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New to Linux which OS to use? (lemdro.id)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.

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[–] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Fedora is a good option. I'm surprised to hear about hardware incompatibilities with Mint, though. Do you have obscure or bleeding-edge hardware?

I'll +1 the Ventoy suggestion. Lets you try lots of things easily. Try at least Fedora KDE, Ubuntu, and Mint. Go with whichever feels good to you when you try them out.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You don't really need to be bleeding edge to have some hardware issues or Cinnamon Mint. Their wayland transition is still ongoing so HDR, variable refresh rate, fractional scaling and maybe some bugs for specific hardware might be present. X11 has also seen a lot less love recently after the major distros stopped actively supporting it.

    KDE has nailed the Wayland transition so moving to Fedora KDE would have fixed Wayland/X11 bugs.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I guess I would classify features like variable refresh rates and fractional scaling as "advanced", but that's fair. I moved from Cinnamon to Gnome because wayland was working better for me, so fair point. I imagine it won't be too long before Cinnamon catches up, though.

    For now, I'm just using a handful of extensions to make Gnome feel more like Cinnamon. Can't say I've ever been a fan of KDE, but that's just me.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Quite frankly Linux mint and Cinnamon by extension is X11 software and I dont expect the transition to be completed anytime in the foreseeable future let alone acturally start for users. Even with their incredibly slow adoption of Wayland im shocked they're going this fast, I thought they would wait another several years. Linux Mint is stable software and they're significantly less willing to make any changes than even Debian.

    (Btw its just testing atm, nothing exists for users yet)

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