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ratsaladwithspam

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Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

hiya! been enthusiastically interested in linux since i was a teenager, fell in love with ubuntu around then, switched back to windows for a while since i was looking for better video game support before i came fully on board. after hearing about proton in 2018, my interest was very much piqued, but i waited until proton looked real good. i was convinced into trying linux again in 2022 with manjaro, but disliked the experience so much that i lost interest.

after sitting down in august 2024 and trying to seriously consider why i am still on windows; the reasons became slim. i decided that i liked manjaro, but i didn't like manjaro. the issue wasn't the system, it was what was done to it. manjaro flew in the face of what i expected from my system, and i was simply scared to try the install process out. it was well worth it. i finally made the swap to arch linux proper then and have settled there since, very comfortably.

i sorely miss only one program from windows: paint.net.. gimp does well for most of the things i need out of an editor, but i find its interface difficult to use, even after the 3.0 update. it's not that the program is incapable, FAR FROM IT! it's just my ~1,000 hours of experience making it tough lol. i've read people saying they like pinta as an alternative, and while i use it occasionally, it's a far from desirable experience, even if the spirit of the project is very admirable.