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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Those who've switched to Linux in the last year, how is it going? (discuss.online)

submitted 4 days ago by kiol@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34247715

Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

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[–] techwooded@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Going great! Loaded up Fedora on my HP laptop which has given it a new lease on life. Only downside is that it won't just boot straight into the OS, otherwise GRUB freezes (not dual booting, secure boot is off), so I have to spam F9 on startup and select linux to boot into, then it works fine.

Started self-hosting some things on an old desktop I had lying around, and am planning on moving from iPhone to Graphene with my next phone

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

won't just boot straight into the OS, otherwise GRUB freezes (not dual booting, secure boot is off), so I have to spam F9 on startup

That would annoy me so much that I would switch bootloader or find a cmdline argument to fix it

[–] techwooded@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been trying, but haven't found anything. When I first turned off secure boot, it worked great, but stopped working again once I updated

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it works if you add custom secure boot keys and sign your bootloader?

[–] techwooded@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not sure how to do this

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Basically https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Using_your_own_keys

The process get's worse each time I look at it so you choose if it's worth it.