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Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Limonene@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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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.

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[-] 18107@aussie.zone 14 points 10 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 points 10 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 points 10 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 points 10 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 points 10 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 points 10 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.

[-] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Isn't it just a DE spin off?

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 10 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.

[-] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

What happened to LXDE?

[-] 18107@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) and Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) are entirely separate products.

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