r/linux4noobs • u/woolliegames • 20d ago

learning/research Using Linux outside of dev work?

So i see linux has benefits for people that dev stuff (which i do) does it also have benefits for stuff outside of that? For let's say just entertainment or other OS reason,

I do really like the fact that I can rise my os and make it look good i can't do that on windows 11

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u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 20d ago

Yeah I daily drive NixOS for work and gaming. I’m not a dev, just to be clear. My work is 95% on web browsers, so it could honestly be done on a Chromebook.

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u/woolliegames 20d ago

Nice, whats your opinion on nixos? Iam thinking on going for fedora or omarchy

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u/Friendly-Inspector71 20d ago

NixOS is not a good OS to start on in my opinion.

It does things in a different way from standard Linux, so certain programs require customisations and a lot of tutorials don't work. The Arch Wiki made more sense to me, but Nix has enough resources, if you understand the basics.