Mastodawn

Got to keep my work laptop and just realised that I'm now free to ditch Windows and install Linux. It's a Thinkpad E14 gen 3 with AMD Ryzen 5, 16 gb ram and a 256 gb ssd. I dabbled with Mint a long time ago but consider myself a somewhat informed newbie, who now has the time to experiment and learn.

So I'm looking for tips and advice about which distro I should check out, what I should take into account and anything that can help me with this project.

#askfedi #linuxhelp

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klu9 2d ago

@vitskapsdama

Experiment, eh? 🤔 Maybe try VanillaOS. An immutable distro (can't be borked) with atomic updates (old software only removed once new software confirmed to work), based on Debian, with the APX tool to install containers for any distro you want, integrated into the host OS, allowing you to experiment with software packaged for any distro you feel like

https://vanillaos.org/

#Linux

Vanilla OS - is your next Operating System.

Vanilla OS is an operating system built with simplicity in mind. It's fast, lightweight, beautiful and ready for all your daily tasks.

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Vitskapsdama

@klu9 Oh, I feel that a whole new world is opening up! It has been more than 15 years ago that I had the time to play with Linux and I really look forward to catch up.