I would like to add more.

I really like being able to just install, update, and remove programs using the “dnf” and “flatpak” commands, it is super nice and simple! I have accidentally removed an audio driver once, but after reinstallation it worked again.

KDE Connect and Localsend are both super awesome, no more words need to be said

I got into self-hosting as well, setting up Radicale, Immich, Forgejo, Nextcloud, Vikunja, and the aforementioned Minecraft server. They work quite well for my use case.

Removing myself from Window’s incessant adverts and Microsoft’s tracking feels like a breath of fresh air

The printer just works

The fact that you can just change from GNOME to KDE Plasma to whatever else without reinstalling the OS is kind of insane to me. You can even install multiple at once and switch between them!

The OS actually lets you do the things you want to do (the power of sudo is in my hands!)

You’re able to install it without signing into an account and without an internet connection, as it should.

The fact that there are no incessant advertising and marketing and all this other crap for no cost! I applaud everyone who develops these super cool software, technologies, and operating systems, and if you can, donate to projects that help you a lot!

I switched to Fedora Workstation 41 a year agoish, and am currently running 43 KDE!

I really like being able to theme my desktop to my liking, esp with KDE, my current theme is using the Catppuccin Macchiato colours (with “Mauve” accent, i.e. purple) and window decorations (solely because they were the only one available with big, colourful buttons. The rest had tiny icons that were hard to differentiate) + a cool black hole splash screen I found that has a date too! I am using the Bibata Modern Ice cursor and Papirus icon pack.

I also like having loads of additional software to pick from. LibreOffice works really well on Linux, Lutris and Prism Launcher are great for the games I play, Okular is nice (though by now someone has told me it existed on Windows, damn!), and there are just some simple tasks where the Linux-native apps that are simply perfect (see KAlarm, Dolphin and Nautilus file managers both having actually useable search that doesn’t require a third-party app like Everything on Windows, Elisa music player)

I had no issues with software incompatibility, all of the ones I use either had a (better) Linux alternative or had native Linux support (like Steam, Firefox, OBS Studio). The only thing that I am unable to do on Linux is a) (Re)install Windows for friends and family (weird, I know, but the Installation Assistant is not compatible with Linux. Technically I think you can use CLI tools to write the ISO to flash drive, but I couldn’t get that to work. If I had the time I probably would been able to figure it out…) b) Access files from an iPhone, but that’s more an iPhone stupid problem than anything. I use an Android phone now, and I have full access to its file system just by plugging it in, and c) Playing Minecraft Bedrock (hmm, I wonder who owns Mojang and how they could benefit from this…) but I have set up a MC Java server with GeyserMC+Floodgate and now my little brother (who plays on an iPad) can play Minecraft with me, which is awesome! There’s a bit of lag due to the translation layer, but nothing major.

Nextcloud works really well for me. You don’t need to use all the functions, I just use it for file sync. Of course, you have stuff like Syncthing if you want something simpler (and peer-to-peer!)

Well it’s open-source now! Good for them. If you want more examples, you have a bunch of the self-hosted stuff (particularly Immich and Nextcloud, there’s plenty of great Jellyfin clients, loads of neat Navidrome/Subsonic clients, etc), LibreOffice/OnlyOffice (depending on whether you want separate office apps or integrated), you’ve got the Linux desktop environments (GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, etc.), etc.

Fortunately, there are plenty of foss projects with nice and intuitive UIs! (Okular, the PDF reader, Lutris, Firefox and its derivatives, Thunderbird, all the various Material You Android apps like Breezy Weather and AntennaPod, all the various SwiftUI Apple apps that are open-source like mLem and NetNewsWire, the bazillion apps that use libadwaita, all the Qt-based apps that fit really well with KDE Plasma, but work well in other DEs, Prism Launcher is nice to use, super easy to install Fabric mods, i could go on…)

I believe that the world would be better if more things were named after cute animals

Personally, I’m using Debian in my little laptop server thing and it runs pretty great. There’s a bunch of help, guides, tutorials, etc. online about Debian (and lots for Ubuntu, most of which will work on Debian) meaning it was really easy for me to get set up!

Besides FreeCAD and Blender, there’s also OpenSCAD (never used it myself, but it sounds pretty cool. Programming 3D models, I want to try it soon. Everyone says it has a high learning curve though)

Ideally you would want to get the hang of either Blender or FreeCAD, depending on what kind of models you’re trying to make.

Prusa is the obvious recommendation and have really god quality printers. Another option would be Qidi, they have some great value options (I heard the Q1 Pro is decent?) or recently Elegoo with their Centauri Carbon.

However, I would advise that you don’t get a Bambu Lab printer, as someone who owns the Bambu A1. They print fine, but Bambu is locking down on their ecosystem by blocking third party software and hardware (e.g. PandaTouch display), and it won’t be long until they go full Apple/HP-like (they already have RFID tags on their filament, what’s stopping them from dropping an update that blocks non-Bambu filament like HP did with ink?)

For filaments, PLA is the simple choice that works for most things as long as they aren’t in the sun for too long (e.g. decorative models, phone stand) but aren’t the best for outdoor stuff (think garden signs and such). Some people also like PETG, which is another good general purpose filament.

ABS/ASA are tough and strong, good for mechanical parts and things that require strength, but remember to have good ventilation since they can produce nasty fumes that are not very nice to breathe in. You’ve also got TPU, which is flexible (so phone cases and stuff), but you need to make sure it stays dry.

I have personally only used PLA since I don’t print too many things that need the strength of ABS/ASA or the flexibility of TPU.

I think a decent alternative would be to use yt-dlp to download the songs you listen/watch on loop most often, then use a basic video editor to cut out the start and end bits you don’t want. Plus, that means you can listen/watch to them offline using your preferred video player of choice! This, however, isn’t as good if you’re the kind of person who likes listening to new songs, and it won’t count how many times you’ve played each song.

Will do that.

If you create your own server you can add whatever image you want as custom emoji/sticker. Someone probably uploaded an image of Tux as a custom emoji for their community

The “Linux” emoji, as the other person said, is likely from a different community (“server”)

Discord pays for their own infrastructure, so their “Nitro” subscription pays for additional features, which off the top of my head include:

• larger attachment sizes
• higher video quality when screen sharing in a call
• higher audio quality in calls
• using custom emojis and stickers from other “servers” (they aren’t actual self hosted servers, that’s just the name of discord communities, they have a collection of text+voice channels that you can talk in)
• built in themes with discord client

Yep Fedora is great, it’s what I run too. I’m going with that then.

I feel like just getting Fedora KDE would be fine. Maybe I will try Bazzite first and see if the atomic-ness is too limiting.

Fedora it is then

fair enough

Actually, he isn’t coming from Windows. He only has an iPad, I think this is his first PC

The Bazzite docs really recommend against rpm-ostree, saying it could break stuff and such