back on linux
So originally I wrote up a whole essay on my experience with Linux the first time around, and then I deleted it all and went for a walk. The gist of it is: A few months back I tried Fedora, fucked it up royally, got aggrevated because I'm stupid and can't figure things out instantly, and went back to Windows sobbing and grumbling to myself.
Hot take here, but I don't hate Windows. I hate Microsoft because they're a bunch of jerkfaces who harvest people's data by the truckload and by all accounts are a scumbag company, but Windows itself has a lot of good, battle-tested design philosophies (which Microsoft has also been changing, probably much to the chagrin of some senior programmers there). I have some pristine rose-tinted glasses for Windows 7 still. Anyways...
I knew I'd eventually have to get off Windows again, but it took me a few months to build up the courage to try going back to Linux. This time around, I went with Linux Mint with Cinnamon. And, honestly? Things are much smoother this time around. There's still a few hangups here and there, but that's mainly from me copying over project files from old Windows directories and expecting them to work without changing things (read: me stupid). I also didn't receive my copy of "How to Linux 101" in the mail, so I'm kinda winging it right now. But everything's going pretty good, I think!
One thing I'm sorely missing on Linux is Playnite. Sure, there's Heroic Games Launcher, Lutris, Faugus Launcher, etc. But they're just... not the same. I wish I knew how to articulate it, but I can't. Thankfully the developer does want to build a Linux version eventually, but not until the next major version of it is already finished.
Also my desktop looks like Windows and not very sci-fi hackery whatever, I'm not cool enough to have the big ascii logo terminal thing and a big widget with all of my processes listed and a picture of lain hidden somewhere. Maybe one day I'll get there.