Long overdue, I know, but looking to start at least partially migrating and working with Dual boot, coming from Windows 10 (putting off 11 as much as possible)…
I have limited Linux experience, mostly in college several years back.
I work remotely with Windows software development, including Winforms, Asp.net, .net core, etc. Not sure what I need to best work with these, particularly Winforms. That may not even be possible, I know.
Looking for any general guidance/recommendations.
Long term, I’m interested in migrating as much as possible, outside of whatever I have to keep up for work… starting with dual boot options then moving towards linux as a primary driver. I have an old media server (also win10, not win11 compatable) not really doing much but running plex when I need it… would love to also eventually poke around with Home Assistant or similar, maybe some LLM tinkering etc.
If this isn’t a good community for this, I apologize, and please point me to a better one if you know of one.
There’s some really good posts with lots of comments with pros and cons to read through on Lemmy, I’d recommend for example:
I’m no expert but every guide I’ve ever looked into portrays Mint as the most plug-and-play windows adjacent distro. I personally settled on Pop OS which has also been very simple.
Did you try others before settling on Pop OS? Is there a largest reason it worked best for you?
I am a beginner and I chose Pop OS. It has a more up to date kernel (and I’ve heard more up to date software too) and it worked well for me. I did have to install some gnome extensions to get the UI how I liked it because I didn’t really like it out of the box. But it’s great.
I meant to add… very long term goal if I get comfortable enough would be to maybe even try to convert my wife… but photoshop/Adobe Creative suite is a must have… how is that on Linux these days? Would this affect what distro I should aim for in that instance?
but photoshop/Adobe Creative suite is a must have… how is that on Linux these days?
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed