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Linux Mint (XFCE desktop) is the best for beginners coming from Windows, in my opinion. Linux enthusiasts will fawn over KDE because of customization, but they ignore that the vast majority of people don’t want to spend months tweaking pixels, widgets and animations, they just want to use the computer.

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lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My point is that the site should be recommending a few newbie distros, instead of telling the newbie to search it. for them.to look it up. Specially because the choice of a distribution isn’t that meaningful. out", instead of telling them to search it.

That said I agree Mint would be a good choice. Not sure on Xfce; I’d probably recommend Cinnamon instead, as it looks a bit more modern (even if myself would rather use MATE or Xfce than Cinnamon).

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- Velypso@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Windows user: I’m thinking about switching to Linux, mind helping me out Linux User?
  
  Linux user: ok, so what you want to do is just figure it out yourself.
  
  Windows user: finds debian and fucks everything up wow Linux is terrible, I’ll stick to using Windows 11.
  
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  - lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Speaking on that: a lot of people act as if promoting Linux means simply “to get others to install it”. And they ignore that the newbie will need help the first days, weeks, even months. Then the newbie gets burned out and switches back to Windows.
    
    That probably explains why some people manage to retain even tech illiterate people using Linux, while others struggle to convince even tech literate ones to switch.
    
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- JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I like distrochooser.de
  
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brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Mint looks pretty dated tho. I would go with Kubuntu because it looks pretty similar to Windows and is sleek and modern even without any customizations

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ProvableGecko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Why do you suggest Mint over Ubuntu?

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- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Mint XFCE feels significantly more familiar to a Windows environment than default Ubuntu or Xubuntu (ubuntu with XFCE desktop), making the migration “less painful”;
  The ISO image is ~1GB smaller \
  
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- accideath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Ubuntu is developed and controlled by a corporation (canonical) and they have some non ideal practices (like pushing snaps heavily instead of the more open flatpaks or native apps). Mint takes what’s good in Ubuntu and cleans it up a lot.
  
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- DannyMac@lemm.ee [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Snaps probably 😆
  
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- Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Because fuck snaps
  
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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Realistically, the best distro for a Windows user is one that runs all their existing Windows software (both applications and games) right out of the box.

Does any distro even come close to doing that?

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- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Not that I’m aware of. Wine only goes so far before programs misbehave. It didn’t work well with heroes of might and magic 5 for me in 2022, for instance, terrible framerate
  
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Broken@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
As a newer Linux user I think the priority in communication should be use Mint and then have some general information about how Linux isn’t Windows, with some key differences and how to do things. I know that’s more complicated than just saying it, but a “simple” get started guide would ease transition a lot.

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