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    submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Machine is a HP ENVY x360 Convertible 15-eu1xxx with the touch screen. Ryzen 7 5825U, touch screen 16gb RAM.

    Top recommendation of within one hour of me posting this decides what distro I install. Please not Hannah Montana linux or even worse, Arch.

    I leave the decision up to you.

    Edit:

    The winner was linux mint. I've downloaded the ISO and am installing now. I hope my boss doesn't get pissed.

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    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 135 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Mint. It's dead simple and works great.

    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    [–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    For a better touchscreen experience, try the Gnome Desktop. Some people hate it because ...because people, but I love it on my exactly-same-but-not-same latitude 7389 (Arch BTW) and thinkpad 390 yoga (Debian).

    I actually like the lack of endless customisation options ; I really just change the background, install the Cube and the Wobbly Windows and I'm back to work. Which I should be at right now, sigh.

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    I use touchscreen on kde plasma and it works fine. Firefox just needs some customizing

    [–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I've found it depends on version / distro. My Debian install of Firefox doesn't feature gestures, which is frustrating all the more because the Epiphany browser has them. On Asahi, where it feels super natural on apple hardware, it woks excellently.

    Now these gestures... I found myself swiping 2 fingers to go back in my file browser a lot recently and I don't know if I come from the future or if I'm being a slightly uncoordinated smooth brain.

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

    I'm an arch. Might try it out on debian if I get the chance

    [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

    Its likely just a setting in about:config

    Or install Firefox from the official deb repo, or from flathub

    [–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Mint's cinnamon is gnome fork tho

    [–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 12 points 9 months ago

    Am I the only one kinda upset that it's not referred to as 'CinnaMint'?

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

    The touch support on mint is good as well if I'm recalling correctly

    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

    Congratulations!

    [–] Johanno@feddit.de 5 points 8 months ago

    I would have recommended mint too. Currently running it since I betrayed debian or it betrayed me.

    Debian would be my next recommendation however pure debian is a bit tricky for beginners especially.

    [–] deadlock@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

    Great choice. Put it on my parent's old office PC after yet another malware incident. Never looked back. Machine instant feels fresh and snappy again. It still runs of an HDD and has only 4GB RAM since one of the 4GB died along the way. Still a perfect office machine.

    [–] onlinepersona@programming.dev -3 points 9 months ago

    How would your boss ever find out?

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    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    60 minutes. We have a winner.

    Downloading the ISO now.

    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

    Idk if this is your first brush with Linux, I only recently had my own. Let us know if you need any help, but I promise that if you just follow the instructions, and you can, you'll get through it. ChatGPT can also be useful for bridging small knowledge gaps in tech and IT.

    [–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 12 points 9 months ago

    yep, mint always, if OP don't like the mint looks i sugest them fedora atomic(silverblue or kinoite)

    [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 8 points 9 months ago

    I have bounced around a lot and found myself just wanting something stable with enough "newness" to still feel good. I started with mint and I ended on mint.

    Definitely the best one directly following windows, and in my opinion best one overall.