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I need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend?

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Thx in advice.

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alexdeathway@programming.dev
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linux mint

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balancedchaos@lemmy.world
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The one and only objectively best answer, imo.

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BlueTardis@sh.itjust.works
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Thirded. It just works. Even deployed to elderly relatives with wifi printers with no issues.

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db2@lemmy.world
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Seconded. I’ve been using it for years because it just works, but if I want to try to break shit do things myself I can.

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markstos@lemmy.world
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I researched this question for a laptop to sell on eBay. I tried Pop OS and Mint and choose Mint.

It seems that Mint may be the most popular distro for older Linux laptops sold on eBay.

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MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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That’s exactly what I did with my old Core2Duo laptop because I couldn’t in good conscience sell it with factory-loaded Win-Vista LOL.

If somebody with knowhow gets it, they can put whatever they want on it. If someone without? They get a solid OS that gets security updates. Win-win.

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/home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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More specifically, Linux Mint Debian Edition. Canonical has been very weird, I would get the debian based branch

https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

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