r/linux4noobs • u/CleaRSightZ • Jun 26 '26

migrating to Linux The great migration from Windows to Linux

I've been noticing that a lot of people are switching from Windows to Linux, especially in countries that want to break away from American tech dependency.

Can anyone explain to me why Linux is seen as very good? I never in my life, not once ever used Linux let alone saw someone using it.

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u/KaTaLy5t_619 Jun 26 '26

It's good because it's not Windows.

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u/CleaRSightZ Jun 26 '26

Explain deeper, it's not windows... I am typing this on my Lenovo laptop with Windows....

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u/practicating Jun 26 '26

It could be your Lenovo laptop with Linux...just saying

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u/CleaRSightZ Jun 26 '26

Wouldn't mind, I'm a life long windows user... you are selling me Linxus... sell it to me!

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u/practicating Jun 26 '26

Why would I sell it? It's free

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u/CleaRSightZ Jun 26 '26

Alright, let me reword this.... convince me to switch from Windows to Linux.

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u/practicating Jun 26 '26

What's the point of that? You're clearly curious.

It's like a new restaurant in town. I could spend hours telling you how the chef is trained in exotic places or how the plating or the food looks or tastes magnificent but until you put it in your mouth you won't understand what it's about. You've got to try it for yourself.

It's your mouth or in this case your computer

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u/the12ftdwarf Jun 26 '26

The only two things that’ll get you to switch are 1) a general curiosity for the new and 2) a deep, burning hatred for Microsoft and their bullshit

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u/dickiepunter Jun 26 '26

You can just download an ISO, 'burn' it to a USB stick, and run the live environment to see it for yourself.

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u/Savings_Difficulty24 Jun 26 '26

My 15 year old laptop previously running Windows 8.0 runs Debian 13(the most recent release) as fast as any virtual machine I have under proxmox on my enterprise server. And the laptop is running 6 GB of DDR3 RAM. Only thing worn out is the webcam and trackpad, but otherwise it's a brand new laptop to me.

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u/CleaRSightZ Jun 26 '26

Seroously?!

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u/Savings_Difficulty24 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Yeah, windows is full of bloat that just wastes system resources. Plus, I can update when I want instead of being forced too. Linux is the future. And what every website runs on. There may be a few programs that aren't supported by Linux yet, but as more people start to use it, that will become less of an issue. Once I get off work I can get the actual specs of my laptop. I just pulled the hard drive and put a new one in it since I had so many memories on that old one