Honestly, whatever floats your boat. There are many good options here, just try all and use the one you liked most. Or just go and pick one, or use the one that comes pre-installed in your distro.
Recommended ones:
I know it’s not an exact comparison but I think it’s fair. Almost every Windows user (or the ones who fix others’ computers) hit a situation where they had to modify registry (or run a .bat file they have no idea what it does -there were even official solutions like this-) to fix something, at least once in their lives. As a go-to tech-savvy person for a lot of people around me, I know I did this all the time. (I still remember that once someone asked me to remove 3D Objects folder because they couldn’t and it was also a registry fix). On the other hand, while Linux is mature with its commandline, it also came to a point where a normal user don’t need it, just like in Windows (it’s a plus if they know at least how to paste commands if they need though). For example, my sister uses openSUSE and I taught her about YaST and she never had a single issue in the last 2 years, everything is done via GUI. She can install flatpaks if she needs too.
Well, Windows was never perfect. People just got used to its shenanigans. They tend to meddle with bullshit registry yet somehow basic commands on Linux is too complicated.
I don’t know about Swappy but I use Grim + Slurp.
It seems they changed the website, it doesn’t exist anymore.
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Who watched the DVD icon for at least 2 turns?
No idea why old SSD disappeared from boot menu but you cannot use EFI partition on a legacy BIOS system simply because it doesn’t recognize it. Also for legacy systems MBR is recommended instead of GPT. Don’t use ESP either.
Jellyfin is awesome.
This is the way. It may have a steep learning curve but the i3 docs cover everything you may need. There will be some different counterparts on Wayland though.
It seems PADD got borked. Permission thing is happening again.
Don’t know about Cachy but Endeavour is not even a fork. It’s just Arch with a fancy installer.
This is from btop.
They just need to learn how YaST works and it’s done mostly. They won’t even need terminal for anything. I installed openSUSE Leap on my sister’s PC and she’s using it without any problems for quite some time (Though gotta admit installing Xbox controller driver was a hassle, maybe it’s not like that for Tumbleweed). She previously used Manjaro, Pop!_OS, and Mint and she had problems with all. Leap is pretty much perfect. (Let me put nazar amulet here 🧿)
I don’t use Mint myself so I don’t know how things are there. Thanks for clarifying.
Normally I don’t suggest distro-hopping for newbies but sometimes it’s a good idea to try a couple distro before settling in. Since there are tons of different hardware, some distros offer a better out of the box solution for some hardware.
Try openSUSE Leap for instance. Also someone suggested trying KDE Plasma on Mint, so try that first. It might alone solve your problems.
By the way, if your need for Windows can be covered on a virtual machine, go that way instead of dual boot. Windows really can mess with your bootloader.
You can check here for an easy answer. :)
Ironically Manjaro holds packages back for stability makes it unstable.
There is no need for Manjaro where Endeavour exists.
I think antiX would be a nice option. I installed it on a 20 years old laptop and it runs quite fast.
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