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New to Linux which OS to use? (lemdro.id)
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Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.

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[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 hours ago

Long time Mint enjoyer, the ONLY caveat I would put on that is I doesn't yet have stable for support Wayland.

For a beginner, having the ability to run android apps via waydroid could be a real draw card.

Wayland support is coming, but it isn't here yet.

[-] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago

I would actually rate that as a plus.

While it's nice to have the ability to run android apps, I don't think many newcomers expect that.

However, it's much more likely to find an Nvidia GPU in there somewhere, which works notoriously badly with Wayland.

Also Wayland has scaling issues with lower resolution fullscreen apps and settings.

I'd rather have those things working by default.

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