When Windows 10 will stop serving me, I think i will switch to Linux. I tried it before, multiple times, but never stuck to it. Windows is my comfort zone. But Microsoft is making it into spyware pretending to be an OS and that is my red line. Last time I even tried Fedora, like in the video, but it did not work at all because i chose distribution with some flawed package manager. Next time I think Fedora will be on the top of my list again though.
cinnamon is a pleasure worthy of a v for vendetta speech.
only time I ever tried puppy was to live recover an old laptop that was fighting other images. didn't get the best vibe, but it wasn't a sound example. might try it for an experiment again on a more proper system, based off your comment. I like the idea of a snappy lightweight Linux, but haven't been impressed with the tradeoffs on xfce variants of bigger names.
That said, I doubt established users who’ve already well-rooted themselves in bigger names will have the same appreciation I do. Intermediate-level operators might be fresh enough to enjoy the perspective shift; as some of Puppy’s solutions probably seem pretty bonkers; but they make sense in their niche.
@Justicar Ubuntu. Linux Mint is good, too. If anyone suggests Arch or Gentoo, block them.
@Mongoliaboo @Justicar Manjaro is acceptable as a newbie distro despite being Arch based. Though I would recommend Linux Mint or LMDE (Mint without Ubuntu base) to a Windows user and ElementaryOS to a MacOS user.
They both alleviate the UI shock that you could have with Ubuntu.
@Justicar I would highly recommend it. Linux Mint is pretty solid these days and is very easy to set up. You can even put it on a flash drive and boot off it to try it before you install it in earnest.