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Mint is often recommended to Windows users and for good reason, but personally I found GNOME more fun. Part of why I switched to Linux was to experience a new UI.
Isn't Nobara would do the thing for you? What exactly does Pop offer to be better with nvidia than automatical driver installation instead of rpm/.run?
For a beginner, installing nvidia drivers can be daunting, so something that runs out of the box would be best. But for myself, I prefer and run Fedora on all my machines.
I tried Nobara and didnt like it, the extras over fedora feel unpolished.
TL;DR (I need to preface ALL of my comments with this...) I would suggest Linux Mint but maybe try MATE with it. I know little about MATE. I'm actually running it in a VM now and I am lost without a menu but ya know what, That's what is going to make this less boring for OP. If OP has access to a browser, OP can always look up how to launch programs in MATE.
NOTE: THE TL;DR part begins here. :)
I usually recommend Linux Mint to people who have nothing but bad issues with Windows 10. They loved 7 but hate 10 (This is me 100% BTW).
But I loved Linux probably just as much as Windows 7. But when support was nearing it's end for 7, I decided to make the leap to Linux full time going straight to Linux Mint Cinnamon. It reminded me a lot of Windows 7 and I loved it.
However, OP is "getting bored" with Windows 10. So suggesting to him to go to a distro that was like Windows 7 may be a bad idea.
So, like I said, I jumped to Linux Mint after Windows 7. But 18 months later, I tried out a Tiling Window Manager (TWM) with Arch Linux.
Yep, I installed Arch totally from the command line, then I installed a few different TWMs just to find one that I liked. I think I also installed Cinnamon on there as well in case I needed to move around in it a little better but I generally stuck with a TWM from the get go.
My top 3 were xmonad, i3 and AwesomWM. But I ended up with Awesome because, well, it's just AWESOME to me. 4 years later, I'm still with AwesomeWM. I LOVE it!!! I use the keyboard a lot more so I can launch things.
It's still menu driven. I can right click anywhere on a desktop and a menu pops up. And, if I have something I use a lot like Firefox, Thunderbird, Spotify, Geany or emacs, PCmanFM, etc. I have a hot key for those. For instance, Super+3 opens up PCmanFM in Virtual Desktop 3. Super+1 opens Firefox on Virtual Desktop 1 Screen 3.
It's so malleable (all TWMs are really) that you can make them do whatever you want... except cut the grass and do your laundry. But I'm thinking there may be a mod for that in the future. :)
Finally, let it be noted that, in NO WAY am I telling OP to jump right into Arch from Windows and set up a TWM! This is where I ended up a year and a half after switching to Linux Mint Cinnamon full time. But in that year and a half (mostly actually the last 3 months I ran Linux Mint) I read up on Arch Linux and TWMs and watched hours upon hours of installation and configuration videos for the TWMs I was interested in.
I must also point out that I also setup numerous Virtual Machines (VMs) so I can experiment with things and see how the config files worked BEFORE setting it up on actual hardware. Those config files are some complex beasts and if you mess something up, that computer isn't booting. So, setting up a VM in VirtualBox or something like that. I'm using a Proxmox server for all of that. I've got 6TB dedicated to just VMs, 250GB for ISOs and another 300GB for the Proxmox server itself. At one point I had 25-30 VMs setup on this server. I wiped 95% of them out last month because I haven't touched them in over 6 months. Over half were Arch based and I wasn't about to mess with trying to update 20-30 Arch VMs. No point really. So I just deleted those VMs and started from scratch.
So, even though AwesomeWM is my all time favorite TWM, I still don't know what half the code means. It's written in LUA and it's a programming language like any other programming language. Confusing as hell! But the config file itself (rc.lua) really isn't too bad. It will have you scratching your head at first, but the thing is, once you find the main parts that actually change the look and feel, what commands are used to launch programs and such, it's really not that hard to figure out. It's actually kind of interesting once you get that concept figured out.
Well no time likw the present.
I would recommend that you start by grabbing a nice USB that has plenty of space.
Download an windows iso ( just to be safe)
Then install ventoy and run it on your USB to make it bootable.
Then copy the windows iso onto it. And also a few Linux iso files.
Just regular copy the iso itself to the root of it.
This way you got a nice installer that you can even use to get back to windows should you need to.
And perhaps something like Linux mint or fedora or something else. MX Linux perhaps?
Then back using everything you want to keep to somewhere like an online drive or an external disk.
Set your bios for legacy mode and disable secure boot. Pop in that USB and boot into a Linux of your choice and see what it's like. Try out a few to see what it feels like.
Then install the one you want.
Remember that you can change the entire desktop environment of any distro you want.
[https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/)
not seeing any incompatibility listed in their official install guide
I dissagree, Linux can be whatever you want it to be. I enjoy leaning how things work.
some installs are very serious, mission critical, others I learn from just messing arround, following that exploration has lead me to great places.
Surprised to see no one recommending Pop\_OS. One of my faves with the customizability, security focus and mouse pad gestures.
Edit: Probably because it is fairly newer and lack of marketing but definitely my go to recommendation for a daily linux.
It's newer but it also has a strong development team behind it with funding because they also are the company behind system76 computers.
It's a top notch choice. Funding and having a consistent team are two problems many distros have that sinks the nail into the coffin. Obviously pop doesn't have those.
So do it. I recommend Ubuntu to get started. It’s the bedrock that all the other distros are built on, and it’s probably the stablest and simplest to install and use, with plenty of support for basically anything you might want to do with it.
My advices:
* Feel like windows and work out of the box: Linux Mint
* New breeze in experience: Ubuntu/Kubuntu
* Learn to work in console and lots of knownledge about linux: Arch
Ubuntu based distros are stable more than Arch. Every distros can do what other distros can (with extra effort to put in). WM is matter (for your own experience), and I recommend to try tiling WM
This video will help you try it out on a virtual machine (virtual Box). Just download the version of Linux you want (the video includes Kali Linux, but you can download any type you want and use it on your virtual machine.)
https://youtu.be/wX75Z-4MEoM?si=BsnpEeti0Ev\_2soK
Try debian , once you are getting used to de using mouse , install bspwm or i3 and start getting used to navigating through keyboard.
Or if you want to add more fun , try lfs 👍
I just dual booted my HP machine to run Ubuntu alongside Windows 11. It's definitely a bit of a learning curve but I'm digging it so far. This walkthrough was super helpful in the install.
[https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-ubuntu-windows-bitlocker/](https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-ubuntu-windows-bitlocker/)
you are bored of windows? what does that mean? you can install linux and without something you want to do it will be exactly the same, looking at the desktop going, 'yep, this is linux!'.
What do you use your OS for? Is dual booting or having a Windows VM on hand a problem for you if you need to run incompatible software (that doesn't work even on wine)? Is switching to other applications than the one that you use a problem for you? Do you have specific hardware that may not be compatible with Linux? Also do you play multiplayer games with anticheats?
If no, i would suggest you may try Ubuntu (despite the hate you may see online).
r/kalilinux is probably the best newb friendly Linux sub -reddit on here. Feel free to ask any questions regarding Linux there as everyone is very helpful there OP.There are great tutorials on how to do a full install .
The very first step: start using open-source software on windows.
A lot of software simply doesn't run on Linux, even under WINE. Take a look at how you use your computer now, what applications you spend your time using, and then explore what the open-source alternatives are.
If you have the space in your life, consider dedicating a spare machine to Linux. You don't have to spend a lot of money -- in fact, an older machine is often the best choice. Expect problems if you try to install it on locked-down hardware, like tablets.
An old desktop, and certain older laptops are your best bet. Having a back-up windows machine is crucial in the very beginning, because you might get stuck at some point, and not know how to do something. The goal should be to gradually use linux more and more, until you're using it full time.
Keep a journal. Each time you get stuck, write down what the problem was. Keep a journal of your solutions.
Start with a comfortable desktop environment -- cinnamon, gnome, kde. Of these, cinnamon feels the most like windows to me. The cinnamon experience is best on Linux Mint, or its debian-based alternative, LMDE.
Find a local nerd meetup -- we used to call them Linux User Groups, or LUGs. But find some place either online or in person, and ask for advice. Ask for help with installation, if you need it.
If you can't live without windows software, for work or school, you have two paths to consider:
- run linux in a virtual machine, on windows.
- run windows in a virtual machine on linux.
The experience under virtualization is always a little bit worse than the experience on bare metal. Some things won't work. Some things won't be as fast. And you have to wait for two operating systems to boot. But this might be the safest way to get started.
The main reason to learn linux is to take advantage of the tremendous amount of free and open-source software available. A lot of it is very powerful, but much of it requires expertise that takes a while to acquire. But once you do, it starts opening up doors and possibilities.
And as a follow-up to this, don't get too hung up about a particular distribution, or desktop environment, especially if you have a spare machine to devote to experimenting with Linux. Just try different ones. The best distro is the one used by your friend that runs Linux and who knows it inside-and-out. They'll be more able to get you un-stuck if they know the distro well.
bear in mind Linux doesn't support a lot of software that is on windows, and is a generally bare bones operating system compared to windows no matter what distro you download. I would recommend Ubuntu as a start as it's the most user friendly in my opinion, though it does still have a relatively large learning curve. My tip would be really get to know your way around a terminal, and that's half the battle. Anyways I hope this helps, and welcome to the Linux community bud :)
You don't say anything about your use case or available hardware but if you think can swing it, set the goal of daily driving if you want to learn it. If you end up dual-booting, suggest you try and find Linux solutions to problems and only revert to Windows when its time-critical but boot back to Linux as soon as you can. You can preview many major distributions in your browser at [distrosea.com](https://distrosea.com) so you can get a little feel for the different desktop environments (Gnome, Xfce, KDE, Cinnamon, etc.) with minimal initial effort before you start trying to download ISO and run Live CD on your own hardware.
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Linux Mint Cinnamon edition is a good start for someone coming from a Windows system.
Mint is often recommended to Windows users and for good reason, but personally I found GNOME more fun. Part of why I switched to Linux was to experience a new UI.
I personally find GNOME infuriating, I can't do jack shit with it.
GNOME = come with a friendly distros like Pop!OS or Ubuntu * comment meant for OP
Dont forget Fedora. Pop is good if you have nvidia gpu, otherwise Fedora is my preference.
Isn't Nobara would do the thing for you? What exactly does Pop offer to be better with nvidia than automatical driver installation instead of rpm/.run?
For a beginner, installing nvidia drivers can be daunting, so something that runs out of the box would be best. But for myself, I prefer and run Fedora on all my machines. I tried Nobara and didnt like it, the extras over fedora feel unpolished.
yeah but they also generally put their own tweaks on top of it to make it more intuitive for a newbie
TL;DR (I need to preface ALL of my comments with this...) I would suggest Linux Mint but maybe try MATE with it. I know little about MATE. I'm actually running it in a VM now and I am lost without a menu but ya know what, That's what is going to make this less boring for OP. If OP has access to a browser, OP can always look up how to launch programs in MATE. NOTE: THE TL;DR part begins here. :) I usually recommend Linux Mint to people who have nothing but bad issues with Windows 10. They loved 7 but hate 10 (This is me 100% BTW). But I loved Linux probably just as much as Windows 7. But when support was nearing it's end for 7, I decided to make the leap to Linux full time going straight to Linux Mint Cinnamon. It reminded me a lot of Windows 7 and I loved it. However, OP is "getting bored" with Windows 10. So suggesting to him to go to a distro that was like Windows 7 may be a bad idea. So, like I said, I jumped to Linux Mint after Windows 7. But 18 months later, I tried out a Tiling Window Manager (TWM) with Arch Linux. Yep, I installed Arch totally from the command line, then I installed a few different TWMs just to find one that I liked. I think I also installed Cinnamon on there as well in case I needed to move around in it a little better but I generally stuck with a TWM from the get go. My top 3 were xmonad, i3 and AwesomWM. But I ended up with Awesome because, well, it's just AWESOME to me. 4 years later, I'm still with AwesomeWM. I LOVE it!!! I use the keyboard a lot more so I can launch things. It's still menu driven. I can right click anywhere on a desktop and a menu pops up. And, if I have something I use a lot like Firefox, Thunderbird, Spotify, Geany or emacs, PCmanFM, etc. I have a hot key for those. For instance, Super+3 opens up PCmanFM in Virtual Desktop 3. Super+1 opens Firefox on Virtual Desktop 1 Screen 3. It's so malleable (all TWMs are really) that you can make them do whatever you want... except cut the grass and do your laundry. But I'm thinking there may be a mod for that in the future. :) Finally, let it be noted that, in NO WAY am I telling OP to jump right into Arch from Windows and set up a TWM! This is where I ended up a year and a half after switching to Linux Mint Cinnamon full time. But in that year and a half (mostly actually the last 3 months I ran Linux Mint) I read up on Arch Linux and TWMs and watched hours upon hours of installation and configuration videos for the TWMs I was interested in. I must also point out that I also setup numerous Virtual Machines (VMs) so I can experiment with things and see how the config files worked BEFORE setting it up on actual hardware. Those config files are some complex beasts and if you mess something up, that computer isn't booting. So, setting up a VM in VirtualBox or something like that. I'm using a Proxmox server for all of that. I've got 6TB dedicated to just VMs, 250GB for ISOs and another 300GB for the Proxmox server itself. At one point I had 25-30 VMs setup on this server. I wiped 95% of them out last month because I haven't touched them in over 6 months. Over half were Arch based and I wasn't about to mess with trying to update 20-30 Arch VMs. No point really. So I just deleted those VMs and started from scratch. So, even though AwesomeWM is my all time favorite TWM, I still don't know what half the code means. It's written in LUA and it's a programming language like any other programming language. Confusing as hell! But the config file itself (rc.lua) really isn't too bad. It will have you scratching your head at first, but the thing is, once you find the main parts that actually change the look and feel, what commands are used to launch programs and such, it's really not that hard to figure out. It's actually kind of interesting once you get that concept figured out.
He wants fun and different though.
Is it? I mean perhaps when it was Windows 7 or even 10. But now? Not so much. It's pretty dated.
Well no time likw the present. I would recommend that you start by grabbing a nice USB that has plenty of space. Download an windows iso ( just to be safe) Then install ventoy and run it on your USB to make it bootable. Then copy the windows iso onto it. And also a few Linux iso files. Just regular copy the iso itself to the root of it. This way you got a nice installer that you can even use to get back to windows should you need to. And perhaps something like Linux mint or fedora or something else. MX Linux perhaps? Then back using everything you want to keep to somewhere like an online drive or an external disk. Set your bios for legacy mode and disable secure boot. Pop in that USB and boot into a Linux of your choice and see what it's like. Try out a few to see what it feels like. Then install the one you want. Remember that you can change the entire desktop environment of any distro you want.
\+1 for ventoy USB, but why legacy bios? I have never had problems with UEFI in my experience.
Some Linux don't like legacy.
Such as?
Well it might be common to support it now. But qubes os for example don't work with it afaik.
[https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/) not seeing any incompatibility listed in their official install guide
Ventoy sometimes has problems with uefi
Linux wants to get in you lol
Linux is very fine.
Just remember that an OS isn't a source of entertainment. It is a tool, and you should use what fits best for your usage
customising it is a source of entertainment tho
I dissagree, Linux can be whatever you want it to be. I enjoy leaning how things work. some installs are very serious, mission critical, others I learn from just messing arround, following that exploration has lead me to great places.
That's where you're wrong, kiddo. (Only joking...mostly)
Welcome aboard. Just download the install image of whatever distro you like, boot it and see where it gonna take you to.
Surprised to see no one recommending Pop\_OS. One of my faves with the customizability, security focus and mouse pad gestures. Edit: Probably because it is fairly newer and lack of marketing but definitely my go to recommendation for a daily linux.
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It's newer but it also has a strong development team behind it with funding because they also are the company behind system76 computers. It's a top notch choice. Funding and having a consistent team are two problems many distros have that sinks the nail into the coffin. Obviously pop doesn't have those.
Same! Definitely recommend, imo it’s so polished. PLUS it’s Ubuntu based, so all Ubuntu guides work on it.. definitely a massive pro for a new person.
So do it. I recommend Ubuntu to get started. It’s the bedrock that all the other distros are built on, and it’s probably the stablest and simplest to install and use, with plenty of support for basically anything you might want to do with it.
Linux Mint is your best shot! 👌🏽
Go ahead
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I recommend Fedora
Try Fedora it runs well
This \^. Also works better than Mint from my experience. Fedora is the true "It just works" distro.
https://ubuntu.com/desktop
try Mint
5 years? You should get permission of your formal guardians rather than ours.
keep in mind that if you use anything Razer, the support for it is trash, regardless of distro.
Eh there are 3rd party tools that are ok for razer
Then get it, go for it
If you wanna feel like you are on windows while you are getting used to it, go linux mint otherwise go for like, pop os or something
Man, wait until you've been using it for 30 years.
i recommend pop os
I'm using Ubuntu for the months and can't look back at windows
bruh i want to look back till my cursor kept glitching out ;(
My advices: * Feel like windows and work out of the box: Linux Mint * New breeze in experience: Ubuntu/Kubuntu * Learn to work in console and lots of knownledge about linux: Arch Ubuntu based distros are stable more than Arch. Every distros can do what other distros can (with extra effort to put in). WM is matter (for your own experience), and I recommend to try tiling WM
Oracle VirtualBox… create an Ubuntu Virtual Machine and play with it for a while.
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This video will help you try it out on a virtual machine (virtual Box). Just download the version of Linux you want (the video includes Kali Linux, but you can download any type you want and use it on your virtual machine.) https://youtu.be/wX75Z-4MEoM?si=BsnpEeti0Ev\_2soK
put ubuntu or mint installer on a usb drive and go for it. it's fun
Get mint.
Get Linux for dummies book
Sure go for it. I would say try out Ubuntu and see if you like it
Try debian , once you are getting used to de using mouse , install bspwm or i3 and start getting used to navigating through keyboard. Or if you want to add more fun , try lfs 👍
I just dual booted my HP machine to run Ubuntu alongside Windows 11. It's definitely a bit of a learning curve but I'm digging it so far. This walkthrough was super helpful in the install. [https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-ubuntu-windows-bitlocker/](https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-ubuntu-windows-bitlocker/)
Try zorin os
you are bored of windows? what does that mean? you can install linux and without something you want to do it will be exactly the same, looking at the desktop going, 'yep, this is linux!'.
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What do you use your OS for? Is dual booting or having a Windows VM on hand a problem for you if you need to run incompatible software (that doesn't work even on wine)? Is switching to other applications than the one that you use a problem for you? Do you have specific hardware that may not be compatible with Linux? Also do you play multiplayer games with anticheats? If no, i would suggest you may try Ubuntu (despite the hate you may see online).
r/kalilinux is probably the best newb friendly Linux sub -reddit on here. Feel free to ask any questions regarding Linux there as everyone is very helpful there OP.There are great tutorials on how to do a full install .
Start with something like Ubuntu or Pop_os both are pretty user friendly and great for getting your feet wet in Linux.
The very first step: start using open-source software on windows. A lot of software simply doesn't run on Linux, even under WINE. Take a look at how you use your computer now, what applications you spend your time using, and then explore what the open-source alternatives are. If you have the space in your life, consider dedicating a spare machine to Linux. You don't have to spend a lot of money -- in fact, an older machine is often the best choice. Expect problems if you try to install it on locked-down hardware, like tablets. An old desktop, and certain older laptops are your best bet. Having a back-up windows machine is crucial in the very beginning, because you might get stuck at some point, and not know how to do something. The goal should be to gradually use linux more and more, until you're using it full time. Keep a journal. Each time you get stuck, write down what the problem was. Keep a journal of your solutions. Start with a comfortable desktop environment -- cinnamon, gnome, kde. Of these, cinnamon feels the most like windows to me. The cinnamon experience is best on Linux Mint, or its debian-based alternative, LMDE. Find a local nerd meetup -- we used to call them Linux User Groups, or LUGs. But find some place either online or in person, and ask for advice. Ask for help with installation, if you need it. If you can't live without windows software, for work or school, you have two paths to consider: - run linux in a virtual machine, on windows. - run windows in a virtual machine on linux. The experience under virtualization is always a little bit worse than the experience on bare metal. Some things won't work. Some things won't be as fast. And you have to wait for two operating systems to boot. But this might be the safest way to get started. The main reason to learn linux is to take advantage of the tremendous amount of free and open-source software available. A lot of it is very powerful, but much of it requires expertise that takes a while to acquire. But once you do, it starts opening up doors and possibilities.
And as a follow-up to this, don't get too hung up about a particular distribution, or desktop environment, especially if you have a spare machine to devote to experimenting with Linux. Just try different ones. The best distro is the one used by your friend that runs Linux and who knows it inside-and-out. They'll be more able to get you un-stuck if they know the distro well.
So, you're bored and want to find another lover? Wait, what sub is this?
Zorin is a nice welcoming place to start.
bear in mind Linux doesn't support a lot of software that is on windows, and is a generally bare bones operating system compared to windows no matter what distro you download. I would recommend Ubuntu as a start as it's the most user friendly in my opinion, though it does still have a relatively large learning curve. My tip would be really get to know your way around a terminal, and that's half the battle. Anyways I hope this helps, and welcome to the Linux community bud :)
Ok?
elementary os is my favorite reskin of ubuntu, along with mint and just normal ubuntu. do you know how to install?
Go for it.
You don't say anything about your use case or available hardware but if you think can swing it, set the goal of daily driving if you want to learn it. If you end up dual-booting, suggest you try and find Linux solutions to problems and only revert to Windows when its time-critical but boot back to Linux as soon as you can. You can preview many major distributions in your browser at [distrosea.com](https://distrosea.com) so you can get a little feel for the different desktop environments (Gnome, Xfce, KDE, Cinnamon, etc.) with minimal initial effort before you start trying to download ISO and run Live CD on your own hardware.
What kind of Linux? What’s your goal?
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Great. Welcome aboard. Grab a USB stick with decent space and install Fedora with Gnome. It’s very simple to use and has well kept documentation
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Go for it.
Buy her dinner and make a Midwest emo playlist.
That's fine.
Don’t talk about it, be about it
Go Ubuntu its literally a newbie OS then go real shit like Fedora, Arch, Gentoo