Few days ago, I was chilling with my friend and when he saw my workflow on the Linux with dmenu, quick desktop switching, how lightweight Liunx is, fast, he was like.. I wish I could use that instead of Windows. Btw, he is total noob when it comes to Linux - mainly because he is audio engineer and he does not care much about computers at all.
I saw that 99% of his time he is using FL Studio, Chrome, Discord and few others. I wanted to show him how easy Linux is indeed - especially Budgie DE. I've boot up Solus from USB, and was like: "Okay, this is your system, imagine I am not here, and try to use it". Of course, before it, I gave him few notes:
- FL is not Linux program, so I'll have to show trick with Wine & PlayOnLinux and how to make it work (even though I totally don't know will FL work at all).
- With Linux your software is on the place - like your Play Store. So, when installing something just search Store not browser.
That was it. He made it. Connected to network, setup his keyboard stuff, installed Chrome, even customized Budgie. At the end I showed him basics of eopkg. His reaction was.. "Wait, isn't eopkg easier then Software Center?" Yeah..
Btw. FL Studio and all his plugins (from VSTi or .exe installer) worked just fine with zero-configuration.
What is point of this?
Usually when we suggest newcomers Linux, it's Ubuntu, Elementary or something - which I think is bad choice because most of new Linux users are from Windows. MacOS users are already used to Unix, bash etc.
That is why I think Solus is perfect for new users. UI is extremely familliar to Windows users, most of stuff can be done with GUI and people are willing to learn bash when they see how easy and fast Linux is.
Cheers, and thanks for such a beauty! =)
