Post #2501620
2026-05-06 07:51 UTC
Replies (5)
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@Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-06 09:56
If you move to one of the big supported distributions, you’ll be extremely surprised how easy it is. If you just want things to stay consistent and easy, I can’t recommend Linux mint enough. I installed it on my son’s laptop almost two years ago and he’s never needed my help to fix anything since. The installation walks you through everything, just like Windows, but it’ll only take about the third of the time. Everything just works and there’s no trash to uninstall or debloat scripts to run when you’re done. If you do any gaming you might want to run Fedora or bazzite (fedora with training wheels), but if you’re using KDE for the desktop that’s almost as easy and seamless.
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@BozeKnoflook@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 10:04
Best of luck! If you've got questions or problems feel free to DM me (or reply here) and I'll try to help as best I can. I've been using linux since the mid 90s, so I have a decent idea of how it all works :)
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@Mossheart@lemmy.ca 2026-05-06 14:34
Just made the move a few months ago. Only headache was a missing headset driver, but Claude was able to one shot one for me that's been stable ever since. Not looking back. There have been very few things that haven't worked so far. Take the leap!
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@Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2026-05-07 12:52
I switched my mom to Linux because teaching her how to use Linux as her daily driver was easier than trying to unfuck windows on her computer. Back up your data and then go nuts.
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@FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2026-05-06 15:26
> I have huge concerns about many aspects of switching, but they’re being overtaken by concerns about staying with Windows. **Do not. Use. Mint.** That shit bricked my computer for 3 years as a teen with an unpatched bug that impossible to ever download any file to my PC again, including any potential fixes. Spent months on stackexchange forums. No solution lol Windows has yet to screw me over that hard. (Yet.)