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Resources for the technically challenged? (lemmy.ca)
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I have an ASUS ROG that came with Windows 12 11 pre-installed. I tried using it once and it pissed me off so bad I haven't opened the laptop again. I want to switch to a Linux distro that's compatible with it but need the process explained like you would to Grandma trying to bank online. Are there any resources that break it WAY down? Like, starting just after turning the computer on (I've got that down already).

Edit to say: it has been pointed out that Windows 12 does not, in fact, exist and I may or may not be posting this from the future.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You sound like you have zero experience of Linux or reinstalling OS in general.

If you care even just a bit about your computer, please pay a professional to do it for you. You can ask him questions while it's installing too! It's free!

But if you treat it as yet another toy you could easily forget under the sofa, go to any mainstream Linux distros' official website and start following their installation manual.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you care even just a bit about your computer

    That makes it sound like as if he could damage it that way.

    And "pay a professional" may better be saved up for reinstalling Windows. That's what most may be limited to do anyway (to avoid questions about Linux).
    A lot of businesses will only use and provide products where you can blame somebody up the chain (in this case Microsoft).

    I've started with same amount of experience, if not less. I got a laptop, and didn't like what was on it. So I wanted to try Linux. My experience was so low I spent hours searching for "just plain, original, unmodified Linux".
    Anyway, in 2 days it was running Mint without issues. But I almost got turned away by some bad "newbie" guide that shown CLI-based partitioning as part of Mint installation. Meanwhile I didn't even know what a "partition" was.

    And eventually I went through the typical pipeline, Mint -> Manjaro -> bidurnal distro-hopping -> Mint -> Manjaro -> Arch

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think you're right about getting someone to install Windows being easier. Was there a specific site that you remember being helpful? Or particularly bad?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No.

    I only have experience with a shop I had "internship" (slacking off) at during high school.
    Basically all they would do software-wise is re-install Windows, backup files, copy over files, install new installation of Windows.

    The only response I got about Linux is "we'd have no licenses to sell" (Windows, MS Office, ESET,...), so that was a no.

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

    Right now it's gathering dust on a shelf so it's not getting any less usable no matter what happens to it. I found a site with some info about installing Linux on ROG, but was immediately over my head, which is why I'm asking you fine folks for help.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Then install any distro by yourself. Immediately close the installation guide if it has even one line of command that requires typing, and hop on another distro's installation guide.

    That is assuming newbies hate command lines. No offence.

    Not to mention now that there are tons of videos walking through you the process. They even show you how to enter a command and run it for the installation process! Reading skill isn't required anymore!

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