cm0002Feb 4

Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore

https://literature.cafe/post/28554093

Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore - literature.cafe

>I’ve been having a big think over Linux distros. See, I’ve been looking back at my still-new Linux experience of nine months, and wondering how my own journey can help other people get started with FOSS operating systems. Whenever the topic of a Windows refugee-friendly OS came up, I would recommend Linux Mint because, first, it’s the one everyone says, and second, it was the Linux OS that I started with, fresh off Windows. > >I always follow that up with a comment about how you don’t have to stick with Linux Mint if you don’t want to. You can do what I did, which is to dip your toe into the Linux distro water and find something that suits you better. But if I’m setting up Linux Mint as “my first Linux distro,” why not just skip the middleman and get right into the distros that have a bit more meat on them?

Show threadcircuitfarmerFeb 4

I strongly dislike how the zone is getting flooded with “now it’s not X, but Y” in terms of distro recommendations.

Not knowing what a distro is and where to start is one of the main issues with people who may want to switch to Linux but don’t know how to do it. If Mint getting called out as a good place to start allows them to switch, then they should install Mint. If Ubuntu is all they have heard of, and it makes them try the switch, then they should install Ubuntu. Tbh, the only really dangerous approach is starting with something like Arch which, despite fantastic documentation, is probably more likely to turn new users away.

Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Someone who starts from either Mint or Ubuntu or whatever can distro hop later. Let’s not muddy the waters even more for our would-be Windows refugees.

Show threadLimeranceFeb 4
Install the distro your Linux using friends use.
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Install the distro with the coolest default wallpapers.
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Show threadharmbuglerFeb 4
Hannah Montana Linux is it then.
Show threadRhaedasFeb 4

Default? I think the first thing I did once I settled down with my current setup was find a background of my own liking, not something curated. And it's all mine; no one else has it.

For those that care, all zero of you, it's a bunch of frames from a cool star field animation, timed to rotate to the next every few seconds or so. Because I could not find anything that would simply play a video as a background, I made something that worked. If that's not Linux level, I don't know what is.

Show threadUniversalBasicJusticeFeb 5
I care about star field animations friend. Good work on making it work!
Show threadJayGray91🐉🍕Feb 5
Nyarch Linux it is then for me
Show threadMalgasFeb 7
Ubuntu circa 2008 it is, then.