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  • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoLinux@lemmy.mlWorld on warcraft on Linux
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    6 days ago

    Like others have mostly said, Mint is a great choice.

    All the different distros can basically all do the same things for the most part. The main differences between them are mostly philosophical and don’t matter to a new user.

    Once you get comfortable with linux, you can easily switch to a different distro if you get annoyed with something.

    For now, just choose a popular distro that you think has a nice user interface.

    I think mint, popos, and Ubuntu are all great choices.














  • We, long-time users of Linux, all have our opinions based on various preferences. The thing is that a lot of these preferences are pretty technical, like Ubuntu having snaps, Fedora and Mints’ flat pak policies, etc…

    For the average user, they will not know what this is or even see a difference between the systems at first. The linux community would do better if we could have a unified front on distro recommendations. People will switch distros as they learn and their curiosity grows.

    I think, we should ask people to pick based on their DE preference. If they want something like windows, let them have Mint or Kubuntu, if they want something closer to mac, let them have Ubuntu. I say this as someone who likes Fedora Plasma spin.

    Everything else, is just information overload and will give users decision paralysis.

    Our goal should be conversion of users. Once our numbers start growing, then things will pickup. Just imagine if we had office and adobe products here. How many people would be able to switch. I still use windows on my work computer as there is a single app holding me back.