Hey folks, I just got Bazzite OS KDE up and running on my PC. Being a Linux newbie, I’d love some tips, tricks, and app suggestions if you have any. 😅 Switching from Windows has been a bit of a maze with all the distros out there, so any pointers would be awesome!

The amount of tutorials out there is overwhelming. Hopefully 🙏 you guys point me in the right direction.

Edit: That is a lot of great information. I really appreciate you guys taking your time to share your experience/advice.

  • 999999999@lemmy.ml
    3·
    6 months ago

    My tip is not technical, I would say that you need to be honest with yourself and figure out what do you need, want and prefer because it is easy to get lost in the vast sea of options.
    Take the time to ask what app/configuration would suit your need and feel free to ask for advice in something specific. Most often that not you will find someone that is like you and will share his experience saving you time, in any case there is a lot of learning involved. If you are the kind of person who read manuals and troubleshoots on their own it going to be easier. Otherwise be sure to pick a distro(if you are changing any time soon) that holds your hand.
    Do not take opinions to hard, if it works for you… it works for you.
    That said here is my take:

    • If you do not plan to use the terminal at all then the most important decision you will take is your Desktop Environment. KDE will make you feel at home since you come from Windows.
    • I suggest learning you distro’s package manager commands very well since you will be getting tons of new apps testing them and what not.
    • There are universal packages called Flatpaks that should work on any distro, they are the easiest apps to install but I would suggest you use the corresponding package manager for optimized ighter packages for your distro.
    • Music Players that people like.
    • Look for a backup tool like Timeshift to revert from a bad update or a mistake you have done.
    • Obsidian is one of the best note taking apps there and Logseq its it FOSS counterpart.
    • Try to look for apps that are Wayland compatible because every major DE is switching from Xorg to Wayland, this way the switch will be easier.
    • Do not run any command you found from a random website.

    Well, good luck in your journey!

    • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      This is some good advice. I’d add two caveats though: - For learning the distro’s package manager, while I’d say it’s definitely good to learn it (and do so early on), I’d also say beginners should probably stay away from the command line version of it unless it’s absolutely needed. - For running commands from random websites rather than a blanket prohibition, I’d say don’t do it unless you can confidently say you understand what the command will do and are willing to take the risk that you’re wrong.