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Year of Linux on the Desktop
(lemmy.world)
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I suggest an Ubuntu fork workout snaps, they are a headache to remove now
It doesn't really matter for the average use though, most probably won't really notice the app opening times and most Windows users will not care about the backend being closed source, coming from an entirely closed source OS. I will tend to recommend stock Ubuntu or Mint/PopOS at most because those actually bring some things to the table while being Ubuntu based, not being Ubuntu but with a different DE
I've been quite enjoying Mint as well. Granted, it's been reeeal light use. But so far loving it. I've always enjoyed Debian distros. RHEL can kiss my butt. It was always frustrating to work with at work. I think Slackware was Debian? That was probably my first back in like 2004ish. Generally just works™
Nah, Slackware is just as old as Debian, and apparently SUSE branched off from Slackware. And it's still around, although I don't use it anymore...
I'd have thought those windows users came to Linux because they wanted an open source OS though.