and could live off of web apps / the cloud if needed. But still, I agree, no computer should have their storage soldered in. In the end the silver lining to it all was it pushed me to try out Linux

Yupppp. I think these days the read-writes on the SD card are a little too slow now, but it definitely served it's purpose. It worked great because it was flush with the frame of the laptop, and didn't require any compromises at the time. Awww thanks 🙂

In the desktop I got a 1tb nvme ssd, I haven't even used half of the storage yet and there's plenty of room for upgrading 🤣