which linux distro to use for a beginner?

[unknownknown78]

so after the recent news, im thinking of switching to linux, but i dont know which distro to use. i would prefer one for internet, gaming and game development use.

[A&A]

You can start with Mint Cinnemon, because it has the closest desktop enviroment to Windows. Zorin OS is good, Kubuntu is good too (Ubuntu with KDE Plasma desktop enviroment)

"ExplainingComputers" has a playlist called "Linux survival Guide" which explains some basic things about Linux that will be useful for migrating from Windows. Later you will find out the rest of the software tools that are used and may differ in each distro.

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by A&A:

You can start with Mint Cinnemon, because it has the closest desktop enviroment to Windows. Zorin OS is good, Kubuntu is good too (Ubuntu with KDE Plasma desktop enviroment)

"ExplainingComputers" has a playlist called "Linux survival Guide" which explains some basic things about Linux that will be useful for migrating from Windows. Later you will find out the rest of the software tools that are used and may differ in each distro.

thanks

[Faiyez]

Originally posted by unknownknown78:

so after the recent news, im thinking of switching to linux,

Recent news about what exactly?

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Originally posted by unknownknown78:

so after the recent news, im thinking of switching to linux,

Recent news about what exactly?

copilot, microsofts ai.

[Faiyez]

Originally posted by unknownknown78:

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Recent news about what exactly?

copilot, microsofts ai.

... okay? I couldn't begin to imagine what came out that motivates you to move to a different OS, but it shouldn't matter considering how easy it is to remove copilot from your system.

I've never had it on my Win 11 install.

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

Originally posted by unknownknown78:

copilot, microsofts ai.

... okay? I couldn't begin to imagine what came out that motivates you to move to a different OS, but it shouldn't matter considering how easy it is to remove copilot from your system.

I've never had it on my Win 11 install.

eh, whatevs

[A&A]

Originally posted by Faiyez:

... okay? I couldn't begin to imagine what came out that motivates you to move to a different OS, but it shouldn't matter considering how easy it is to remove copilot from your system.

I've never had it on my Win 11 install.

To a large extent, Windows 11 requires a lot more work to run as smoothly and quickly as possible than Windows 10. This is not a copilor only. I think the Pro editions are better, but having bitlocker turned on by default when you install Windows and probably after every major update can be annoying. The taskbar can use web search. Yes, you can disable it and it reminds me of what Ubuntu did in 2013 (?) and later removed it.

[Ranzera]

Seconding Mint.

I recently made the jump and I was kind of surprised how little frustration I had with the transition, though it was more than zero. My biggest headache was getting some samba shares on my NAS to automount, but I doubt that's something that affects too many others.

User interface wise, my least favorite thing is the default file manager treats double clicks on empty space as a "Go up one level" shortcut and I kinda loathe that tbh. That said it does a lot of windows-y things that I didn't want to go without, like icon previews on media files.

Apart from that though, I'm quite happy with it. I'm surprised at how many things "just work." It's only when you get outside the 80 part of the 80/20 rule that you run into stuff that requires effort.

[Viking2121]

Mint isn't bad, probably the best interface for them use to windows, but I would suggest PopOS though for the best compatibility out of the box.

[JacquesPatat]

my two cents, as i'm only messed around with linux couple times in last few years.

I will say top of my list is linux mint, then ubuntu (tried ubuntu gamepack but it is pretty much ubuntu with all game platforms, wine applications etc included in the install), know there is quite a few different ubuntu systems - but didn't try them yet. i tried another Popos but i think i did some kind of human error as the whole operating system went extremely strange. but i can say each and every operating system has some form of community what can assist you with any problem. Like my problem with popos, i managed to sort it out with the help from community, it wasn't a common problem but also not extremely uncommon.

[r.linder]

Linux Mint is usually the first stop, once you're more accustomed to how things are I would suggest moving to something like Pop!_OS or Arch Linux

If you use the latest hardware then rolling release distros would be generally better, especially since LTS releases lack recent video drivers.

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by r.linder:

Linux Mint is usually the first stop, once you're more accustomed to how things are I would suggest moving to something like Pop!_OS or Arch Linux

If you use the latest hardware then rolling release distros would be generally better, especially since LTS releases lack recent video drivers.

my laptop is from 2020, so i dont think i need to, also, thanks

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by JacquesPatat:

my two cents, as i'm only messed around with linux couple times in last few years.

I will say top of my list is linux mint, then ubuntu (tried ubuntu gamepack but it is pretty much ubuntu with all game platforms, wine applications etc included in the install), know there is quite a few different ubuntu systems - but didn't try them yet. i tried another Popos but i think i did some kind of human error as the whole operating system went extremely strange. but i can say each and every operating system has some form of community what can assist you with any problem. Like my problem with popos, i managed to sort it out with the help from community, it wasn't a common problem but also not extremely uncommon.

thanks

[r.linder]

Originally posted by unknownknown78:

Originally posted by r.linder:

Linux Mint is usually the first stop, once you're more accustomed to how things are I would suggest moving to something like Pop!_OS or Arch Linux

If you use the latest hardware then rolling release distros would be generally better, especially since LTS releases lack recent video drivers.

my laptop is from 2020, so i dont think i need to, also, thanks

You don't need to stick to rolling release distros then, yeah.

[unknownknown78]

Originally posted by Viking2121:

Mint isn't bad, probably the best interface for them use to windows, but I would suggest PopOS though for the best compatibility out of the box.

comp isnt really a problem, some of my most used applications already have a native linux version, and i dont think the rest will have a problem