Switching to Linux - and Finding Ownership
Personal Migration Notes · September 2026 Switching to Linux — and Finding Ownership Two machines, three attempts, and what it actually feels like when the computer is genuinely yours. September 4, 2026 · ASUS ROG laptop + Custom desktop · CachyOS The best analogy I can give for switching to Linux: it feels like earning that is genuinely yours — the way a halal income carries a quality beyond its monetary value. Not just what you receive, but the absence of what you didn't consent to. No quiet deductions. No obligations to a system you didn't choose. There is a kind of contentment in that which is difficult to quantify but easy to feel. Windows is a fine operating system. I say that without sarcasm. But after years of daily use, I began to notice the texture of the experience: the telemetry running quietly in the background, the Microsoft account prompts, the OneDrive nudges, the Start menu recommen...