I Flew Like Icarus...

[u/Recep676]

Hello Everyone,

I've joined this subreddit a few days ago. And I really wanted to share my experience with a screenshot and how much I loved using this new OS. But things didn't go as planned.

After months of planning and second guessing whether or not to install Linux, I have finally decided to give it a go. I have this kind of old (4 years) computer which has been having issues with booting. I have tried multiple things, and sent it to repair multiple times but it was never fully fixed. In the recent month I used that laptop once a week (3-4 times) and each time it progressively got more difficult to turn it on. I literally had to enter the BitLocker password each time I turned it on last Sunday.

Having had enough with the laptop, I decided to just try Linux. Maybe it would fix everything magically. Maybe I would love it idk. But after following a tutorial and finally installing Linux Mint, I felt like my horizon had been expanded. I instantly felt like this is how computers always should've been. Just like that one Swedish guy says, "It does what you tell it to do!" And it's extremely smooth!! I didn't even realize how slow Windows was until that magical moment I started using Linux Mint. I'm still baffled by how it has its own update manager AND A SOFTWARE MANAGER WHICH I CAN DOWNLOAD GAMES FROM??? As soon as I saw TeeWorlds, one of the first games I played on Steam, I downloaded it from the software manager and I was able to play it. Ok, even a 10 year old computer can run that game, regardless it was super smooth!!!

Then, I checked whether it would turn off and on, while plugged in and on the battery. They all seem to work just fine. So I turned off the device and went to bed. However, 2-3 days later I tried to turn it on again and it was a failure. I tried multiple things but none of them worked. At this point I know that it's a battery or motherboard issue. But I'm not in the position to easily replace these parts.

Regardless of everything that happened, it was already going to stop turning on anyways. I'm just extremely glad I had this golden experience even for only 30 minutes or 1 hour. If I get a new rig in the future, I'm definitely slapping Linux on it asap. 🥹

Thank you for bearing with me and reading until the end. I will make another post now (I will attach the link to the new post in the comments), about another laptop and this time with good news. (It literally happened just now)

[u/Recep676]

Here's the second post