Any distro I should use?

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Use Linux Mint until you know enough to decide for yourself which other distro fits your use case better.

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I’ve been thinking about mint for some time

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Thinking of using Linux mint, anything else?

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Mint is my favourite beginner distro, can’t really go wrong with it. What’s your main use for your PC (gaming, office, development etc.)? There are some distros that are more well suited for certain tasks.

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LMDE is also good, just a different version of Mint. Basically works the same.

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I’m currently daily driving LMDE after some time. For OP it probably won’t matter so choosing main line mint might be better.

Linux Mint all the way.

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I’ve never used it but that should be fine

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Linux mint

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fun fact: my first experience of Linux was actually in Ubuntu (in a emulator ofc), and yes Im thinking of using mint

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can recommend mint too after using it for nearly half a year now, without issues

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Also try LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition). I think it’s their best flavor actually, but not enough people know about it and usually only try the regular Mint.

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oooh I’ll definitely try that first

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Curious, why not Ubuntu? Doesn’t it have more support forums and generally more popular?

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Almost all of those support forms are from way back when Ubuntu was user friendly and community driven. However they are no longer serving the community and shouldn’t be considered user friendly like it was previously.

Anyway almost all of the Ubuntu specific stuff will work on Linux mint as its Ubuntu based.

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I recommend first switching Windows-only software to crossplatform software so you won’t have to get used to another operating system and different software at the same time.

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For example: LibreOffice, Firefox, etc

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Mint is my recommendation, having using it myself for many years now.

If you have a Nvidia GPU, a case could be made for POP! due to the built in drivers, but installing Nvidia drivers is rather painless in Mint.

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