It’s been about a month since I converted my old Laptop lying around, and my home Desktop to #Linux, specifically Arch Linux, and the experience has been good so far. Linux just breathes a whole new life into your old system.
For those who are wondering, if I’d spend 6 hours installing Arch Linux, I used archinstall script, which is available in the Arch Linux ISO, to setup my system in about 15 mins.
There are also projects like Calam-Arch-Installer which provides a GUI for Arch Linux Installation.
While I don’t know that 2025 can be called as the Year of #Linux Desktop, I’m 100 percent sure, that Linux will go on to increase it’s market share, from what we have today, primarily because of the direction in which @microsoft is going with @Windows10 .
I’ve gotta convert my main laptop to Arch #Linux as well, but need Windows for academic purposes, so that plan will stay on hold for now, and I will still be on @Windows10 11🥲.
@frankiemwon @microsoft @Windows10 awesome welcome to the dark side. You chose arch as your first distro?
And what academic tools do you require that are on that windows laptop
@AnonBD @microsoft @Windows10
I currently learning Electronics Engineering, so some tools like the ones from Xilinx, and Electromagnetic Simulation tools from Ansys etc(for Students) are available only for Windows, and not Linux.
@frankiemwon @microsoft @Windows10 oh ok then sad theres no linux equivalent. GL on your course!
@AnonBD @microsoft @Windows10 Thanks for your wishes.
Maybe when I’m done with my academics, I plan to switch my main laptop to Arch Linux.
By that time, Linux should really be a good alternative, with tonnes of software options, than it has now.
Year of the Linux Desktop awaits😁