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Should I switch to Linux? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by SaltyPlans@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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Been a long time Windows user but with each Windows version, I hate it more. So bloated and locked in. I saw that mint is a good beginner distribution but its not supported by framework. Is Ubuntu really different from Windows with a higher learning curve?

Talk me out of wasting hours to get linux working when Windows works out-of-the-box

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[–] jonathanfv@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Mint since 2017, on various laptops, including my FW 13/Intel. It's easy to install, and easy to operate. Cinnamon is a very nice desktop environment. Pretty much any problem that you might face has an answer, and answers for Ubuntu or other Debian based distros usually also work for Mint. (Debian -> Ubuntu -> Mint) Mint comes with Timeshift, which backs your system up frequently, so if anything breaks you can revert to a previous snapshot.