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New to Linux which OS to use? (lemdro.id)

submitted 12 hours ago by TheMilk@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev

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Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.

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[–] tehevilone@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Generally you should be considering which desktop environment(DE) you want to use as well, cause it's the main thing you'll be looking at.

Mint is a good beginner, no fuss distro that runs the Cinnamon DE by default. It's also based on Ubuntu, built on top of the normal version of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu has several different options for DEs distributed as 'flavors' - Ubuntu itself comes with GNOME, but there's also Kubuntu which has KDE, and multiple other options available.

If you've got the time and a free USB drive, I'd recommend making bootable media for a few options to try them out - both Mint and Ubuntu(as well as many other different distros) have live environments to play around in when you go to install them, and it's worth trying out a few different DEs to see which one you like.