Subj : Re: Windows To Linux...
To   : Bucko
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Sun Nov 21 2021 01:35 am

 Bu> project over the  next week or 2... :) At least until I start my daily
 Bu> driver conversion to see  if I like it or not as a daily use Computer..

Have you had any thoughts yet on which distro you'd like to use as your daily driver? The most obvious I think would be Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as it's "mostly" widely supportive of newer users, kinda forgiving, but some of the software available is a little older due to being more stable vs bleeding edge.

If you have no special expectations on desktop environment, compositor, display manager etc etc, Ubuntu would probably be a good choice, and once you've daily driven for a good few years, you'll have the experience under your belt to know where to turn if you decide to mix it up.

I use Ubuntu 20.04 on my main desktop PC, and I run Arch on my laptop. I use Ubuntu because its more or less adequate for everything I need, I installed a tiling window manager which I use instead of the standard desktop environment, called i3-gaps. I can't stand desktop environments lol. I spend most of my days in the terminal, so a twm suites me as I can have many terminals open or other windows/apps and they automatically lay out nicely and I rarely touch my mouse lol. Everything is shortcut driven.

You should be able to download a few ISO's of various distros and shove them on a USB stick(s) and live boot many to play without having to even install, which is good to test hardware out like sound and network etc.

If you like the look and feel of windows but just want linux, then maybe look at ZorinOS or ElementaryOS (which is a little more MacOS X like).

Eh, that's my 2 pence worth, as they say in the interwebs, your mileage may vary. Best of luck choosing, and using. Hopefully you'll discover it to be a refreshing new start.

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