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They are probably the best distros for newcomers. I think its an absolutely valid comment.

Right and people that don't know which distros to use will get lost

How are you supposed to get new people in without advising?

You could just say Linux, lol.

Yeah, but which one? There are hundreds of distros. There's nothing wrong giving some pointers to begginers out there.

I find that’s very unhelpful to potential Linux converts. They will quickly find out that there are infinite flavors of Linux, become overwhelmed, and give up.

When you are introducing newcomers to Linux, it’s best to make specific suggestions.

GNU / Linux :)

Try just telling someone that they need to switch to Linux with no other details. They'll either get confused/overwhelmed by choice, or possibly choose one that isn't user friendly and hate it.

People have to start somewhere, and I see no issue with recommending user friendly distros to get them going.

I sometimes feel like bare-metalling FreeDOS. Except that and modern laptops, ha-ha, shouldn't work too well, but at the same time Lenovo even sold some with it pre-installed.

Would just play X-Wing and TIE Fighter and WarCraft II, edit simple text documents, smile at how right it'd feel.

Well done!

This place is constantly shilling Linux, decrying LLMs, and downvoting anything that doesn’t fit the status quo.

Don’t get me wrong I like this place on the whole, but I’ve just come to realise nobody here actually wants to engage with anybody different and just dog piles.

We are the left wing version of r/conservative.

Ubuntu is perfectly valid, feels very mac os

Ubuntu is great for begginers, go for it

Way to go!

1. Disable secureboot so you don't have to run a few commands and restart in order to sign keys
2. Ensure your drives are formatted to a linux format to reduce headaches with steam libraries
3. if the command starts with "sudo(superuser Do)" it's time to read up on what each part of the command does exactly.
4. Linux wants you to mount and unmount your drives(filesystems) manually. Plugging them in won't instantly allow data transfer.
5. Don't be surprised that almost any linux is a perfectly functional OS with fantastic UX and less day to day hassle and management compared to windows.

It's not on the list, but I've been rocking the same KDE fedora installation through about ten version upgrades. Once you dial in your settings and software choices, it's fairly solid.

The only issue I can recall was some weirdness with steam's dependencies blocking my last version upgrade, but it was easily bypassed.

I started with pop os 5 years ago and haven't found a reason to change. I'm not hugely techy and just wanted something to play games on. Had very few issues overall.

Pop!_OS is my top recommendation for Windows expats, followed by Mint (Cinnamon Edition), and then Bazzite (KDE Plasma desktop). Bazzite is so, so, so good, but it has some unique features that make it a little more frustrating for Windows power users who are new to Linux. But honestly they are all good. Pick one, and if you aren’t vibing with it, try something else.

Also, keep in mind that “distro” and “desktop environment (DTE)” are two different things. Sometimes a distro has a default DTE and sometimes it gives you a choice. The DTE makes the biggest difference to your experience. There are many different DTEs, but the two biggest are GNOME (MacOS-like and moderately customizable) and KDE Plasma (Windows-like by default, but very customizable).

I recommend Mint. It’s super easy to install and maintain. And very easy to use.

I cannot recommend Bazzite. It's an atomic distribution, which is pioneer tech that tries to make some things better but in effect makes a lot of things more difficult. FWIW, I've been using Linux for 20+ years.

Just go with regular Fedora KDE Desktop. https://fedoraproject.org/kde/

openSUSE is also pretty great, and doesn't get the attention it deserves.

There really is a Linux for everyone.