+1 to Mint. It is a very easy transition & you will not have ragerts.
Pros:
prettier than windows while having a similar interface
more responsive than windows
more stable than windows
zero spyware/bloatware
basically the same level of software compatibility as windows
Only things that take some research ahead of time or getting used to imo:
deciding how you want to partition your drives during installation (you can let it automatically do this, but there are reasons to create a different partition structure across drives/have different sized partitions),
mounting drives. There are GUI tools for this (file explorer for mounting, gparted for formatting), so it really isn’t a big deal, but it is a little more difficult than with Windows and you may need to reformat your drives depending what file format they’re currently in.
make sure your motherboard/video card/cpu all work well with linux. They should, but just check first.
note that games requiring kernel level anticheat (aka spyware) won’t work. So if that’s a deal breaker, then dual boot or don’t switch.
What’s the best Linux distro for an easy switch from Windows?
Thank you everyone!! My PC is being left behind by Windows 11.
+1 to Mint. It is a very easy transition & you will not have ragerts.
Pros:
prettier than windows while having a similar interface
more responsive than windows
more stable than windows
zero spyware/bloatware
basically the same level of software compatibility as windows
Only things that take some research ahead of time or getting used to imo:
deciding how you want to partition your drives during installation (you can let it automatically do this, but there are reasons to create a different partition structure across drives/have different sized partitions),
mounting drives. There are GUI tools for this (file explorer for mounting, gparted for formatting), so it really isn’t a big deal, but it is a little more difficult than with Windows and you may need to reformat your drives depending what file format they’re currently in.
make sure your motherboard/video card/cpu all work well with linux. They should, but just check first.
note that games requiring kernel level anticheat (aka spyware) won’t work. So if that’s a deal breaker, then dual boot or don’t switch.
uhh…
Not if you have multiple screens and want to zoom the interface or something. I remember there was a massive bug with this
Except all Adobe software, video editing software, many windows only software, the full Office suite
So, no, that’s just false