I like distrochooser.de
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month agoMy 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).
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
HayadSont@discuss.online 1 month ago
While your endorsement is definitely well-intentioned, I’m unsure if it correctly reflects the project’s health. I’d argue we’ve got (a lot) better resources on the fediverse. Like, e.g. this excellent guide: Understanding Linux and choosing your first Linux distro, v2.0
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 month ago
While that’s a good read for someone more technical, the distro chooser brings it to people of lower technical prowess.
HayadSont@discuss.online 1 month ago
While that’s a good read for someone more technical
I would perhaps put more importance to eagerness to learn. But (I think) I understand where you’re hinting at.
the distro chooser brings it to people of lower technical prowess.
While the distrochooser definitely has a lower entry barrier, I’d argue that if one isn’t willing to read the above guide, then they might as well roll a die and choose between Bazzite, Fedora, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, TUXEDO OS and Zorin OS accordingly.
JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
That’s excellent, I found the distrochooser recently while coming back to linux and was happy when it recommended the same distro I used years back
Velypso@sh.itjust.works 1 month 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.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 month 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.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 1 month ago
Funny that Debian and Fedora were the only two distros that worked on my laptop. (dual GPU, others booted to black screen after install.) Debian hasn't grenaded itself yet :)