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So, when I was like, 6, my dad got me my first Thinkpad with Windows 7. I had NO IDEA about any of this stuff, but it definitely sparked something in me. Fast forward now, I'm 19, an IT technician by day, musician by night, and have been educated on the horrors of big corporate proprietary software and the other flaws of our dystopian technological world. I then proceeded to not be fond of Windows as much. Add that on top of the biggest flaw of Windows for someone like me, a live musician who uses a setup that surrounds my laptop, the forced updates. Luckily has never happened during a show, but having it happen BEFORE a show is terrifying nonetheless.
Thanks Windows. /Sarcastic
I've been slowly building up steps to get myself ready to start making the switch to Linux, knowing it wouldn't be easy, but if I take my time and work at my own pace I knew I could make it work. My first (unintentional) steps was building a workflow off of programs that were compatible with majority of OS's. The original intention was to simply have programs I can easily load onto a cheap laptop in case something happened to my main one, but in doing this, I wound up with programs that are all compatible with Windows AND Linux, and even Mac for some I think!
I use Reaper for DAW, Rawtherapee for photo editing, GIMP for basic graphic design, and DaVinci Resolve for video editing. I believe all of these programs are compatible with the big 3!
I messed with running Linux off of a flash drive just to see how I like it, starting with Pop OS. I REALLY liked it! Working in command line, while scary, is super fun. The customization easily rivals Windows, but can be overwhelming with how many options I get. I quickly got majority of my main apps running with ease, it was almost no different from any Windows device I've been on, most of the programs I just installed off the respective websites and didn't have to touch command line.
I tried to get it to dual boot, ran into issues, so ended up not doing it, but it definitely solidified that I wanted to switch.
That was months ago. A few days ago, I said "heck it", and pulled my old X230 (not the device my dad got me when I was 6) and installed Linux Mint. It's been great, I love the control, I love not feeling like I'm backseat driving on my own device. Running docker with searx was the big thing that I wanted to do, but now I can do so much more!
I got a $50 PC off of craigslist that I plan to turn into a NAS, server, etc. Eventually I'll make my Thinkpad P53 dual boot linux, will have to keep Windows for VR gaming, but I'm excited to begin my slow, but sure, journey into Linux!
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