2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • 18107@aussie.zone
    174·
    11 months ago

    I highly recommend Linux Mint (cinnamon) as an entry level Linux distro. It looks and feels similar to Windows, and it’s based on Ubuntu, so it has a lot of support and compatibility.

    • MrMeatballGuy@feddit.dk
      9·
      11 months ago

      Really liked Mint, unfortunately the kernel was not new enough to support my 7900 XTX when I upgraded GPU so I ended up switching to Pop_OS which works fine as well.

      • neidu@feddit.nl
        3·
        11 months ago

        Had the same issue for my nvidia 4060. I just installed a kernel manually which allowed me to run a new enough driver.

      • only0218@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        11 months ago

        They now have an edge Version with a newer kernel. It’s probably to do with mesa tho (this stuff can get frisky fast so let’s stop here)

      • hardcoreufo@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        You can easily add xanmod kernel to Debian based distros to get a more up to date kernel. I’ve never had any issues running it.

    • neidu@feddit.nl
      6·
      11 months ago

      Linux user of 20ish years here. I run Mint with cinnamon on my desktop PC - sometimes I just want stuff to work out of the box.

      • 18107@aussie.zone
        1·
        11 months ago

        Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. LMDE is being built alongside Linux Mint and is based only on Debian.

        Linux Mint and LMDE are functionally the same, but LMDE is protection/insurance against Ubuntu doing something stupid.