← ~/reviewsSix months daily driving Linux Jun 12, 2026 This year, I got tired of Windows. It started to feel like malware.
People seemed to be quite excited about batteries-included Linux distros:
As another anecdote in favor of Universal Blue’s approach. My mother (who can’t use a computer but to check email or regular websites) has been swapped to Aurora and has nothing but positive feedback.
Been 90 days with zero issues.1
Bluefin, Aurora, and Bazzite are taking over my home.
I’ve been using desktop linux since before ubuntu, and I have never had so much confidence in my linux rigs. They are dependable, which is refreshing after boot-breaking updates have ruined my setups before.2
So I took the plunge and went all in on Bluefin Linux in February 2026.
My installation was mostly smooth. First boot after install was hanging; went into BIOS and toggled off Windows UEFI mode and that seemed to do the trick. Then Bluetooth wasn’t working.
After a quick Gemini chat, it was fixed; just had to turn off the computer and unplug it for a bit. Apparently Windows hibernates the Bluetooth module.
The GPU (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER) worked perfectly out of the box.
There were some early user experience snags. The default sleep settings are pretty aggressive; when it powers off for battery saving purposes, it basically turns off entirely. Had to press the power button to turn it back on. That was a quick settings toggle to fix.
Bluetooth used to be a problem. Had to manually click to reconnect my AirPods every time, and my wireless keyboard + mouse had to be toggled on + off every time as well. Dusted off a wired mouse and keyboard.
But after a while, the Bluetooth just … started working perfectly fine. Not sure what happened there.
Had no issues with launching Steam games, except specifically Total War: Three Kingdoms. Fixed the launch errors after a bit of config and chatting with LLMs.
Still-persisting bug: Uploading files to browsers, when dragging-and-dropping, sometimes runs into an error where it complains that the file is empty. But selecting an upload works. Noticed this on both copyparty and Google Drive.
Am I happy? Yes.
Would I switch back to Windows? Never.
My computer feels lightweight, in my control, and has a bunch of little quality-of-life features (fast window-switching, screenshots get copied to clipboard automatically).
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← ~/reviewsSix months daily driving Linux Jun 12, 2026 This year, I got tired of Windows. It started to feel like malware. People seemed to be quite excited about batteries-included Linux distros: As another anecdote in favor of Universal Blue’s approach. My mother (who can’t use a computer but to check email or regular websites) has been swapped to Aurora and has nothing but positive feedback. Been 90 days with zero issues.1 Bluefin, Aurora, and Bazzite are taking over my home. I’ve been using desktop linux since before ubuntu, and I have never had so much confidence in my linux rigs. They are dependable, which is refreshing after boot-breaking updates have ruined my setups before.2 So I took the plunge and went all in on Bluefin Linux in February 2026. My installation was mostly smooth. First boot after install was hanging; went into BIOS and toggled off Windows UEFI mode and that seemed to do the trick. Then Bluetooth wasn’t working. After a quick Gemini chat, it was fixed; just had to turn off the computer and unplug it for a bit. Apparently Windows hibernates the Bluetooth module. The GPU (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER) worked perfectly out of the box. There were some early user experience snags. The default sleep settings are pretty aggressive; when it powers off for battery saving purposes, it basically turns off entirely. Had to press the power button to turn it back on. That was a quick settings toggle to fix. Bluetooth used to be a problem. Had to manually click to reconnect my AirPods every time, and my wireless keyboard + mouse had to be toggled on + off every time as well. Dusted off a wired mouse and keyboard. But after a while, the Bluetooth just … started working perfectly fine. Not sure what happened there. Had no issues with launching Steam games, except specifically Total War: Three Kingdoms. Fixed the launch errors after a bit of config and chatting with LLMs. Still-persisting bug: Uploading files to browsers, when dragging-and-dropping, sometimes runs into an error where it complains that the file is empty. But selecting an upload works. Noticed this on both copyparty and Google Drive. Am I happy? Yes. Would I switch back to Windows? Never. My computer feels lightweight, in my control, and has a bunch of little quality-of-life features (fast window-switching, screenshots get copied to clipboard automatically). FootnotesSection titled “Footnotes” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576284 ↩ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577646 ↩ more posts Interesting Stuff · news.ycombinator.com
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