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Which Linux tho' ?

I've been hearing good things abt Mint. Anyone have thoughts abt it?

It's a good, beginner friendly distribution. It's one I often suggest when helping people switch.

Love it--about 2 years in and love it. For example, I've been procrastinating a major OS update, like a full digit version change so I finally hit the button, expecting an ordeal...took about 3 minutes, ran in the background, told me "all good, went great, might wanna reboot, bye" and done.

I installed Linux Mint some 6mts ago. It was easier than I expected, installing it from a flash drive. You need to make a little change in your BIOS but video tutorial made that easy too. Bonus: while installing Linux, it deletes all the Windows shit from your hard drive. I am never going back.

Hallelujah and pass the drive!

If you never tried Linux, Mint is definitely the way to go. The installation is easy, after initial setup it usually just works without any problems and the default UI is familiar to former Windows users.

Does it come with a web browser or do I need to install a third party app? Once I have that, everything else can follow

fwiw the french gendarmerie switched to linux like over a decade ago, and the rest of the government has a very long way to go before they switch. They're basically only now starting the process and so far all they got is a proof of concept of a "replicable" unix distro that could then come in

Missed an important starters #OS #Mint most stable & best supported it just works Want your PC back install #Linux you will never regret it But i need MS Office.. no you don't there are 3 office substitutes that work with those files no subscription & SOFTWARE IS FREE #Fedora #Debian #Ubuntu

A huge advantage to Linux is that it effectively extends hardware lifespan. Because it's low profile and not resource intensive you can keep up with new versions without having to worry you'll hit an arbitrary hardware wall. This is gonna save us all some coin, bet.

Absolutely my I'm running laptops & PCs from 2010 to 2024 all work perfect had older but keyboards die no HDMI etc

Please tell me there are videos to teach me how?

Loads - but actually it's not that hard. The worst bit is setting up a thumb drive that you can use to boot a windows machine with, and working out how to persuade your laptop to use it. After that, it's mostly easy. Find an old laptop & have a play. Probably start with Linux Mint.

I ditched Windows at the end of December last year. I dual booted it with Linux so I could gradually transfer files to Linux as needed. And to get used to it gradually. I am now using Linux for everything on my computer. The old Windows drive is mainly storage.

It's great seeing new peeps moving to Linux. Been a long time user myself, curious which distro you started on?

Currently using Linux Mint, Cinnamon bundle. Easy transition on my desktop with dual boot. The shortcuts are pretty much the same as Windows. Flatpack. I have used other bundles of Linux on my older computers, and even different ones on my raspberry pi. Ubuntu seems to work best for me.

How to do dual.boot on pxlc or laptop

I'm not sure about pxlc (I assume you mean PCI Express Link Control Register). But in most cases, laptop or desktop, you can transition from an existing Windows OS to Linux. Laptops are tricky, which is why I only buy laptops such as ASUS which can use other OS. I built my own desktops.

sadly linux so far behind windows , you cant play and youse countless countless apsp and games on it and performance is slower , also no countless and countlkess od drivers for different devices even popular hardware dont have enough love but i liek competition and wish linux be better

Actually playing on Linux, performance is generally about the same, sometimes a bit better, sometime a bit worse. Hardware support came a long way, it's been a long time since I've had issue with common hardware support, I don't even check anymore before buying.

Had to do some printing, dug our old printer out of the basement, thinking I had some work to do ..to get it to work on Mint..nope, finding the cable took longer than setting the printer up, LOVE Linux

no its not if you take many games you will get lower results, i watch gaming news and tests often, huge minus is you cant use so many programms and games at all they will not work at all means 0 frames per second , people still complain about bad drivers for nvidia www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PtO...

I don't think gaming performance is a priority for public administration workstations.

for me is i need OS on which i can do everything not only that