I hate Microsoft and Windows, I want to choose better AND more importantly, see what all this fuss about Linux being awesomest is about

  • VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    imo every single beginner friendly distro all have the same problem. They are, for some extent, easier to use than others, until they’re not, at which point you find yourself digging through documents and forums or asking ChatGPT to break the system.

    After few years of that dance, I found Linux Mint to be the easiest and Fedora KDE to be the nicest.

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      They are, for some extent, easier to use than others, until they’re not, at

      The thing is that many well integrated distro have enough user friendly features to not need to go in the until they’re not part. If the most complicated thing you do is install a standard package and a printer, you won’t need to learn much.

      Obviously, if you want to program a driver to control a nuclear reactor, it’s another story.