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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/linux4noobs

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Hi!

I’m a long time Mac user, but I want to set up a laptop or mini desktop (something not too old but powerful enough for image editing, really just for photography workflow), and try a Linux distro with FOSS tools for this purpose. I’m done with Adobe.

I’d like to scale one day to having a NAS of some kind.

I’ve experimented with Ubuntu before but it felt a little noddy, I just didn’t like it. Any recommendations? I’d like something with a decent community that would tolerate my noob questions.

Many thanks.

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[–] Lantern 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

What desktop environment were you running? I usually recommend GNOME to people who just want an OOB experience and KDE to people who want to invest into a more personal experience.

[–] kier 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

gnome is hell for people coming from windows though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OP's a long time Mac user. I don't think he will have issues with gnome. Hell he might find it more familiar than kde

[–] justjeepin 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, as a Mac user for 34 years, KDE is too Windows-like and Gnome felt pretty similar to Mac.

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