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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? Edit: Linux Mint it shall be. (self.linux)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by FatTony to c/[email protected]

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Whom also likes to game every now and then ;)

Edit: Thank you all for your input and suggestions! Linux Mint shall be my next OS! Though, I think I'll give Pop!OS a look-see as well.

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[–] qaz 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Fedora with KDE

Advantages:

Most software has a version for it, this is not the case for e.g. OpenSUSE. The software is also usually quite new (unlike Debian).
You can boot into older system versions if an update failed so you’re never stuck with a broken system.
It doesn’t push snaps down your throat unlike Ubuntu and comes with Flatpak by default.
A very customizable interface that is quite similar to Windows 7/10 by default with tons of useful features.
Not a point release like Debian that requires a certain level of manual migration to upgrade to a newer version.

Downsides:

Slightly less popular than Debian-based distro’s and thus has less info on it online.
Rolling release so you will have to update very often.

Linux Mint is mentioned a lot in this thread, but it’s one of the few distro’s I’ve never used before so I won’t advise in favor of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

One plus for fedora, or more of a minus for debian-based distros, is that fedora with its short release cycle is closer to how windows does updates. There's no release cycle for almost all software on windows, and so the years long release cycle weirds many people out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I went with Fedora when switching almost a month ago now, and I've been having issues with some games not working as expected, and also had trouble getting NVIDIA drivers to work correctly (which I've already solved, I hope). (And some applications weren't working at all, such as Unity)

What would you consider as major advantages of Fedora, in addition to what you mentioned? So far, I usually couldn't find a Fedora-specific version of the applications I wanted, unlike for other more well-known distributions. I do work as a programmer, which was also why I choose Fedora - I really like their Fedora Toolbox, but I would like to game regurarly on my PC and so far, it seems that Fedora doesn't really handle it too well. Will I have similar issues on other distros, or will switching to something like Pop!OS be worth the time?

EDIT: Just found out about Nobara, I guess I'll give that one a try.

[–] qaz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Quick question, did you use Wayland or Xorg/X11? Nvidia drivers + KDE + Wayland is a combination that is known to cause issues.