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Discussion on: Why I switched to Linux full time

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Shane Knudsen

Context: I've been using Linux in some form or another since 2001. I use it exclusively for my home machines, and I try to land jobs that let me use it for work, too, but that doesn't always work out. I even own a System 76 machine, though I decided to stick with Ubuntu/KDE.

Here's where I make everybody mad: Your operating system, whatever it is - be it Windows, MacOs, or Linux - stinks. They all stink in different ways, but rest assured, that stench emanating from your box probably isn't the motherboard frying. Choose the stench you can live with. While it's depressing how bad computers are across the board, the silver lining is that us developer types have a chance to make everybody's life a little better.

In general, I think it's much more effective to show us one thing in detail that's really cool about whatever OS you want people to use. I'd totally be into an article about the details of why Pop!_OS is cool. I'm currently on KDE. It's got its warts, and it's got its cool features. If you want me to switch to Pop!_OS give me a bunch of detailed reasons.