• Neshura@bookwormstory.social
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    11 months ago

    Distros being so similar is the entire reason why the comments about which is best for beginners usually descend into a mud slinging contest. Honestly most “popular” distros are perfectly reasonable for any beginner nowadays. But there is just so much choice it creates decision paralysis in people wanting to switch.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, distro variety is a block for adoption, but when you do adopt Linux, you understand why they’re there.

      Good thing community starts to center on a few distros for beginners, particularly Linux Mint + 1 or 2 more. (I’m a Manjaro adept, but ready to bury the hatchet to welcome newbies, and always do recommend Mint - it is good too)

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          11 months ago

          Congrats! One more person opened their eyes to freedom!

          When you come to Linux, you never want back.

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            11 months ago

            I’ve been experiencing Windows’ degredation since 98/XP, it’s been an extremely smooth transition from Windows 10 to Linux Mint.

            Still working out the kinks with my game library but apart from new user errors it’s worked flawlessly (unlike Win10).

            Thank you Lemmings for showing me to the light!

            Edit/TLDR: it’s kinda like windows, but functional and user control is king.

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              That’s the best TLDR you could give at the end.

              Generally UI and feeling are “Windows, but without BS”

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                11 months ago

                100% on the TLDR there, I’ll edit as such, that comment is open source ;)

                I’ve been running Ubuntu on a separate machine for a little while now, and it works great, just not a good fit for me.

                I’m happy to say within 2 weeks of my dual boot I’m already on mint 90% of the time. It just fucking works. (Without waking me up at 2-4am sending the fans to mach 7 for a damn windows update).