A while ago I installed Arch on my new laptop, as an alternative to windows. I managed to get everything i needed to work on arch work with the exception of some programs that do have debian support. So, I deleted windows from my old desktop, and I am installing Debian on that. In other words I will now be daily driving Arch and Debian on two different computers. I have escaped the windows hell.
18 Comments
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Congrats on making the leap!
Just out of curiosity, are you willing to share some/all of the things you're still having to resort to dual-booting with Debian for?
sharpiewater@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
not dual booting, they are running on completely different computers. But my main problem is a program called Hamachi not working correctly. I use it for "lan"-gaming with friends on games with dead servers.
admin@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Hamachi could be replaced with your own WireGuard VPN server, just your friends would have to set up their clients.
auroz@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
Tailscale could also work, if they're looking for something with a little less setup difficulty. I haven't used it myself as I'm happy to tinker with WireGuard, but it's supposed to be quite easy to get going and I think the free tier isn't too restrictive.
Nikki@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
personally love zerotier, all of the above work well though from my experience!
sharpiewater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I actually tried tailscale but one of my friends apparently already has ti and coudlnt figure out how to connect to another network without spending more money
illi@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time
cheddar@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y
I bet OP is listening to their mp3 collection using Winamp while playing.
HouseWolf@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
As God intended!
skaffi@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
I was using Winamp right up until I made the switch to Linux last year.
Fortunately, Audacious can use Winamp skins, too, so I've still got that Winamp 2.x classic look going.
sharpiewater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
More like plugging in my external dvd drive to my laptop to listen to my burned mixes with cava on my desktop
T4V0@lemmy.pt · 3 pts · 2y
Use zerotier one, it's much better.
LovePoson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Definitely try Zerotier
Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
Welcome to the club, it's so much better over here :)
Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Glad to hear another success story of someone who dropped Windows.
I dropped Windows on all of my machines over a month ago. My 2 desktops and 1 laptop I own are on Arch. I can't fully escape Windows completely due to music production software I use due to lack of support for the hardware on Linux. (Thanks Line6...) So I run a Windows VM in QEMU with USB passthrough, but with no network access.
I wrote an alias to count days its been since I switched to Linux full time.
It wasn't a difficult switch for me. Even with the learning curve. I actually enjoy the tinkering and learning aspect.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Welcome! I made the switch a little over a year ago and have been loving it. Honestly, it is such a breath of fresh air. I do hate my job more every day now though, since I am stuck on Windows there... lol
HouseWolf@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
While I only have one PC I did write over my old Windows drive about a month ago, I haven't loaded into Windows 10 in nearly a year and I fear how many updates it would have forced upon me at once...
communism@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Congrats, it's a great feeling to finally be free :) I was wary when I did it too, but I knew I literally never booted into Windows anyway. And I never regretted it afterwards. Never went back.