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If you’re used to Windows, I really recommend Linux Mint. I found it pretty easy to install, and once installed you sometimes almost forget you’ve changed your operating system :)
Linux Mint pairs really well with my 13 year old thinkpad.
The penguin at the top, that’s the tarifed penguin 😀 The penguin on the bottom is freeeeeeeee
Do not go to Arch Linux if you are a Windows user though. I made that mistake 2 years ago. It is a Distro for experienced Linux users.
Gentoo Linux is another distro that beginners should avoid.
Please god newbies avoid Slackware!
I’d also say OpenSUSE is better if you’ve been using Linux for a couple years first. It has quirks.
Only harden Canadians from the territories can handle that one.
Everybody seems to hate Windows but then…
Come on! It’s good, it’s free, without ads nor legal corporate spywares, if you want to resurrect your 10 years old computer it will work, if you want gaming on your super PC it will work too, what else can you ask for?
If someone needs help to do the change just tell me :)
There are apparently a lot of people still using Mac OS El Capitan or lower.
Macs are crazy expensive and nothing has gotten cheaper in terms of cost of living. Most people will assume that if it keeps working they don’t need to upgrade/replace.
Oh yeah, I don’t disagree. I’m just surprised that there are so many people still rocking the older OS’s. Nicely surprised.
For what it’s worth, all three of my older Macs are now running Mint, having gone through a few years of Opencore.
My MacBook is over 10 years old and doesn’t get updates for years now, still works great. I ditched iPhone because of the high price and will probably not buy another MacBook when this one dies but I am really surprised how long they last. I do not run heavy apps or games so that probably makes a big difference but I can run 100 tabs and watch full hd movie without it slowing down cannot believe it. Also retina display and ssd so even after 10 years, if I were to replace it with a budget or midrange windows laptop tomorrow I don’t think it will feel like an update.
Yeah, they’re solid. I have a 2014 mini running Linux Mint that I use as my Home Assistant / Plex / Syncthing server. I also have 2011 mini that’s also running Mint that I use at work for giving presentations.
How are Linux users handling software that doesn’t exist on Linux. For example I bought the affinity software (photo, designer, etc) and I’d rather not lose that to use gimp or something.
- Wine
- Windows in a virtual machine
- Cross-platform / web apps, e.g. Photopea
- Alternatives, e.g. Krita
You can use Wine to run windows programs
I don’t have experience myself with affinity software specifically but here I found a step to step guide on how to run it on Linux:
Like the other person said, Wine is the way to go to run Windows specific software on Linux.
The cool thing about Linux is that you always find a guide for whatever problem you may have and also the community is huge and super nice to help you with any issue.
Also you can always have Linux + Windows with dual boot and try out things until you are comfortable to do the change, or just abandon Linux if it is not your cup of tea, but at least you have tried.
No NixOS? 🥺
I wanted to try dual booting for a bit to try getting used to it before Windows 10 loses support, but last time I tried dual booting I accidentally wiped my drive lol
I now have an Ubuntu installation on an external SSD. I only chose it because it’s the distro I’m most used to, although that experience is only on servers. Is it good, or is there a better distro to potentially migrate from Windows to at some point?
Please don’t forget the awesome BSD operating systems as well!
People should really stop recommending mint. It will only cause people to go back to windows. Zorin is by far the most windows user friendly Linux distro that I have ever used.
Mint has far too many rough edges to be a serious suggestion for windows users.
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If you’re a gamer like me and you play a wide range of games and vr, dual boot mint on another drive to test it. If you enjoy tinkering and learning, it’s awesome. If you want to jump in and instantly game, you won’t have a good time. I treat it like a classic car. Sometimes you want to tinker and get things running good, but you don’t want to daily drive a 69 Chevelle, unless it’s restomodded. Move slowly away from windows and bolster the linux community !
What distro would you recommend for gaming?
yes! 😀
Everyone has opinions but mint has been the most stable for me. Plus large user base. It doesn’t come with everything built in like bazzite, but it’s so easy to install wine, steam, proton, etc anyway.
Why there’s no Astra and Deepin?
Here is the meme template if anyone wants:
Thanks! This format is awesome!
And you have the name to boot💕
Fedora is a product of an US company
Open Source and free products aren’t counted in boycotts because the point of a boycott is to not financially support something
There are other ways to support, such as being the beta tester for RHEL.
FOSS still doesn’t contribute to the United States economy and afaik you don’t pay to be a beta tester?
Same as not every American is bad, not every American product is bad. This one is free and open source, so its ok. And its competition to Microsoft.
The point is to stop sending money to the US, not to be religiously anti-american. Using Fedora doesn’t make any oligarch richer. The US trade deficit isn’t made smaller either.
Plus the fedora community is global.
That’s true but at least you can review the code and they don’t collect data on you like microsoft does.
Yes it is miles better then windows, I even used it for a while, but we are in the Buy European sub.
Can we hate on Windows because of what it is, not because it’s a US company that actually claims(ed) to be an Irish company for tax reasons?
I may be wrong or outdated on the country affiliation, but an everything past windows (arguably XP) deserves hate on its own merit.
We can do both if that’s ok with you
Open sourced and europilled
You forgot popOS
Best nvidia support!
Also Nobara.
