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When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? Edit: Linux Mint it shall be. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FatTony@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Whom also likes to game every now and then ;)

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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[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Depends. Whatever choice you pick - go with Plasma (KDE) desktop. Most of below choices have alternative desktop flavors that offer Plasma instead of Gnome.

If your goal is to play games - something like Bazzite might work.

If your goal is to have a desktop experience with some gaming, something like NobaraOS or PopOS would work.

If your goal is only desktop experience - ubuntu will work.

If your goal is to learn and have super awesome Linux desktop - Arch Linux.

Personally I am in Arch Linux for the past decade. Tried many different ones and Arch Linux is the only one that simply "just works" for me. Not suitable for beginners.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's probably been said, but Ubuntu or one of its variants is really the easiest way to go. Canonical has devoted a great deal of effort to making things easy and intuitive, and a complete novice should be able to get a fully functional system set up within 15 minutes.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Relax, Microsoft will eventually fix Windows 11, release a decent Windows 12 or extend the support for Windows 10 for so long you won't be needing Linux anytime soon. :P

My recommendation goes for Debian and install all your software using Flatpak. This way you can get a rock solid OS and all the latest software. Ubuntu might be interesting as it is mostly beginner friendly and has a more cohesive all-in-one solution ou of the box.

[–] gzrrt@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I use Fedora Silverblue personally (feels rock-solid and borderline impossible to mess up), but you might want to get more familiar with the basics before getting into immutable distros. I'd echo what everyone else is saying and do Linux Mint first

[–] bladerunnerspider@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Do it now

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Anyone got love for Budgie?

[–] kzhe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Zorin?

[–] Mechaguana@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Kde plasma if you game

[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Mint 💯

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Who**

Ubuntu, mint, pop os, and Manjaro are all good options IMO for new new people

[–] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

You know, as much as people here say they aren't happy with it, I haven't seen any specific complaints that detail the problems. What bad change does windows 11 even make from windows 10?

Not saying I don't see problems with windows, there are... A lot. But what are the new problems with windows 11?

Edit: to the people downvoting as if you disagree with me: I'm literally asking a question because I don't know much about windows 11. I am not trying to make any kind of statement for or against windows 11, I just don't know what the current flavor of bullshit is and wanted to.

[–] NAM@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Literally the only annoyance I had with it initially was that I preferred my taskbar at the top of the screen, and you can't move it, at least not without janky registry hacks, on Windows 11.

I've since gotten over it, because for me and the vast majority of people, it's functionally identical in almost all cases.

The only other thing I can think of that's still a rare annoyance is that sometimes, completely at random, Windows Explorer, if you've just left a window open in the background for a while, will just rip focus from whatever other thing you were doing.

Yes, they're trying to shoehorn their copilot AI thing into the UX, but that was so easy to disable and forget that I refuse to call it a real problem, myself.

[–] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for answering. Idk who downvoted you for answering a question lol

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[–] archy@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

version 6.6.10 is not bad, working great for me

[–] AlijahTheMediocre@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Fedora Silverblue if your wanting security and a "it just works" experience.

Linux Mint Debian Edition if you want stability and a traditional/familiar environment.

Vanilla OS Orchid should be a nice in-between once it releases.

[–] bookworm@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Ubuntu

[–] RedditRefugeeTom@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I plan to do the same. Since all I do on my PC is play Steam games, I was thinking of going to SteamOS. No idea if that's even a good idea though.

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de -1 points 10 months ago

Zero experience = ignore standard Distributions

Fedora Kinoite from ublue.it

So much stability and reliability, while modern packages. Just using Debian or Mint (Ubuntu LTS with an outdated Desktop and opinionated theming) is not a solution for a good experience, as you need updates.

Btw I broke every other Distro before, so I ended up on Fedora Kinoite

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