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Edit: Thank you all for your input and suggestions! Linux Mint shall be my next OS! Though, I think I'll give Pop!OS a look-see as well.

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu, mint, fedora, Manjaro are all pretty much in the same class, and it's largely irrelevant which you pick. They're all supported, have decent UI for most of what you want to do, and have good documentation for how to do it.

It's not too difficult to change distros without having to move all your data once you're switched, so it doesn't matter too much, and you'll probably try a couple before finding the one with the best menus for you.

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend endeavor over manjaro. Manjaro has issues with the aur.

And I’d recommended if either of these are your first foray into linux, then dual boot with a windows install still functioning (because a noobie will break arch once or twice)

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl -2 points 10 months ago

Manjaro has issues with the aur.

Not this again. Please stop parroting this, it's ridiculous and it only says "I don't know how AUR works".