Post AJErufmsyeyQJMLkEC by JamesMcK@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AJErufmsyeyQJMLkEC by JamesMcK@fosstodon.org
       2022-05-08T08:46:43Z
       
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       A friend of mine is looking to try out linux for the first time, and suggestions for what distro/DE they should try?They've only used windows before, but they should be able to get used to something different, so it doesn't need to provide exactly the same experience as windows.#askfedi
       
 (DIR) Post #AJErugLGuoTm20RCpE by LinuxLegend@fosstodon.org
       2022-05-08T10:02:43Z
       
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       @JamesMcK For desktop environment, I would say Plasma Desktop have the most user familiarity for them coming from Windows.
       
 (DIR) Post #AJF5E037ASH23fUEhU by JamesMcK@fosstodon.org
       2022-05-08T12:31:54Z
       
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       @LinuxLegend Plasma seems like a good choice, yeah (helps that I'm already familiar with it myself)
       
 (DIR) Post #AJFSPG9Dx4lO7NgMnA by kauer@aus.social
       2022-05-08T12:30:35Z
       
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       @JamesMcK It's very hard to go wrong with Ubuntu. Mint is a good choice, but harder to keep up to date. Avoid Gentoo, Arch, CentOS, Fedora etc, not really for beginners.
       
 (DIR) Post #AJFSPGWcY5TjHwd3GC by JamesMcK@fosstodon.org
       2022-05-08T12:50:43Z
       
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       @kauer I'm well aware that they should be avoiding anything like gentoo, but what's wrong with fedora? I've never properly tried it out myself, so I don't know what issues it has
       
 (DIR) Post #AJFSPIppxc2QS7dQUS by kauer@aus.social
       2022-05-08T12:58:45Z
       
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       @JamesMcK too idiosyncratic. It's not bad, but it's not for beginners.  IMHO
       
 (DIR) Post #AJFSPJHqHURJqyjn8q by daniel@pleroma.doserver.duckdns.org
       2022-05-08T16:14:47.223429Z
       
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       @kauer @JamesMcK I totally disagree. Fedora can be VERY beginner friendly. It has industry leading defaults, simple UI and app names (due to gnome) and you don’t have to touch the cli if you don’t want to (because of the software store). Sure, not all of these features are fedora specific… But fedora packages it together really well (and looks nice too… They might jump back to windows if the UI doesn’t look modern)