• /home/pineapplelover
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      322 days ago

      I’d say start out with Linux Mint (debian edition) if you need something simple. Bazziteos if you’re a gamer. Jump around as you see fit. Maybe put it on a vm to test it out or make a ventoy usb to put a bunch of isos on and test them all out.

      • Doom
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        121 days ago

        when you say test them out what am I looking for? I really truthfully play very simple low demand games and older games a little, I mostly use my computer for browsing/writing/work.

        easy to install, free of bullshit and compatible with Firefox lol also light demand my laptop is a little guy

        • /home/pineapplelover
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          121 days ago

          When I say gaming I mean steam, proton, Wine, epic games stuff is pretty much pre installed, if you don’t need all that then linux mint should do fine

    • @MostRegularPeople
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      221 days ago

      I’m a neanderthal. I barely know how computers work. I switched to Linux mint cinnamon a couple months ago. I’m a light user, mostly using word processing, internet, Foundry VTT to run games, and some light gaming via steam. I watched some YouTube videos and read some articles and just kinda sent it. It is offensively easy. I see no reason to go back to windows.

      There are some things that take getting used to, but the user interface is really similar to windows and I would argue is largely more functional.

      This video and this article helped a lot.

      Remember, I am dumb and I did it. You can do it.