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Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

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Any distro I should use?

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Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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Linux mint

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rippersnapper@lemm.ee
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Curious, why not Ubuntu? Doesn’t it have more support forums and generally more popular?

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Almost all of those support forms are from way back when Ubuntu was user friendly and community driven. However they are no longer serving the community and shouldn’t be considered user friendly like it was previously.

Anyway almost all of the Ubuntu specific stuff will work on Linux mint as its Ubuntu based.

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average lemmy user@lemm.eeOP
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fun fact: my first experience of Linux was actually in Ubuntu (in a emulator ofc), and yes Im thinking of using mint

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lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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Also try LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). I think it’s their best flavor actually, but not enough people know about it and usually only try the regular Mint.

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average lemmy user@lemm.eeOP
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oooh I’ll definitely try that first

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kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
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can recommend mint too after using it for nearly half a year now, without issues

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