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    [–] Carrot@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Pretty much any distro can do any of the things Windows/Mac users are hoping a computer can do. So just pick one and stick with it. Once you're familiar with Linux, the benefits/drawbacks of each distro will become clearer, and you'll be able to make an informed decision. People will tell you "Arch is more lightweight than Mint" but compared to Windows/MacOS, all Linux distros are going to feel blazingly fast and lightweight. The only decent advice is, if you are just starting out and you have an Nvidia GPU, use a distro that sets that up for you automatically. It's not super complicated to set up, but it's definitely going to feel like a foreign experience the first time.

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    I use coasters, btw.

    [–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Toss up between Slackware, Gentoo or Linux From Scratch. Learn the hard way.

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    [–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

    I don't use arch btw

    [–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 5 points 3 months ago

    All of them except the wrong one.

    [–] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

    Easy! The only I use. The rest are too bloated and/or have too little built in and are too easy/hard. Real Linux wizards agree

    [–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Hey can y'all help me out? I wanna start switching over, but I need a beginner friendly distro that can work well with my 2070 super for gaming. I need something simple to set up or I'll get ADHD paralysis and never do it.

    I'd also love if it worked well with my Valve Index, but if that still has a lot of issues across the board I may still have to dual boot :c

    [–] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    If you like the color green pick linux mint. If you like blue pick zorinOS.

    If you really want to use arch as noob pick Garuda.

    80% of recommendations will be an Ubuntu/debian child so pick whatever looks good and works. See the first two.

    If you really don't like Ubuntu/deb check out Fedora. If you want a big screen steam mode pick bazzite.

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    [–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

    I like Ubuntu but Rocky is also fun.

    [–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

    Daily driven Mint, OpenSuse Tumbleweed and Fedora. They're all great, with their own pros and cons.

    It depends on what you're using it for.

    [–] polle@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Random PSA: set your bios to sleep state linux.

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    [–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

    Secureblue.

    [–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

    Once you slack, you never go back.

    [–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I don't know maybe the bue one

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    [–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

    The One I'm Using :tm:

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