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Q: I think some time ago you mentioned you used linux. I'm thinking of rebooting my old laptop using linux but don't know if its worth the hassle, has using linux made any difference in your quality of life?
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Wow you really surprised me haha! I opened the guestbook back up and assumed the message I saw was my test message but somehow you caught me coding!

I used Debian when I used Linux as my main OS. My laptop drivers didn't get along with Linux, and I also found that Linux wasn't worth using as my main OS for a variety of reasons. I use a lot of retro and indie software, and while I love FOSS, I found that a lot of Linux FOSS software never reached the level of my old tools.

I don't regret that time though. If it's an old laptop, even if you have driver issues, fucking around with it is good.. Linux is used for everything. This website/server runs on Debian, and I was pretty comfortable with server maintenance after using Debian for 6+ months or whatever. I hope to get more devices and run random Linux things on them.. 

If you're curious, now I use Windows 11 and just make it behave with external software that fixes all the things I dislike about 11 and reskins everything haha. I was gonna write a page about it but never got around to it.. Using Linux also motivated me to do that because while Linux annoyed me, it made me get off my ass and make Win11 not annoying. 

I do miss the Linux package manager though lol.. I don't miss looking up user issues though haha. "It works on my machine!" "Why would you let your laptop sleep- linux is so fast hibernation issues don't matter!" "This thing you use is unstable use this instead aesthetics don't matter!"

Haha..

Answered on: 2025-11-26 15:34:11
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