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[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

That is a kinda sane order tho

Normally people just install Ubuntu or Linux Mint (because it has Linux in the name or something) and use modded GNOME or some weird niche desktop, thinking this is peak Linux experience.

(Needed to do Mint tech support over the holidays again... yeah it is strange)

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[-] Kinokoloko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

AI trash aside, I think the default recommendation for newbies should be Linux Mint with Cinnamon environment. It's familiar, simple, and fully functional. Lots of people use it as their go-to for general purposes, myself included.

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[-] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I love Lemmy. I hate AI posters.

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Clearly there's an unwarranted assumption baked into this comic that one needs a desktop environment. I have my non-headless Linux systems set up to run the emptty display manager using the Linux console:

Which then launches the Sway compositor without having Sway start any desktop environment if I want to log into a graphical environment. That's my favorite option. Let's not impose an artificially-restricted set of choices, here. :-)

[-] hcf@infosec.exchange 2 points 3 months ago

@mudkip @johan

That's why I prefer to shop at Costco :)

[-] doubrasp@mastodon.ml 2 points 3 months ago

@mudkip I've picked MX Linux with XFCE for my 2007 laptop (which originally had Windows Vista Home Premium). Not my main device, but still worth mentioning as a Linux machine.

[-] regdog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Holy sneaky AI image, Batman!

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fuck this is getting hard.

  • Red shirt guy's eyebrow is a bit weird

  • Ports on the laptop change every frame.

  • Scrollbars are a bit weird

  • Text in computer window doesn't line up with grey windows in the vertical direction.

[-] alleycat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Biggest giveaway are the fake compression artefacts.

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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Ubuntu and Mint have default DEs, and they're literally the only two popular recommendations for newbies

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Ventoy and go, try a bunch.

But the correct answer is Mint with XFCE

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