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what are pros and cons of linux?
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My last "computer" was an Android tablet with a physical keyboard and trackball so I can't really answer your second question.
As for the pros. Free, runs great on old used hardware, updates don't really bugger the system, super easy on system resources, my used computer has 8 gb of ddr4 and that is plenty for my usage.
Con. Doesn't play all video formats. When I first switched to Fedora 42 I tried for a week to get videos to play. Every "tutorial" and forum gave the same ineffective answer. Now I just copy any video to my old Android tablet and watch them that way. Please, no advise on this, I'm happy with my solution, thanks.
Just missing codecs right? OOTB OpenSUSE is like that, but you switch repos to one that has the non free codecs etc
It was the codec. I added them in and it never worked for me but every forum and site all said to do the same thing. I gave up fighting my computer and found another way.
Sensible choice. Rabbit holes are better left alone, unless you have nothing else to do