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(Almost) ready to turn my beloved MacBook Air 2013 - which is gathering dust on a shelf - into a # Linux laptop (mastodon.social)
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(Almost) ready to turn my beloved MacBook Air 2013 - which is gathering dust on a shelf - into a #Linux laptop.Only problem: multiple people might have swayed me to pick Arch Linux as the distro. #ArchLinux!!! I know NOTHING but from all the Linux memes I've seen over the years, I've always been intimidated by it.Debating whether to go with it or #Mint or #Ubuntu. Thoughts?Edit / update: it's now a toss-up between Mint and Fedora. I may try Arch on my Raspi4#MySoCalledSudoLife #AskFedi

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@_elena I guess it depends on what you want to do. To learn Linux, Arch might be a good way, but just to use Linux, I recommend a more out-of-the-box distribution. I'm using Ubuntu for years on my main laptop and I (usually) don't have to tinker around.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago

    @kleisli thanks! I have Ubuntu on my Raspberry Pi 4 and really like it. But I've always heard so many great things about Mint, so I was tempted by it... plus I may one day give that laptop to my child...

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