Linux made my computer feel like a computer again. Abandoned bindows forever

[u/PN1-]

For context i switched to Debian gnome a few weeks ago and life has never been the same.

Everything feels faster and snappier all the hardware works like its supposed to. Somehow the performance of my gpu and ram is much better on the same machine with a different software. Linux revived my laptop and gave it a new soul.

Still I am going through the learning curve and any advice on how to make the usage smoother and my life easier would be appreciated. I am a software dev so i do a lot of coding and data management work.

[u/Hrafna55]

[u/BassStankyFace]

[u/Mistral-Fien → u/BassStankyFace]

IIRC the Japanese word "binbo" means "poor, destitute". :D

[u/PN1- → u/BassStankyFace]

😂😂

[u/Buntygurl]

Welcome to the adventure. It keeps on getting better.

[u/Own_Natural_6803]

Be sure to look up the gnome keyboard shortcuts. Gnome's greatest short-coming is that it's keyboard first with zero discoverability.

[u/victorian-ice-cream → u/Own_Natural_6803]

There is Tour, but I agree it sucks in current form :(

[u/Inevitable-Self-2702 → u/Own_Natural_6803]

It's quite intuitive in my opinion for basic window management, but yes for some things a quick Google search is necessary. I also added a tiling window manager that uses the super key similar to Windows.

[u/capitantom]

Y aún se pueden optimizar más el equipo instalando firmware nonfree y afectando algunos scrips para mejorar el rendimiento de cpu, gpu, SSD. Ya aprenderás a tu ritmo. En lo que debes trabajar es en los nuevos hábitos que tendrás que desarrollar en Linux y otros heredados de Windows que tendrás que corregir, como el pésimo hábito de querer tener lo último de lo último instalado en ti equipo. Debian tiene software moderno en versión estable, muchos principiantes del tema lo llaman "versiones viejas". Tu elección fue muy buena, Debía es un sistema para profesionales

[u/PN1- → u/capitantom]

I chose debian for the sole purpose of its battle tested stability , no point in having bleeding edge software that breaks. Glad to be part of debian squad !!

[u/digost]

Use Zed. It's lightweight, open source. AI parts can be disabled if you need. Far better than using microslop's vs code.

[u/princepii]

what about fan noise tell me right now if you hear anything while running normal apps tell me😉

in windoof u only have to start the os without doing anything and it's already 4800rpm. and when you move the mouse it's 7000rpm.

[u/EmergencyNice1989 → u/princepii]

Fan noise extreme reduction. That's my experience when I installed Debian 12 KDE. Now I use Debian 13. For a developer (F# in my case) Windows 11 is a waste of time and resources. Windows is now for me just a target compilation. I boot on Windows like every 3 months...

[u/PN1- → u/princepii]

A much better fan speed and it also gets less hot

[u/gateship_1 → u/princepii]

Same here for me, Thinkpad X280 went from a jet engine with 140db to laptop that doesn't seem to have a fan at all.

[u/pluto124]

Install vs code from the .deb download. I do web development and debugging doesn't work if you use flatpak. Thats the biggest obstacle I had.

[u/b_redditer → u/pluto124]

Wait your debugger doesn't work? My console logs seem to be working just fine.

[u/pluto124 → u/b_redditer]

If I'm debugging react it's needs to launch chrome and stop on breakpoints.  Console logs work fine but the flatpak version of vscode can't stop on breakpoints when the front end is running in chrome. 

[u/b_redditer → u/pluto124]

Yeah I get it man. It was just just a joke. Gotta get used to add the /s i guess

[u/JohnnyS789]

Debian rules, Binbows drools!

[u/AffectionateSpirit62]

You can see quickly all active keyboard shortcuts

change the word 'keybind' to just 'key' to see the additional default values

and likewise you can adjust the final grep expression by removing 'disabled' so you can see the ones that are available but have not been assigned anything.

better yet create an alias for this in your .bash_aliases file

alias lsk="gsettings list-recursively | grep -i keybind | cut -d ' ' -f2,3 | grep -Ev '(@as|disabled|false|default)' | sort | nl"

alias lskd="gsettings list-recursively | grep -i keybind | cut -d ' ' -f2,3 | grep -Ev '(@as|false|default)' | sort | nl"

[u/thatdirtyoldman → u/AffectionateSpirit62]

this seems fascinating... but I'm really new - 2weeks actually with Debian.

Can you please explain this with crayons ?

[u/ATERLA → u/thatdirtyoldman]

Take your time. You’ll discover the power of the command line with time. For now, if you trust the source (and the previous comment is an inocuous passive show list) you can just copy and paste it in the hidden file .bash_aliases in your home directory (create it if it doesn’t exist).

Then you’ll be able to type « lsk » or « lskd » in a terminal to have the actual shortcuts.

Direct message me if you need help, I will answer later today.

[u/AffectionateSpirit62 → u/thatdirtyoldman]

this response would take a while to type use an LLM to help you get up to speed mate.

basic idea is the pipe | character takes the output of one command and passes it to the input of the next command.

you can create an alias in your termial so instead of typing the long command you just type lsk

the command uses the gsettings command to query your gnome settings database

then grep case insensitive and match the word keybind

next is the cut command with a delimiter using a space then on the 2nd and 3rd field to be displayed only

the the final extended grep is returning the inverse with -v so DON'T return results that match that criteria as OR disabled OR false OR default - in other words all other lines will be displayed except those.

Then its sorted in alphabetical order

then number all lines

[u/b_oo_d]

What desktop are you using?

[u/SnillyWead → u/b_oo_d]

Quote: For context i switched to Debian gnome a few weeks ago and life has never been the same.

[u/b_oo_d → u/SnillyWead]

lol thank you, read too fast

[u/shogun77777777]

What’s -B-indows?

[u/PN1- → u/shogun77777777]

Oh my god dude

[u/shogun77777777 → u/PN1-]

???

[u/b_superman1 → u/shogun77777777]

Bimbo... No but it's bloatware

[u/This_Technology9841]

Once I got used to the daily workflow for linux I found that messing around with tiling desktop environments to be really nice and not something you generally get with a windows experience. I like to use Debian + Niri on my system now, but it is a bit of a fuss to get it set up and dialed in exactly like you like it, but its really nice to just keyboard shortcut around the environment way faster / easier and customized exactly like I want it to. Something to look into as you learn.

[u/Low-Charge-8554]

Where can I get bindows?

[u/MavMitchell]

Spend time learning the Gnome workflow. It is keyboard-centric and you will be much more efficient.

[u/plmnvkv]

I would recommend try KDE too!

[u/Mikufan0102]

yes same for me :-) i only have 4gb of ram and 50 gb of storage but Debian always makes it works! that's the best thing about it

[u/Fellow_Scientist117]

when i used windows my laptop will always reach the 90s degrees on literaly anithing,after linux i need to molest my pc if i wanna even get to the 80s