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Gifted A Frame Work PC, Windows Included, but Hate Windows (piefed.social)
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I do not have the skills to work-on/repair OSs alternative, if something goes wrong. Are there any top alternative Computer OSs that have IRW computer repairpeople that was work on computers that use their OSs? If the answer is yes, then around what USA cities?

Thank You, for everyone seriously trying help me. Which is most the replies:)!

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[–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

What is disto?

A distro is the variant of linux you choose. Some are optimized for servers, some are optimized for general desktop use.

For beginners, Linux Mint is where I would suggest starting. It feels familiar to a Windows user and is specifically designed to be beginner friendly.

There is a detailed install guide here. But the short version is:

  1. Download the iso

  2. Put the iso on a USB drive

  3. Boot to the USB drive

  4. Click next a bunch on the installer. If you don't have anything on the computer already, choose to have it wipe the drive and install Mint as the only OS. That greatly simplifies things.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Thank You, been so focused on Mint, ignored the rest.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Mint is one of the more "Windows-like" versions of Linux. The deal breaker for Linux usually isn't the OS, but what software you'll run on the OS, and often a crucial one will be MS Office and compatibility with the proprietary junk that comes with it. If you need just a spreadsheet and word processor and they don't have to be 100% MS compatible, then LibreOffice will work fine (even ON WIndows). If it's other types of software, then see if they have a Linux option, or if there's success in using Wine or Lutris to run it on Linux.

    Linux won't be without some learning curve, but it's not nearly as steep as it used to be. I spent years occasionally playing with dual boots of different distros but not really using them, but last year found some things that would run better on Linux (I started by using WSL on Windows but it's so slow because of what it is). Now I've all but completely remove my Windows partition, everything important is now moved over to my Ubuntu and I do not want to go back now.

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