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thinking of trying linux, (aussie.zone)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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My current issue is i see you guys constantly having issues, editing files etc.

Is it not stable?

Can you not set it up and then not have ongoing issues?

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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you pick a well known distribution such as Pop Os or Linux Mint you will have very little issues, and if you have any, you will be able to easily find help since they are very popular, and they are also using Ubuntu as a base, which is the most popular of the popular distros.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can vouch for mint. Have had almost no issues with it, I barely even touch the terminal unless I'm doing development.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    I'm old. Mint 15 XFCE, I burnt an installed copy onto a thumb drive, and ran into a weird grub glitch. Asked on a Mint forum, and Clem himself (maker of Mint) wrote me a detailed how-to-fix. Warm fuzzy feelings for Mint.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Vouching for PopOS, which has been my primary OS for years. The only thing I run a Win VM for is the old Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas & Campaign Cartographer. I suppose I could tinker with Wine, but it tends to be finicky with the latter.

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