Ok, it's finally time to leave Microsoft and switch to #Linux
Windows 3.1 are childhood memories, but I can't stomach it anymore.
Was thinking if something appearently easy and straightforward like #spirallinux with #cinnamon desktop for the switch.
Any #advice out there?

Thank you @bencardoen @sean_from_oz @iamkexo @Corb_The_Lesser @readbeanicecream for the fast and helpful advice, most appreciated! πŸ™

Is there any hidden price you pay for just sticking with the distro with the easiest experience of microsoft-to-linux-transistion?
I just want to get further away from the #data and #privacy nightmare that has unfolded.

@bencardoen @iamkexo @Corb_The_Lesser @readbeanicecream @sean_from_oz

Oh wow there are many #distros out there. I had no idea πŸ˜† I've now tried out #Linuxmint and #Spirallinux
I already see that I will be unable to decide on one distro of #Linux :D

@GeorgKrammer @bencardoen @iamkexo @Corb_The_Lesser @readbeanicecream @sean_from_oz if boths are Debian/Ubuntu based, you are at home...

If not, still, you can go easy on migrations if you do a good partitioning on your system.

As a rule of thumb, split you disks on /, /home, /boot/efi (or /efi, or /boot, according your system) and swap (if you use)

@fabiocosta0305
Thanks for the advice! What approximate ratio would you recommend for these 2-3 portitions? I guess /boot/efi just he bare minimum for the OS?

@GeorgKrammer

Put /boot/efi at most 1GB
For swap (if you use), you can go with 1.2 to 2x your system RAM
For /, I think 20% from your main disk at most
Remaining space (that could be at least 70% your main disk) go for /home

If you have extra disks, you can split your partitions around it, depending on the kind of disk you have