I've been almost-ready to ditch Windows for years. Now's the time.

My new neighbor is an old-school nerd. He hosts install parties at our local leftist third space.
He's going to help me switch to... not sure yet. Probably Mint. I can't wait. It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services.

Yay.

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I know you're getting a million suggestions and to be clear- nothing is wrong with Mint, but I recommend Fedora Kinoite as a first distro if you're coming from Windows. KDE is going to be more familiar and the way the backend is designed makes it basically impossible to meaningfully break.

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    Definitely Bazzite, I also love Zorin but IMO that's more an "Install on your dad's laptop" OS than something for someone who knows how to install an OS.

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