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by pSYoniK 1379 days ago
I've been meaning to fully switch to Linux on my desktop and laptop for some time, but I'm not the only person using them, so I had to account for that. After using Zorin OS for about 6-7 months (and paying for their pro version) I was having some difficulties with running games and drivers on it. I then tried out Pop Os on my desktop first and haven't had any issues. Once I spent time tweaking the remaining settings that I liked in Zorin OS (win key + number to access dash apps) and a few other tweaks, I fully switched to Pop Os on the desktop and the laptop.

It's been a few months and I must say that it's what I've been looking for in a Linux distro. Something predictable, stable, that has good out of the box defaults and runs great for some games as well. For anyone looking to switch from Windows, I can't recommend it enough. Anyone else using the desktop/laptop also feel right at home starting up a few programs, editing a document or a picture and watching videos and pictures (that's really what most average users do anyway). It's also really great to be able to switch between tiling and non-tiling modes with one keyboard shortcut, which gives me a lot of the things I loved in i3wm/regolith while keeping it usable for average Joe (I'll never forget the confusion on the face of a friend opening up a picture and trying to resize the window as it was taking up half the screen next to Firefox).

Great job to the Pop Os team!