riddletheraccoon-deactivated202:

if anyone wants to get off of windows and miKKKro$oft’s private data AI monetization train you can DM us and we will literally walk you through installing linux.

we prefer mint for new users for the same reason i prefer mint in many cases- its just going to work and do what most people need of their computer in a way that is better, quicker, and more intuitive than anything Microsoft’s investors want to push on you

(then you get to go crazy and run arch or a special focus distribution or something funny like uwuntu)

Tip: Prepare yourself by checking which of your necessary programs don’t support Linux and by then installing the alternatives that do support it on your Windows. This way you can get used to any alternatives that you may have to use before everything becomes unfamiliar and new.

Oh, also, for any programs that literally don’t have alternatives for your use case you can always keep the windows installation on your computer alongside Linux just for that, if you have enough storage space, of course.

Obviously if you spend most of your time on the computer using a program that simply doesn’t run on Linux and can’t be replaced by anything that can, then you may be in a pickle. But that’s relatively rare considering the ‘main program’ for most people is a browser, music or video player, an art or 3D modeling program, or a word processor. All of which either run or have competent* replacements which work on Linux.

* Yes, Libreoffice is somewhat uglier than Office 365 but switching the user interface to tabbed makes it significantly more familiar.