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mlg@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• nao@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  if you want something that just works, and don’t have any special requirements, ubuntu is a decent option

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• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Idk, Gnome is quite nice. The biggest downside of gnome is the lack of Settings, but apart from that I really like the look and feel.

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I honestly don’t understand the Ubuntu hate.

  Then again, my computer usage is just a glorified browser now as all my app needs are on the cloud anyways.

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  • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    The Firefox snap package was absolutely fucked last time I tried Ubuntu. I had to manually add a repository to get Firefox via apt instead. That was a few years ago and it’s probably fine now, but I don’t really use Ubuntu anymore because of this. Why snap even exists when we have flatpak is also beyond me

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• hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So which one should I pick? I have a decent spare pc at the moment and was thinking about trying it out for Linux.

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  • mlg@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Linux Mint if you want something nice and easy out of box.

    Fedora if you feel like taking the plunge

    Bazzite if you want Fedora’s advantages for gaming but don’t want to mess with a conventional Linux install (kinda more like Android, lots of guardrails)

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My LMDE VM has been excellent for several years now. My laptop with Bazzite that I set up to test out the gaming side of things has also worked well, but that’s only been in use for a few weeks now and I still have a lot of niche stuff to test out before I can really recommend it. As a baseline just being able to play games there’ve been no issues just running the games I tried.

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  • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Define “decent”.
    I tend to recommend Linux Mint, it’s pretty easy to grasp for noobs (i’ve installed on two of my family’s laptops, no complaints). Zorin OS also seems nice.

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    • hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t know, I don’t know much about hardware. A gaming laptop from 5 years ago. Still usable today, ran windows 11. I only upgraded because I flooded the keyboard and it stopped working.

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      • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You can “flash” the installer file on a USB drive and boot from it to test it out without installing (it’ll be slower though).

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