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submitted 11 months ago by TheMilk@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev

Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 months ago

Bazzite is great on desktop, it's just more gaming focused than Aurora

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Bazzite is great on desktop

Absolutely but people not interested in autolaunching Steam and other preinstalled launchers can use Aurora which is just the workstation flavor by the same people.

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

it doesn't auto launch anything on desktop

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

it doesn’t auto launch anything on desktop

I installed Bazzite just last weekend and I was definitively greeted by a Steam client login window right after logging into SDDM. No idea what you're talking about.

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

i have to click the steam icon to launch steam

i have no idea what you're doing wrong on your desktop

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah my Bazzite definitely doesn't auto launch Steam. I think that might be an option during setup?

Been using it for over a year now. Never auto launched into Steam once.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah my Bazzite definitely doesn’t auto launch Steam. I think that might be an option during setup?

I installed it in a VM and after installation Steam launched. Didn't check if that persists after several reboots. Why would I?

Then I tried Aurora and with the exception of a Terminal app in Plasma's quick launch panel and no gaming launchers installed, it's pretty much the same thing, so might just as well recommend Aurora instead of Bazzite if the person in question doesn't care much about gaming. It's the workstation variant of Universal Blue.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know, bud, I'm just saying that it is not the default and has not happened to me once in the past year, and one or two fresh installs.

It's literally just KDE

[-] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

see? another person has the same result

you just got ratioed!

i tell you what bazzite does do. it installs a bunch of DE extensions that are not useful. they are very easy to disable

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You really hate Bazzite, huh? Almost seems like it's your job.

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