I have grown up around Linux and have had people like my dad use it near me my whole life. I even booted a fedora version once on a very old machine when I was younger as a way for my dad to teach me about Linux. Sadly I never really caught on at the time.

I am ready to really jump in now. Is there a beginners guide/pros cons comparison for different distribution of Linux? I am also curious about how well things like matlab, solidworks, and Office suit/libra office work in Linux.

Thank you!

  • @bev
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    21 year ago

    Linux mint uses flatpak instead of snap. That’d be my reason to go with them instead of plain Ubuntu.

    • @hinterlufer
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      11 year ago

      I mean I use all of them - flatpak, snap and AppImages on my Mint installation. And I’m pretty sure you can use flatpaks on Ubuntu as well.

      • @bev
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        1 year ago

        Sure. But it can be annoying to remove snap if you’re like me.