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I'm on windows 10. And they were right that it was the last version of windows I'll ever need. I only change OS when I update my hardware. So next hw refresh, I'm going to Linux.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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I will be happy to make the switch.
I'm at about 19 years since switching - MS reaffirms my decision for me each and every year.
Sure it can't be uninstalled, but that's no big deal. Just go to Settings and turn it off.
Of course, software needs to update, so it might get turned back on occasionally. Just go turn it off again.
And all the other stuff you turn off. Every time.
Just switched from windows to arch with KDE Plasma on my laptop and I have been experiencing so much joy playing with all the wonderful FOSS I never even knew about
My Surface Pro 7 was perma nagging me about going to W11. Screw it, just installed LMDE 2 days ago, chose Mint Debian Edition as I use it on my desktop for the last 13 months.
nice bro i used lmde for a month it was very good
goodjob bro i use arch but with gnome i used it with kde for a lot of times but now im using gnome
Win2Linux project that i'm working on. It should be an official part of KDE Eco initiative soon, if there's no unexpected problems coming up. I'm running it on my private server for testing. It does not collect any information. Give me feedback on the design..
I already got that the font size is a little bit too large. Oh and some links don't work yet.
Getting an SSL protocol error on that link.
Linux!? But I heard that's nerd stuff and I want to play all the latest video games!?
If steam deck runs it, linux runs it.
They're all steamos
I wish Debian wouldn't try to autoinstall updates out of the box like Windows. Especially when it doesn't have the disk space to do that and bricks itself
If you choose "expert install" it asks you if you want automated updates or not.
I got a countdown on my birthday app counting down to October 14. Cant wait
Can anyone recommend a very beginner friendly Linux OS for someone who only knows what Linux is but doesn't have experience with it and has never used anything but windows? Even Apple's OS is confusing to me. But windows is trying to force this most recent terrible update every time we turn on the computer, and I've had enough.
Mint is the way I went (13 months ago). Linux Mint Debian Edition in particular.
Mint.
I'll be very honest with you. It's not fancy, it's not snazzy computing. It's simple, designed with a graphical interface in mind, and a good operating system for someone who A) does not know Linux, or B) does not want to fiddle.
Without a doubt, the most user-friendly distro is Linux Mint. Although, if you are a gamer, you might appreciate a distro like Bazzite more, since it comes with everything you will need for gaming pre-installed.
Mint, some people will criticize me for sugesting it but I belive it's the most user friendly distro that you can just search an error on google and get a solution instantly since it's so widespread. I was going to say Ubuntu but they have made some questionable decisions regarding ads.
Why would anyone criticize Mint as a suggestion? It's easy to use and stable. I have been using it on my main pc for abut a year with barely any issues (i had more problems on windows). I have tried other distros: mutable, immutable, rolling etc but I always come back to Mint if I want things to just work.
P.S. I have used ubuntu professionally for about 7 years and while I don't always like it, it is still a solid choice.
I'm going to second Linux Mint, I installed it on my grandma's computers recently and she's had no complaints in the last 6 months.
Other than trying to get her Epson printer to work (which I only found out about this morning because she uses it so little) so I'm going to try to get it to work for her tomorrow.
I did mention that I'd happily buy her a new printer but she's insisting on keeping her current one. I'm praying I can get it working.
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Stick with something popular. People like to argue about distros, but beyond their package manager and some settings, it's the same thing under the hood (not saying these difference are nothing, but still). For a beginner, or really for anyone just looking to use their system instead of tinkering with it endlessly, a popular, well supported distribution will do the job.
Ubuntu fits that bill, although they made some very weird decisions recently, so I'd suggest starting with Mint if you're new to this. Most everything should work out of the box if you have common hardware, and there's a decent community around in case something goes wrong.
I'd also advise jumping to anything too new, flashy, or promising stuff that should really, really not be distribution dependant. My position on things is that if there's a common tool that's available everywhere to do something, and some distributions decides to make "their own" which does the same thing but is very specific, that's just wasting time. Hence the disdain for raw ubuntu, among other.
If you do ANY gaming at all: Bazzite KDE
If you don't: Fedora KDE
Fedora gnome and i game fine.
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