I have moved to Linux. Hopefully for a long time. Or even forever. Chose PikaOS with KDE. Based on Debian, but with latest kernels to improve gaming experience. And hopefully make it easier installing various Windows programs I need for work. Everybody got to start somewhere.

To be honest, I have tried Linux before with Ubuntu(back when those eee PC existed). I also used Manjaro and Arch. Even installed Arch without archinstall. Didn’t exist back then. But I have to say Linux has definitely improved a lot. Almost everything just worked now. To be fair. I don’t have nvidia gpu or Intel cpu anymore. Only AMD. So that could be part of why it went smoother.

One small annoyance I got was that my pc could not play from speakers when front audio port was connected by my headset. And now I need to figure out how to install Filemaker 19 pro on my PC. So I can work from home. Winehq is not encouraging

Can someone also recommend a really good replacement for Directory Opus but for Linux? Paid or free software do not matter. As long as it functions like Dopus does.

  • Feyd@programming.dev
    1·
    18 hours ago

    As for Windows apps, do NOT try to run them via Wine

    I wouldn’t say that’s totally fair. Just like proton with games, wine keeps getting better, and full support is really a case by case basis.

    • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      There are not many complex app that are stable under Wine. Notepad++ is so-so stable under it, but things like Affinity Photo is not. I don’t expect FilemakerPro to be either. And you don’t want to lose data with a crash… being a database and all.