I’m not really throwing a fit. This reads very passive aggressive and moderately offensive. Please don’t make assumptions about my character to soapbox about Linux. I gave Linux a very firm solid handshake trying multiple distros over the course of several months. I didn’t just “throw a fit” and “not bother learning.” Jesus, dude, that comes off as hella rude for no reason.

Thank you!

Since I’ve been on windows my battery life has doubled. It’s definitely not my battery.

I’ll have to give Pop OS a try when I’m ready to jump back in.

That’s what I was thinking I’d grab in the future. I’ve read about System 76 a few times now.

I was dual booting as well because GeForce NOW doesn’t have a Linux app.

I’ve tried KDE, Cinnamon, and GNOME. GNOME is definitely my favorite as well. The left & top taskbar layout is incredibly charming to me for whatever reason.

I tried Manjaro, Fedora, and Mint.

I tried that TLP app, but the options were overwhelming. I had no idea how to configure it properly.

My next laptop is going to be a built from the ground up for Linux machine.

It’s in the link I posted.

Definitely this. I’m a total newb when it comes to the CLI. I’m tech savvy but Linux is a whole other universe that I’ve never been exposed to until recently. The online resources to fix stuff are relatively robust and the community is great. At the end of the day I was worn down by too many minor issues piling up and stressing me out.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6533954.p

Look I enjoy troubleshooting to some extent, but at the end of the day I want my hardware to work as it should. Linux is incredibly fun to play around with but when I needed my computer for basic stuff I kept running into these obnoxious little quirks that would take me hours of research to correct. Wore me down.

I hope to try it again someday. Maybe with my next laptop I’ll get something built for Linux to ensure compatibility. Probably the best bet for newbies who want no undue fussin’.

2023 and talking about deplatforming nazis is controversial. This is where we’re at, folks.

Oh cool no I didn’t know that. I thought it was running code hosted elsewhere.

They’re still a very niche device with the largest adoption in Canada at only ~5%. https://www.statista.com/chart/25463/popularity-of-google-smartphones/

Duckduckgo is not only privacy centric but now it has better results than Google. Google is floundering in every area of their business lately. Pixel phones still have a very small niche share of the market, their search is garbage, chat gpt is a better AI than bard by miles, and their productivity suite is just as readily replaced by libreoffice or office 365.

The only thing Google has anymore is YouTube.

I could kiss you! It worked! Not only was this solution great, but I also learned how to run a bash script and grab dev libraries to execute ncurses and make commands.

Thank you SO much!!