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NaoPb@eviltoast.org 4 months ago
My hardware couldn’t run Windows 11 anyway. But if it could, I still would’ve installed Linux.
I’m done needing 10 different tweaking programs before Windows works the way I want it to. I don’t want an OS that is working against my workflow.
nevernevermore@kbin.social 4 months ago
What distro do you use for day to day stuff? I’m a Mac user but want to dip my toes into Linux as a VM
themadcodger@kbin.social 4 months ago
If you want to dip your toes, go with something easy. Pop_os or Linux Mint are the two most often suggested. Lesser offered but with a Mac OS feel is Elementary.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Haven’t heard much about ElementaryOS in awhile. It’s still a thing?
themadcodger@kbin.social 4 months ago
It would appear so: https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-february-2024/
NaoPb@eviltoast.org 4 months ago
I’m a little late to the party but I’m using Ubuntu myself. There are a handfull that are pretty good for starters. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are probably part of those. And I see others have given you some advice on good ones as well.
I would suggest to not just jump off the deep end but maybe make it a dual boot or install it on a spare computer. It’s probably also usefull to make like a list of applications you’re using in Windows and see if they’re available on Linux. And if not, what alternatives there are. It helps if you are willing to try some alternatives to your daily applications when they are not available in Linux. But worst case scenario there are a lot of Windows applications that can run inside Wine in Linux.