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    Machine is a HP ENVY x360 Convertible 15-eu1xxx with the touch screen. Ryzen 7 5825U, touch screen 16gb RAM.

    Top recommendation of within one hour of me posting this decides what distro I install. Please not Hannah Montana linux or even worse, Arch.

    I leave the decision up to you.

    Edit:

    The winner was linux mint. I've downloaded the ISO and am installing now. I hope my boss doesn't get pissed.

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    [–] nifty@lemmy.world 258 points 8 months ago (1 children)
    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    This is obviously the only correct answer.

    [–] nifty@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    I expect a screenshot of your desktop running it when you’re done polling this thread

    Brb downvoting all the other OS ^^

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    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 135 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Mint. It's dead simple and works great.

    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 63 points 8 months ago (5 children)
    [–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    For a better touchscreen experience, try the Gnome Desktop. Some people hate it because ...because people, but I love it on my exactly-same-but-not-same latitude 7389 (Arch BTW) and thinkpad 390 yoga (Debian).

    I actually like the lack of endless customisation options ; I really just change the background, install the Cube and the Wobbly Windows and I'm back to work. Which I should be at right now, sigh.

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I use touchscreen on kde plasma and it works fine. Firefox just needs some customizing

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    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

    Congratulations!

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    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    60 minutes. We have a winner.

    Downloading the ISO now.

    [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

    Idk if this is your first brush with Linux, I only recently had my own. Let us know if you need any help, but I promise that if you just follow the instructions, and you can, you'll get through it. ChatGPT can also be useful for bridging small knowledge gaps in tech and IT.

    [–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago

    yep, mint always, if OP don't like the mint looks i sugest them fedora atomic(silverblue or kinoite)

    [–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 8 points 8 months ago

    I have bounced around a lot and found myself just wanting something stable with enough "newness" to still feel good. I started with mint and I ended on mint.

    Definitely the best one directly following windows, and in my opinion best one overall.

    [–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 75 points 8 months ago (2 children)
    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

    yeah it was withing 3 votes of winning but here's hoping

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    [–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 60 points 8 months ago (2 children)
    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    This came way to close to winning. I don't think it counts as a linux distro though.

    [–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

    Fair, I did miss that requirement

    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)
    [–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

    It is a sad story. Keeping it in legendary meme status is the best way to remember it IMO.

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    [–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)
    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    The kawaiest OS on the market

    [–] Omgboom@midwest.social 47 points 8 months ago

    Hannah Montana Linux

    [–] mellowheat@suppo.fi 42 points 8 months ago (16 children)

    Go to the deep end with NixOS!

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    [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 39 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Suicide Linux

    If you mistype a command your distro gets destroyed.

    [–] cerement@slrpnk.net 39 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

    Debian Bookworm – yes, it’s boring – but that also means no surprises or gotchas – it just keeps truckin’ along

    EDIT: if you ever do feel Arch-curious, start with EndeavourOS instead

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    [–] Hubi@feddit.de 28 points 8 months ago
    [–] Logh@lemmy.ml 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Can’t beleive that Uwuntu didn’t come up…

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    [–] MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

    Linux from Scratch

    [–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)
    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Atomic

    The whole system is updated in one go, and an update will not apply if anything goes wrong, meaning you will always have a working computer.

    Well having a working computer would be an improvement.

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    [–] superfes@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

    Install Gentoo, feel the burn!

    [–] squid_slime@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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    [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago

    How 'bout you decide for yourself? Despite what highschool and webster's dictionary suggest, what's popular has no bearing on what's right. In fact, what's popular has occasionally turned out to be Very Wrong.

    [–] puppy@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

    Fedora with KDE.

    [–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

    Debian with XFCE. Lightweight, clean and stable.

    [–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    UWUNTU , linux mint or fedora

    [–] InstructionsNotClear@midwest.social 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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    [–] GarlicToast@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    NixOS or Debian. Don't install Ubuntu or Arch on your work computer.

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    [–] Davidjjdj@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

    Red Star OS

    [–] noxy@yiffit.net 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    THERE ARE FIVE LIGHTS Linux

    Or just go NixOS so you may continue some amount of torment

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    [–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    If you like how Mint looks, install Mint. If you prefer KDE or GNOME, install Fedora Silver blue or Kinoite.

    [–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

    I mean , I think people have suggested those already. You can upvote them if you please.

    [–] only0218@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

    Fedora Atomic, choose whatever DE you like.

    [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

    FreeBSD.

    because, why not?

    [–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 months ago

    If you want to keep it simple, just go with Gentoo

    [–] crumbtalk@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

    Suicide Linux

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