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I just found out my fiancee wants to switch to linux, lets start a distro war, what should be her first? + other questions (sh.itjust.works)
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So i was surprised today when my fiancee told me she was thinking about switching over to linux. Surprised because she is absolutely not technically minded, but also because she was weary about having Microsoft AI slop forced on her PC every update. ( i'm so proud!)

Now i've used a little linux but i've always been a holdout. Won't stop me from moving someone else over but i have too much going on in my setup to deal with that right now. So i'm not super versed but i was able to give her the basic rundown of what distros are, concerns when switching, what may and may not be available, shes still on board so we're doing this! Knowing her she would like to not have to transition too much, whats something fairly hands off and easy to learn. I've heard some good things about mint from hanging around you nerds the past few years but also some not so good things, any suggestions?

next concern is what kind of transfer process is this going to be? i have some spare HDD's so we can try and get everything ported over but i'm so busy with school right now i can't quite allocate the time to really deep dive this.

Any help is appreciated, cheers!

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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I hate GNOME because it feels like an iPhone.

I don't know much about what Ubuntu is doing but it surely can't be that bad.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I hate GNOME because it feels like an iPhone.

That's fair.

I don’t know much about what Ubuntu is doing but it surely can’t be that bad.

You would be surprised.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, and I also hate that they're actively undermining of theming.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

That sounds like a very specific user case, I'm using a laptop for teaching with a smallish screen so gnome actually improves my workflow and the visibility of the OS. I don't need theming either. Gnome is really aimed at productivity imo.