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• Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And contrary to windows, it’s learn once, use forever.

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  • skribe@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Except all those times where you learnt how to do something when you set it up years ago, and haven’t touched it since because it just bloody works. Then when you need to upgrade to a new machine you have to learn it all again.

    Been using Linux for thirty years and it still happens.

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    • clif@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I still type ifconfig by habit. Some kid the other day told me that you can judge a person’s age and Linux experience by whether they expect ifconfig and netstat vs ip and ss.

      … I’m just glad they kept the parameters the same in ss

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      • felbane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        what if I use ip and netstat?

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You would have known it better under windows as it would have bacame obsolete or just stopped working every other 6 months, needing your attention 😁

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m on ZorinOS, which I’m told is very similar to Mint.

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  • Qwel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s similar in that it has an application launcher at the bottom, a windows-like start menu, and aims to be simple.

    Zorin has a modern UI where Mint is more windows-7-ish. They don’t have the same file explorer, settings app, app store, generally the core apps are different.

    Look they’re quite different, it’s hard to make a full comparison, just run a Mint .iso in gnome-boxes if you’re curious.

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  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Zorin is working out really well for me, esp on my older machines with slower processors and less RAM that choke a little on fuller distros. I enjoy the KDE Plasma distros, for example, but they’re a little too heavy for my older boxes and I was getting a lot of video stutter and unexplained shutdows, etc. I don’t get that with Zorin or Mint. For me Mint works just as well as Zorin and picks up all my hardware just as handily, it just feels a little basic for what I’m used to. But Zorin hits just right in every direction for my needs. It’s a good distro for Windows noobs, that’s for sure.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I still get freezes. Then when I try to power off and power back on, it won’t boot. Then a day or two will go by, and it boots.

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      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Just for clarity, when you say it won’t boot, where in the boot process does it fail? Do you get as far as loading the BIOS, do you get a little way into the OS and then it crashes, or does it just not start at all?

        I ask because depending on how far it gets into the boot process, you may not be looking at a software problem at all. Generally speaking, you have to get past the BIOS and into the bootloader before assuming the problem has to do with your choice of OS.

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• Emptiness@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve held out a while but this is just getting ridiculous. I’m taking the leap.

  As I use my home machine mainly for gaming, which version is best for me?

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  • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If you want a locked down PC you can’t break, and to install all your software using a GUI, choose Bazzite. If you feel comfortable on the terminal, use CachyOS.

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  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’d say you’re first job is to determine what you don’t want. Google the differences between distros and pick the philosophy you like. Some have corporate backing, some favor stability, some stay cutting edge, some are more community developed, etc.

    I started with Bazzite (Fedora) and switched to Garuda (Arch). What got me to each was researching “best gaming Linux” and later deciding I didn’t want immutability.

    I mainly just wanted it to work right out of the box, but now that I have it I also love that Arch is always keeping me up to date. There is still a lot of fear mongering about Arch, but Garuda was just as easy as Bazzite, which is recommended for beginners all the time.

    I think Garuda is amazing, and recommend it wholeheartedly, but no matter what you choose there will be some learning curve, so pick something that sounds cool to you so you stay motivated to figure it out.

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