It's FOSSIs Linux Mint the perfect distro for beginners? Comment! 🐧
DraSelXL@itsfoss Indeed it is. Easy on the eyes, stable and not janky, and most of all easy to install.
jakob 🇦🇹 ✅
J. R. DePriest 
:EA DATA. SF:@itsfoss no notes. It's my go-to daily driver as someone who has been dabbling in Linux for 20 years. It's as close to "it just works" as I've experienced with Linux.
JoelMint Linux, we’re Ubuntu with the bad parts removed. So, Debian? Well, yeah, BUT we’re more friendly and easy to use. Sounds mint.
Adhil Khan@joelh @itsfoss I understand what you told about ubuntu. The snap and System Installing snap packages when we just want a deb package. But why you said mint is more friendlier than Debian? I'm not that new to Linux but never used LM but used debian and I just want to know your reasons for telling LM is more friendlier than Debian. Thanks in advance.
@adhilkhan It is likely best to throw Mint Linux in a VM and see for yourself. It offers an easy onboarding for new users and packages a bunch of stuff that people may need without the free/non-free software barriers. The end result is typically an OS that just works, which is why it is often recommended.
Carl von Lesquereux@itsfoss I agree. As I said in another thread, in 9 out of 10 cases, Mint is the best bet. Stable, easy, zero non-sense. Another good contender could be Fedora KDE (assuming that the user comes from Windows), but it could need a little bit of work if you have an Nvidia card. If not, it's almost as easy as Mint.
visnudeva
�@itsfoss uncommon opinion: rhe workstation, sled or ubuntu pro + support and let them fix the problems for you
klme 
🇺🇦@utf_7 @itsfoss On RHEL, you will need rpmfusion; support is not responsible for this and will not assist. On Ubuntu, you will need to sacrifice freedom altogether. Corporate support is not necessary for beginners, as it only covers issues with packages, updates, and security. Support is not a universal assistant; they are not responsible for your configurations.
TheZorseI would say yes in general, but I recently replaced Windows with Mint for someone who watches online videos on the TV via HDMI. There's no GUI way to have the content show at each screen's native resolution. Either one screen or the other has to have missing or warped content.
But where that's not one of the use cases, I would say yes, Mint.
el_haych2024@itsfoss it can be, but I feel like it's moving away from that.
Ange des ténèbres 🐈
SkullGamer205 
Baharul Islam@itsfoss
It should've been Zorin OS
It should've been Zorin OS
SamuelJohnson@mortal_engine @itsfoss Mint or Zorin, both from Ireland.
Bellaciao62@itsfoss mint is great for beginners, but so is mx Linux. I love both mx tweaks and mx tools.
Gwên@itsfoss Yes and no. It's one of the best, but the upgrade system is still too convoluted for a newbie. Also, people are recommanding Mx Linux?? You have to reinstall the whole thing at every upgrade, no?
Javeen 
@itsfoss my very first distro was Mint, retrospectively Debian is way better for beginners who actually want to learn about Linux, but if you're recommending an OS for gramps to browse facebook then Mint is the way.
Daniel Sam@itsfoss very true
Superboom
Florian 
@itsfoss
I never understood this argument.
There is a much better argument for the 'right distro':
Take the distro, your friend, who could help you in case of problems, has. So he can give you advice even if he's not on his computer out of his memory"
Rebel Zhang@itsfoss In the perspective of software freedom, Debian with KDE Plasma may be better
jameshjacksonjr@itsfoss perfect distro also for advanced users works for both beginners and advanced users.
Vikrant Tiwari@itsfoss I know I know but I think fedora is much better at overall drivers and less bugs in it correct me if I wrong but it's my experience