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    [–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

    I went with Mint recently as an initial attempt at linux. It’s clearly not the right distro for me, even a little bit of effort and I would surely find a better option. Still, my bar for success was just “better than windows”. I hit that easily, so I’m very happy and probably going to coast on Mint for quite a while.

    It’s so nice not having forced updates, or “Yes/Remind Me Later” popups, or stupid AI features I constantly have to turn off like I’m playing whack-a-mole. My OS is just the same every time I log in. You hear that?… Silence…

    [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

    I always say, people starting out should just go to mint. It’s the lowest friction option, and will work fine for just about every use case. Like, there is a whole world of cool stuff to try out, but that’s for after someone has an easy, stable and reliable experience. After they realized that Linux can work for just about anything, that’s the time to start messing about and trying out the more specific distros.

    [–] rozodru@piefed.world 7 points 20 hours ago

    Mint's a great introduction to Linux. when I switched to Linux I started on Mint and stayed on it for a couple weeks before moving on to something else.

    Distro hoping on Linux is quite easy. a few years on and I still do it to this day if something new comes out that I want to try.

    [–] Comet79@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

    Switched to Kubuntu about a week ago. 0 friction. The OS supports all the stuff I used to do on Win11. The KDE Plasma environment is eye candy. For me, it's prettier and nicer to use than Windows. Only thing I had to configure was enabling Flatpak, but this is a personal preference.

    [–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

    Felt the same way with Ubuntu a few years ago. Then they messed up some graphics driver and I finally switched to something more my style with rolling releases and a tiling wm.

    [–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

    I will echo the CachyOS recommendation. I gave it a go on my laptop and I like it more than Mint. It’s similar, but a bit more streamlined and has a good few QOL improvements. I was hesitant because it’s arch, but it took considerably less setup to get where I wanted with it than Mint, especially if you’re doing any gaming, but there is more to the appeal to it over Mint than just that aspect, and it’s just smoother to use. I’m really liking it.

    Also, I love the Pac Man bars.

    [–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

    I liked cachyos quite a bit, but ultimately moved back to windows for now. Ill try it again later this year though.

    [–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

    I personally would suggest you to keep Mint for the main work and install some other distro in dual boot to test out. Some Arch derivative like CachyOS or EndeavourOS are light fast and have all the latest toys of Arch with included an easy installer and some decent software manager for beginners still not too used to the terminal. Just remember, newest stuff = less tested stuff, so keep some backup.

    [–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

    What are your use cases? I run a different distro on each of my machines. For example, my first linux machine is a server with Mint on it. I daily drive garuda and I bought a cheap laptop that Antix easily revived.

    [–] httperror418@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

    I've been running bazzite as my main gaming OS for about a month now, actually pretty decent. Recent updates have made my Nvidia graphics card "just work" with a few launch options in Steam to support HDR and I'm very happy. I still use windows 11 to play the odd game of battlefield so I have a custom theme for grub which makes things feel fun, even if I only see it for 5 seconds 🤣

    I use Ubuntu in work daily because I HATE WSL when it comes to dealing with network bs, and thankfully my business is happy with Linux on the user side (most companies are windows or Mac shops)

    [–] krnl386@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago
    [–] DivineDev@piefed.social 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Haha, as if I was just sitting there, content with my choice of OS instead of telling everyone how much better Linux is every chance I get!

    [–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

    Finally someone get it. Thank you. 👍

    [–] NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

    I swear I try to just be content, but yeah I just have to fucking try talking people over to the Penguin side. Just can't help it. Fuck

    [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

    Wrong, I love what's going on with Microslop and I point and laugh at it. I find it very entertaining.

    [–] highball@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

    Is this what peak performance looks like?

    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    Nice timing to go along with the new version of Ubuntu. Fuck all the haters, Ubuntu 4 lyfe dawg, I got it tatted on my nutsack.

    [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago
    [–] Klox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

    Needs to be the Eye of ~~Sauron~~ Microsoft

    [–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    That user's Linux is in bed with a US private corpo run by a billionaire? Tsk.

    [–] TheMightyCat@ani.social 1 points 15 hours ago

    That user’s Linux is in bed with a US private corpo

    Everyone's linux is in bed witu US corpos if you just look at the commit history of the kernel

    [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    At least it’s not a US public company so it’s not just chasing next quarter.

    [–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 1 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    Just because a capitalist US corporation is "not public" you figure they're not chasing next quarter? Really?

    [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

    Also, are you going to deny the role Valve has played in helping propel Linux toward mainstream desktop use? They’ve dramatically changed the game (pun intended) in terms of compatibility, and everyone gets to benefit. That’s a good thing, right?

    [–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

    They’re not beholden to shareholders concerned with nothing more than the near-future value of stock. So they’re more likely to actually give a shit about their long-term viability, the value of their product, and the opinion of their customers, rather than the whims of Wall Street.

    [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago

    I mean, public companies have to chase the quarter, private companies don’t have to. Private is a curse and a blessing. It can be better because the ownership might be reasonable, or it could be worse because the owners are insane.

    Public is predictable, for good and for ill. Private is a a wild card.

    The only safe bet is worker owned.

    [–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    That's the smile after "I use arch, btw" for sure

    [–] weissbinder@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    What has Microsoft done this time?

    [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

    Haven't they done enough already to earn the hate?

    Microslop btw