Thoughts on Linux So Far
During the weekend of March 7th, I took some time to clean up space on my desktop computer, which at the time, was dual booting a Hackintosh and Windows 10. However, once I was done with the cleanup, I found that I had around 30gB of extra space that I cleared up on my boot drive, and so, I choose to install Linux to see what it was like.
Now, in the future, I would like to write an article that dives into how I choose to setup up my chosen distro and desktop environment but a lack of time over the past week has made it that I haven’t quite finished making the modifications that I would like to. But even so, during the week that I have had to mess around with Linux, I do have a couple of thoughts on the OS that I would like to share
(Just FYI, when I say “Linux” I accutaly mean Kubuntu which is the distro that I using)
Not as Clean
I came to Linux after working exclusively with macOS and after having made the switch, I can really see how polished macOS is. Now, don’t get me wrong, I do applicate how easy it is to customize everything within Linux, so I can change something that I don’t like, but even so, there is just a level of polish on macOS that Linux doesn’t even come close to matching. Even though I don’t “need” this, the polish is something that I miss on macOS and something that I wish somebody would create in a Linux distro.
The Customization is Awesome
The past week has given me the opportunity to really take the time that I need in order really try and get Kubuntu to look and feel the way that I want it to. Over the past 7 days, it has gone from a slightly buggy and unpolished GUI to something that feels smooth and looks amazing. Being able to change just about anything that I feel like is a level of freedom that you just don’t quite get as a Mac user. Even better, I know that with the small number of changes that I have made there is still a whole world to explore.
The Community is Really Supportive
During the course of my Linux installation, I ran into a lot of problems, which, having spent time with my friends who “use Linux by the way,” it was probably to be expected. Yet, even with all the issues that I ran into, surfing around the internet made it easy and simple to find a solution. All over the web, I saw different people lending a helping hand to fix even the most obscure of problems. Rather than just being an OS, Linux is a community of users who truly love their OS, and after having just spend a small amount of time in the community, that was something that really stood out.
Moving forward over the next week I hope to complete my customizations and share them with the world (and by that, I mean the two people who read my Medium articles).
