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[โ€“] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ecosia is debatable. Also, why the fuck would you introduce Arch Linux as an alternative for Windows?? Start them with Mint/Fedora/Ubuntu.

[โ€“] saimen@feddit.org 13 points 5 days ago

He wrote "what he personally uses" not what he recommends.

[โ€“] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Linux is Linux. Archinstall+KDE is quite easy to install and get working. Sure, neon or some flavour of debian will be easier. But, it's practically all the same these days. Also, Arch may have better compatibility with some laptops because of the latest Linux kernel. Moreover, if the person is a little tech savvy, the arch wiki is an excellent place to learn about Linux.

[โ€“] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Also the arch logo is sexy AF

I just can't unsee this.