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Windows is hell, i need to do something
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this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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I really like Zorin as a beginner's distro. It's based on Ubuntu so most everything is designed to work with it without learning a whole new command line tool, but it doesn't try to hide the Linuxey stuff and mimic windows. On top of that it's just very polished.
im not really a beginner myself but Im lazy and this point and just want a system up and running asap. if I was not using it I would likely use puppy because I like the read only core.
Good point, perhaps "beginner's distro" is not the best term because not everyone wants to put a ton of attention into their operating system!