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Have you ever been disappointed with Linux? (libretechni.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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Personally I haven't. While Linux is imperfect, choosing the right distro makes the rest of the experience straightforward. And with it's whole complexity, I find Linux more user friendly than Windows. Even driver issues, broken shadow file ownership and KDE specifics only made me more confident about my choice to use Linux after I solved everything.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm going to make the switch but I find the sheer number of distros overwhelming. I only know unbunto, but everyone says it's shit. Just gotta do research.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 points 22 hours ago

Just pick one and start. People like to nitpick distros but they're more similar than not usually. You really won't be able to appreciate the nuances between the distros until you run into a specific thing, if you ever do.

Personally, I and most of my friends run Linux Mint. It's based on Ubuntu but strips away a few of their more stupid commercial decisions (the ones everyone calls it shit for). It's got wide support both directly and because most Ubuntu advice/commands work out of the box. And it's desktop and use feels similar to Windows so the transition is easier.