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    Reminder for Windows 10 users who can't upgrade to Windows 11 (lemmy.world)
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    [–] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

    Serious question from someone who is in this situation: What the best os for someone who want to switch from window 10 to Linux because of the eol? Is it really mint ?

    [–] lancalot@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

    First step: Decide on the so-called desktop environment. A shortlist is provided below. For a new user, this should be decisive when choosing between beginner-friendly distros.

    Before going over to the next (and final) step, we need to set the stage for our contenders:

    • Versions of Linux Mint. Linux Mint has (rightfully so) become the face of Linux for beginners. Stand out feature would be how crazy popular it is; it's a joy to look up your problem through a search engine and find solutions for it.
    • Images of uBlue. Where Linux Mint tries to smooth the rough edges of the "traditional Linux model" as nicely as possible, uBlue's images can be referred to as revolutionary by comparison. The model strikes some (re)semblance to what you might know from your phone or chromebook. These images aren't even close to reaching their full potential, but have already garnered/amassed a wide audience for how they (at least attempt to) solve some of Desktop Linux' long-standing issues. Note that finding solutions for your problems might not be as straightforward. However, documentation is decent and they've been very helpful on Discord.

    Final step: Pick the distro corresponding to your preferred desktop environment. The list found below (ordered alphabetically) isn't trying to be exhaustive on desktop environments.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 52 minutes ago

    I wouldn't go uBlue personally. It is very new and I don't like the focus. Don't go straight to immutable Linux.

    [–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

    Such a decisive question. I wouldn't say there's necessarily a "best". Mint is an EXCELLENT choice. So too would be Fedora (Fedora KDE edition I'd recommend for most) or OpenSuSe Tumbleweed.

    Just pick what looks decent to you and give it a shot.

    [–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 hours ago

    I switched from Win10 to Mint, and am quite happy. You can get a lot of stuff done through GUI, so you can put off learning how to use the terminal a little. If you are worried about using it, I can recommend using ChatGPT. Helped me troubleshoot a lot of issues and learning a few tricks.

    [–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    Mint is fine, Kubuntu is also great.

    [–] AntY@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Kubuntu uses snaps as default and I’ve had some trouble with that. My dad is using Kubuntu and there are problems with how programs communicate. Mint is probably a better choice.

    [–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

    I'll admit I'm biased because I think Cinnamon is ugly. Most people seem to like it and I get it. I just wish Mint hadn't abandoned the KDE edition. Mint is definitely a great choice though.

    [–] Grian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

    Mint is the best to start tbh.

    And you could stay in mint for years and barely have to use bash, and when you do there is a well stocked forum, so it is sometimes even easier than windows to troubleshoot.

    [–] nublug@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    mint is good, pop!os is also good, i use and recommend endeavouros as arch-but-easy. tbh just about any popular distro these days is prolly gonna do fine for the average user.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 51 minutes ago

    Anything Arch based has a higher chance of breakage. The trade off is that you get very new packages frequently