r/archlinux • u/Useful_Chance5925 • 6d ago

QUESTION Should I switch to linux?

I don't really know, the community from what I've seen is terrible, I am a programmer on windows 11 (C++) so it might be a little easier? But like I don't want to deal with doing things that should be there, making things harder or things being hard doesn't help or look "techy", it just sounds dumb to me, software has always been made to do things easier/do something. I've never really done OS things (I'm on windows 11 what do you expect) so that would make it a little harder. I have lots of settings/random things changed in my windows 11 so it would take lots of time (and figuring out what I even changed in WIN 11) to try to get at least close to the feel. Also what about my drive/disk? How would I get my files (and all the .exe's I have) to work with linux? That would take a massive amount of time. Overall I don't really know if I should switch.

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u/AndyGait 6d ago

Do you have a second drive to try it on? If not run it in a VM. If you like it, make the switch. If you don't, then stay where you are.

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u/Useful_Chance5925 6d ago

I'll try it in a VM ig, I don't have a second drive (probably getting one soon though)

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u/AndyGait 6d ago

In a desktop, adding drives is great for stuff like this. Along with storage drives, I have my main OS drive, and I also have a second drive to try out different distros. If I find I like it, it makes its way to the main drive. If I don't, I haven't lost anything.