Also swapped to Pop!_OS, a bit over a month back. It was definitely an adjustment, and I think I did something wrong during or following the initial installation that was killing my download speed (sub-10 mbps) and overall slowed my PC that I couldn’t troubleshoot after a week of looking online, but a clean reinstall fixed it and it’s been smooth since.
Still getting used to various things, like how not all companies have official linux support so sometimes you have to rely on other users uploading software on github (or available directly on the pop store) to configure devices or there just isn’t anything available and it won’t run in something like bottles, using the terminal for any number of things, or how terrible the pre-installed file explorer is (I’ve been using Dolphin instead), etc.
I haven’t had any issues with any Steam games or the couple that I tried from GOG using the Heroic launcher, aside from some applications consistently launching in the incorrect window size (solved by using shift + super + arrow keys). Protondb showed 98% or so of my Steam library running fine without much if any modification.
I have a fairly decent gaming PC — why I decided to try PopOS first, based on online recommendations and some folks on discord — and as far as I can tell, performance has not noticeably changed since the earlier-mentioned reinstall.
I’m happy with how it’s been going the last few weeks, and it’s not like I never had ongoing debilitating issues with Windows. Further down the line, I might try out some other distros, but I’m content with how it’s going now.
I also swapped from google services to Proton (not related to the steam compatibility service) and a couple others, along with replacing android OS on my Pixel with GrapheneOS, which has been going well, but that’s not linux-specific.
Also swapped to Pop!_OS, a bit over a month back. It was definitely an adjustment, and I think I did something wrong during or following the initial installation that was killing my download speed (sub-10 mbps) and overall slowed my PC that I couldn’t troubleshoot after a week of looking online, but a clean reinstall fixed it and it’s been smooth since.
Still getting used to various things, like how not all companies have official linux support so sometimes you have to rely on other users uploading software on github (or available directly on the pop store) to configure devices or there just isn’t anything available and it won’t run in something like bottles, using the terminal for any number of things, or how terrible the pre-installed file explorer is (I’ve been using Dolphin instead), etc.
I haven’t had any issues with any Steam games or the couple that I tried from GOG using the Heroic launcher, aside from some applications consistently launching in the incorrect window size (solved by using shift + super + arrow keys). Protondb showed 98% or so of my Steam library running fine without much if any modification.
I have a fairly decent gaming PC — why I decided to try PopOS first, based on online recommendations and some folks on discord — and as far as I can tell, performance has not noticeably changed since the earlier-mentioned reinstall.
I’m happy with how it’s been going the last few weeks, and it’s not like I never had ongoing debilitating issues with Windows. Further down the line, I might try out some other distros, but I’m content with how it’s going now.
I also swapped from google services to Proton (not related to the steam compatibility service) and a couple others, along with replacing android OS on my Pixel with GrapheneOS, which has been going well, but that’s not linux-specific.