I like Linux. I feel more comfortable in Linux. So why am I using Windows 11 on my laptop?
Most of the apps I use day-to-day are portable or have Linux equivalents that are pretty decent. There are a few things that I "need" that don't:
- Backblaze backup client - Yeah, I know I can access B2 easily from Linux, but I haven't found a fire-and-forget backup client that works as well as Backblaze on Windows or macOS.
- Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer - Granted, I don't use these much, and I could probably get by with Krita and Inkscape, but I just bought these. Sunk cost fallacy!
Sync.com would've been on this list util very recently; Filen.io seems to fit that niche, although I'm still testing it.
All of these things work well under macOS, and those Apple Silicon devices are nice (I use one for work). It'll be 2-3 years before I upgrade my laptop though...
I've got scripts backing up locally, to my NAS, and to B2 via
restic
scripts. They fire off regularly (hopefully) via usersystemd
units. Not the modern GUI I was hoping for, and not the flat-fee unlimited backups, but the per-month fee for B2 is going to be cheaper until I upload my music collection (then it's roughly the same).So, I guess I'm using Linux now for my daily driver?