@thegardendude@regenerate.social
Post #1080185
2026-03-27 01:53 UTC
Replies (7)
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@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org 2026-03-27 02:21
@thegardendude@regenerate.social I put one together just for this purpose. Or something more mainstream like Linux mint. https://nixbookos.org/
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@fourmiune@mastodon.world 2026-03-27 05:26
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike ubuntu ... xubuntu ... lubuntu ... very easy
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@wmd@chaos.social 2026-03-27 07:40
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike depends a lot on where you come from, what you're used to. When we in office switched to linux for desktop >15 years ago, people came from xp, vista, windows 7 and ubuntu was at the time a fitting change. When ubuntu changed it was better to change to ubuntu-mate. In my experience, people mostly dislike change, so you want to find something that looks similar to them. The issues people had with UX change of windows 7 helped linux adoption...
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@desantis@mastodon.bida.im 2026-03-27 12:04
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike I work in research and a lot of new converts use either Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Personally, I use Fedora/Budgie, before that Fedora Gnome. As another has already mentioned, check and see if the distro has a “Live” version, meaning you can burn the ISO to portable storage and try the O.S. before committing.
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@elduvelle@neuromatch.social 2026-03-27 16:49
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike If you are used to Windows, #ZorinOS is really easy to use (https://zorin.com/os/). It won't necessarily work on all computers though (like all Linux distributions I guess) so make sure to test it by running it from a USB stick before installing it!
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@linuxuser42@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 11:16
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike *buntu, Mint, Zorin are all based on Debian. Debian is nonprofit. Use the default version, Debian Stable Trixie to avoid new potentially buggy features
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@quoidian@mastodon.online 2026-03-30 11:35
@thegardendude @codemonkeymike Linux Mint (Debian Edition) installs smoothly, has run reliably, and has most of what I need day-to-day.