If you’re like me, using Windows 11 is getting on my nerves. The constant push of the Edge browser, the data collection by Microsoft, and the constant updates that sometimes crash your PC (this has happened to me more than once in the past year on my Dell XPS PC).
I used to use Linux in the past. Ubuntu and Zorin to be exact. The only thing that has kept me on Windows 11 was the usability of Adobe software suite, which isn’t available for Linux.
Why won’t I move to Mac OS and a new Macbook Pro or Mac Mini?
While I have used Apple products off and on since the white glossy iBook was released, which has retired many many years ago, Apple has changed the way they build their products. With the inability to upgrade due to soldering on components, this makes Apple less environmentally friendly and much less cost effective for consumers and businesses alike once you need to upgrade. Plus, since the onboarding of Tim Cook, Apple has been collecting too much information over their devices about their users and innovation has completely stalled within the company. So, I’d rather invest in a Windows or machine made specifically for Linux.
What about Chrome OS?
As much as I love Chromebooks and Chromebases for the simplicity, security, and up to 10 years of updates, again I can’t use Adobe Software on these devices either outside of an app.
With Linux available in many flavorful distributions, there simply isn’t a common distro for everyone and you have to do research on which one will work best for you. However, with Linux, you can start with a basic stripped down distro and add on packages (applications) as you see fit either through the terminal or from a package (app) Linux store, which since they’re open source (most of them), they will be free.
And that is the heart of Linux, open source and free operating system / software with an amazing and fruitful support community. So, I may start again with Linux as a dual boot on my current desktop PC (Windows 11 and Linux) just to see how I handle the migration over time and find the replacement apps that I need to dump my expensive Adobe subscription once and for all.
Have you used Linux? What distro do you prefer? Or would you prefer to stick with Mac OS or Windows 11?
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