What are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux?

elfahor@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Linux@lemmy.ml – 195 points –

I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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There isn't a hardware panel nor a proper task manager nor a GUI registery editor.

There is no registry in Linux so there can't be a registry editor.

Hardware panels and task managers do exist (and they come in more windows-like distros), they're just different to Windows ones. I do concede that hardware management in Windows is much easier.

Task manager for Windows absolutely blows though. It doesn't show real data, just estimates that sometimes are wildly wrong.

Well Linux doesn't have a registry, so an editor would also not exist, to be fair.

dconf editor is kinda like regedit for GNOME apps ig?

In a hand wavy way, yes. You are just editing the settings of one suite of software, not really an OS "registry". Closest to that in Linux is editing /etc, but even then, not all software is configured there.

Not for long if Lennart has anything to say about it, I'm sure.

I disagree on the task manager. I like the KDE Plasma monitor application for instance. Very convenient way to sigterm or sigkill.

Agreed, and if you're not on KDE then htop will do just fine.

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