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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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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Fedora is a good option. I'm surprised to hear about hardware incompatibilities with Mint, though. Do you have obscure or bleeding-edge hardware?

I'll +1 the Ventoy suggestion. Lets you try lots of things easily. Try at least Fedora KDE, Ubuntu, and Mint. Go with whichever feels good to you when you try them out.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

You don't really need to be bleeding edge to have some hardware issues or Cinnamon Mint. Their wayland transition is still ongoing so HDR, variable refresh rate, fractional scaling and maybe some bugs for specific hardware might be present. X11 has also seen a lot less love recently after the major distros stopped actively supporting it.

KDE has nailed the Wayland transition so moving to Fedora KDE would have fixed Wayland/X11 bugs.