I’ve been running Ubuntu as my main desktop environment since 2018. Before that was macOS. I’m still on 20.04 for my personal machine, but I got a 22.04 laptop from work.

I really like Linux on the desktop. I haven’t had any major problems, except for, you know, a few times when I absolutely fucked everything but I’ve internalized enough self loathing to not blame Linux for those.

Linux on the laptop though. Hoo boy. Don’t jiggle the monitor cable, or it’ll lock up. Don’t let it suspend, or it’ll lock up. Don't turn it on and close the lid before it’s done booting, even though there’s an external monitor, or it’ll lock up. And when I say “it’ll lock up” I mean “it’ll lock up 60% of the time.”

Also, lately, don’t try to shut it down, or it’ll lock up. That’s a fun one.

Gonna end up learning a lot about graphics drivers, power states, and the drm module before this is done.