Thread 105685715

which distro i use if i just want to use my machine like a normal person ?

>>105685715 (OP)
Windows.

>>105685715 (OP)
How often do you change hardware and how up to date with drivers do you need to be for gaming?

>>105685757
never, and i dont play games

>>105685776
Do you need the latest updates ASAP?

>>105685776
based non gaymer

Anything backed by a corporation.
>b-but they put proffit over people
Yes, this is why they will make sure everything will work, even if it was written by Hitler himself.
A community-driven project will always put feelings before anything else.

I normally would recommend Ubuntu for beginners, but nowadays it's safe to go straight to Fedora.

>>105685715 (OP)
Windows 11 IoT LTSC from MassGravel

>>105685842
no

>>105685850
What's the problem with Hitler?

>>105685715 (OP)
linux mint

>>105685850
been using fedora for years. If you dont have autism probably the best distro.

>>105685858
Any Debian/Mint or Kubuntu you can get the windows like UI and have everything stable

>>105685880
linux mint with xfce

>>105685850
i dont know about ubuntu, but fedora is 65% community driven, huge chunk. their image as a primary corporate distro is dishonest.

>>105685715 (OP)
Ubuntu.
>>105685850
Here's why.

>>105685850
>Yes, this is why they will make sure everything will work
For their enterprise customers. They could not give less a fuck if it sucks as a home desktop OS.
Coincidentally, this is also why modern Windows is a travesty.

>>105685715 (OP)
busybox in a docker container

>>105685903
maybe its because I used ubuntu like 10 years ago but all I remember is pain trying to get shit to work. could be a side effect of being much dumber then and a Linux novice.

>>105685715 (OP)
windows

>>105685750
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>>105685850
>nowadays it's safe to go straight to Fedora
Is it? The amount of terminal commands you have to paste to get media codecs working is truly schizophrenic even by Linux standards. On Ubuntu it's just a checkbox in the installer. Also newbies won't dislike snaps until they're told to because they don't take several seconds to open anymore.

>>105685715 (OP)
Apple UNIX aka macOS.

Windows if you're broke and enjoy laggy jeetware.

>>105685715 (OP)
windows or linux mint

>>105686075
2 terminal commands is too much for some people?

>>105685920
>linux being a pain in the ass to use
first off, this has nothing to do with linux itself but the distribution you used
secondly, things have improved wildly in the last decade for linux:
-user friendliness, you most likely will never have to open the terminal to use ubuntu, fedora or mint. -compatibility with windows software, most games just run ootb now.

>>105686157
>you most likely will never have to open the terminal to use ubuntu, fedora or mint.
thats usually a bad idea, all guis are prone to breakage during upduuts, always use the terminal as god intended.

>>105686209
the problem about the terminal is that it's basically a black box where you enter magic commands
the linux gnu ecosystem needs to, and already has managed to a large extent, to make shit easily accessible to regular people. people that are too lazy to look up shit, people that don't know how their system works, people that never change the default settings, people that are terrified of the console...

>>105686278
nah even a noob should be comfortable with the terminal. even just asking an llm to spit out commands for them and sort of knowing what they do. thats the whole appeal of linux, shell scripting and being able to fiddle/run programs with pipes and command line arguments to streamline processes

>>105686349
>thats the whole appeal of linux,
now THAT explains why linux just doesnt work, its preoccupied iwth autists wanting to feel like epic haxormans rather than just making it usable and functional.

>>105686139
why any terminal commands? i just want my computer to work

unrelated but why is ubuntu so buggy nowadays? i have an intel cpu, igpu, and wifi card yet that shit kept locking up and the "app store" (package manager wrapper) crashed every time i tried to use it. even that jeet shit zorin worked better.

>>105686139
>2 terminal commands
It's 19. Plus some additional mouse clicks and keyboard strokes to get hardware acceleration actually working on Firefox. To get it to work on Chromium you need to straight up edit the desktop file. Insane shit I would never have this much gall.

>>105686360
>usable and functional.
i do things and it works for me really well. dont use it if you dont want to

>>105686402
maybe if you are following some forum post from 5 years ago. Follow official documentation and the shit just works.

>>105686671
The "official documentation" is spread across 2 wiki pages and 4 man pages and I've confirmed that half-measures don't yield half-results just zero-results. Go fuck yourself Red Hat employee.

>>105686380
Microsoft didn't want to lose their monopoly so they bribed them.

>>105685750
FPBP

>>105685715 (OP)
Fedora KDE, Manjaro KDE, EndeavourOS KDE, or Mint. All of them will give you basically the same shit. In 2025 there's no such thing as a "beginner distro" because Linux just works now.

>>105685715 (OP)
Of Linux? Mint if you're used to Windows, and if you're used to Mac idk.

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>>105686157
>you most likely will never have to open the terminal to use ubuntu
literally can't run anything AI without terminalslop, while on Windows you just double click the exe/bat

>>105687284
Don't listen to this retard, your only options are windows or mint

>>105685750
fpbp
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>>105685715 (OP)
CachyOS

>>105687434
>while on Windows you just double click the exe/bat
What exactly do you think terminals do, retard? You can run Linux programs and scripts by clicking them too.

>>105685715 (OP)
fedora or debian with kde

>>105685715 (OP)
fedora kde

>>105685880
fippy bippy

>>105685858
Seconding Kubuntu. It looks like Mint fucked up >>105687887
Debian if your iq is above 120.

>>105685715 (OP)
Fedora uBlue

>>105685750
>>105686075
>>105686707
>>105687446
upvoting for my based winsisters!

don't forget, it's still pride: https://unlocked.microsoft.com/pride/
show that love :)

>>105686349
GUI interaction enables the user to actually understand what they're doing and promotes better understanding over time. Copy/pasting commands into the terminal does not. I grew up with DOS so command line doesn't phase me but I don't get excited over it the way zoomers do.

>>105685715 (OP)
Just use mint and paste commands from forums if something breakes

Be sure to get wine if you want to run any windows specific program