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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

My point is that the site should be recommending a few newbie distros, instead of telling the newbie to search it. Specially because the choice of a distribution isn't that meaningful in the long run, but newbies struggle picking one.

That said I agree Mint would be a good choice. Not sure on Xfce; I'd probably recommend Cinnamon instead, as it looks a bit more modern (even if myself would rather use MATE or Xfce than Cinnamon).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Windows user: I'm thinking about switching to Linux, mind helping me out Linux User?

Linux user: ok, so what you want to do is just figure it out yourself.

Windows user: finds debian and fucks everything up wow Linux is terrible, I'll stick to using Windows 11.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Speaking on that: a lot of people act as if promoting Linux means simply "to get others to install it". And they ignore that the newbie will need help the first days, weeks, even months. Then the newbie gets burned out and switches back to Windows.

That probably explains why some people manage to retain even tech illiterate people using Linux, while others struggle to convince even tech literate ones to switch.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

While your endorsement is definitely well-intentioned, I'm unsure if it correctly reflects the project's health^[Unsure if I'd be able to word my criticisms better than this.]. I'd argue we've got (a lot) better resources on the fediverse. Like, e.g. this excellent guide: Understanding Linux and choosing your first Linux distro, v2.0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

That's excellent, I found the distrochooser recently while coming back to linux and was happy when it recommended the same distro I used years back