Martijn BraamWhat's a good linux distro to install currently for windows people that's not filled with snaps
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Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@martijnbraam ReactOS :P
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Fabrice Desré@martijnbraam Elementary OS ? @elementary
Silmathoron ⁂@martijnbraam I always stick to Linux Mint for newcomers
theoteno@martijnbraam
Bazzite! Just installed to my Steam Deck this week! (But I use the Gnome edition instead of KDE)
Bazzite! Just installed to my Steam Deck this week! (But I use the Gnome edition instead of KDE)
Malvin@martijnbraam Debian stable. This is not a joke.
Ivre Rocher@martijnbraam KDE Linux ? UI/UX is similar to windows
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Sriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼@martijnbraam Fedora and Bluefin are excellent distro.
Tris@martijnbraam Over the past five years, I've helped many Windows users in schools, colleges, and media outlets switch to Linux as part of a free software campaign. I tried various beginner-friendly distros like Linux Mint and Zorin OS, but many users eventually switched back to Windows due to various issues. After experimenting with all options, I found one distro that had fewer hardware issues and provided a better out of the box experience, leading to fewer users switching back to Windows
@martijnbraam Hand's down, it's @fedora
sqwishy@tris can you explain this more? I've been using fedora for over a decade and haven't kept up with the rest of the ecosystem. But three people i know are trying linux this year, arch, ubuntu, and mint. I'm not sure what they can expect because i've just been enjoying fedora. But i'm curious what specific struggles people have been having switching to linux recently, and what problems and solutions i might anticipate for the people i know
David P@martijnbraam I'd recommend Bluefin (normal desktop) or Bazzite (if they game a lot). Simple as ChromeOS for the Windows users. Maintenance is fully automatic.
Kris@martijnbraam Fedora KDE edition. Filled with Flatpacks though and you likely need to add the RPMfusion repos to get the non-free video codecs.
wupatz@martijnbraam I think AnduinOS has nice ideas to make GNOME slightly more welcoming to people switching - esp. if they continue to use Windows elsewhere.
It's Ubuntu, not Debian based, though a dedicated apt repo is planned to make it compatible. Doesn't use snaps but will use flatpak.
The distro is a series of scripts driven by a Makefile to customize the distribution base, then packaged up. It patches the .js of Gnome Extensions to get the Windows Startmenu feel
ngz0@martijnbraam why not fedora?
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