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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] survirtual@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Just add a new partition and dual boot, it is pretty easy.

Also I do not recommend Mint for Windows users, because the officially supported UX layers are more apple-esque. Use a distro that has KDE support baked in. Adding KDE to Mint is easy but may not be for people switching.

For that reason, I recommend going with distros with KDE Plasma by default. Kubuntu or KDE neon.

Why KDE? It feels like where Windows should have gone. It's like the glory days of Windows (windows 2000, etc) in the modern age. It is a drastic upgrade from Windows with more freedom than you ever had.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Mint has the Cinnamon desktop environment which isn't that different from Windows/KDE. You're probably thinking of Gnome?

[–] survirtual@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Cinnamon, to me, is an in-between, more like modern Windows, which moved in a more macos direction. KDE is like golden age Windows. Gnome is like macos.

When I used Mint (maybe 10 years ago now?), I had all kinds of problems with Cinnamon. KDE was like magic and I always use it now. Perhaps things have changed but we can only make recommendations based on our experiences and knowledge.

[–] MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Aye, Cinnamon i'd say is pretty Windows like now (taskbar, start menu and tray) but definitely not as good as KDE. The average user would be happy with either I think.

[–] psycosulu@ani.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm on Cinnamon for my first linux OS, it feels pretty Windows to me.

[–] survirtual@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I'm glad to hear that, thank you for sharing.

It sounds like Windows users have a lot more options now, which is a good thing.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I do not recommend Mint for Windows users, because the officially supported UX layers are more apple-esque

you can't have a more classic desktop look and feel than using MATE, and it's from the same people that maintains Mint