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    If linux distributions were tools. (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Everything about this is wrong

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    [–] snoopfrog@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Real question if I can sneak one in. If I want to buy a machine suitable to run Darktable for photo editing, which Linux distribution would be ideal for that? Other than photo editing, I might watch movies in browser while browsing other sites on a different screen. That's all I really use PC to do these days. Advice? I don't want to accidently use a butt plug.

    Edit for additional context if it wasn't immediately apparent: I am a casual who just doesn't like Microsoft. But I don't use anything else that concerns me for a switch to Linux. I just want easy setup and use for my purposes.

    [–] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

    I would personally recommend EndeavourOS or PopOS.

    https://endeavouros.com/

    https://pop.system76.com/

    I recommend EndeavourOS primarily because of it's ease of use and rolling distro means you'll have access to the latest bug fixes and patches (and a very active and supportive community), whereas it does come with the drawback of requiring to fix things every now and then if you've installed packages from places other than endeavour/Aur or require packages/apps that are older.

    Yay (package manager) is very easy to get using as a beginner, however, if you don't want rolling updates and just large update packages similar in scope to windows service pack updates I'd recommend popos or the sister/base os ubuntu. (fedora apparently may be good in this instance as well but I've very little contact with the OS and have been avoiding RHEL-related products recently because of their anti-consumer and anti-open source actions recently).

    Ultimately it's definitely recommended that you try a few distro's to get a feel for what you like and then customize to your hearts content.

    https://distrowatch.com/ if you'd like a more in depth review of various distros and what their performance bonuses or problems are.

    EndeavourOS with xfce4 is very clean and quick to pick up with their little introductory/learning module that they include (once installed or on live, it will provide a popup that includes the following):

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    [–] Hexagram9751@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    As an Arch user I feel offended but indeed I own one. So I guess it's true...

    [–] Phanlix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (18 children)

    I've been documenting my experience with switching over to linux and how it's gone. Day 1 and 2 posts have been made.

    Fedora is terrible from my day 1 experience.

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