This might be a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I think it makes sense to dual boot Linux with Windows while you're learning IF you a complete novice with programming and tech (like if you're an elementary teacher). That was my level of expertise and so I tried Linux Mint Cinnamon and removed Windows. I genuinely struggled from the moment I tried it out. Yes there's help guides online but honestly I found them hard to understand. Ultimately I just couldn't get Plex to work and my partner was getting a bit annoyed by not being able to watch our media (this was before Jellyfin was a viable option or at least I wasn't aware of it). So I removed Mint and did got a pirated copy of Windows back. I'm going to dual boot Mint and Windows here soon and learn Mint that way.
I do look forward to the day the elementary teachers and firemen and social workers can just run Linux out of the box like they do Android on their phones. But... IMO we're not there yet.
I wouldn't say it's unpopular... we actually recommend trying a distro in a virtual machine or thru USB. I don't agree that anyone needs to know anything about programming thu, I sure don't.
Also now there are video tutorials out there so it's better than before and a lot of distros are aimed at elementary teachers, there's actually one called elementary lol.
Exclusively using Linux is the only way to learn Linux.
Take an analogy: If you live in Germany and are wanting to learn German but everyone just speaks English with you once they notice you struggling, how will you learn to speak German?
If you use Linux but instantly switch back to Windows every time you want to do something that you don't know how, how are you going to learn to use Linux?
Zorin is probably one of the best starter distros because the UI is designed to emulate Windows. Everything you can do in windows is available out of the box (at least userspace stuff). Then as you learn the terminal you can begin opening up more features and expanding and customizing it to your liking
This might be a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I think it makes sense to dual boot Linux with Windows while you're learning IF you a complete novice with programming and tech (like if you're an elementary teacher). That was my level of expertise and so I tried Linux Mint Cinnamon and removed Windows. I genuinely struggled from the moment I tried it out. Yes there's help guides online but honestly I found them hard to understand. Ultimately I just couldn't get Plex to work and my partner was getting a bit annoyed by not being able to watch our media (this was before Jellyfin was a viable option or at least I wasn't aware of it). So I removed Mint and did got a pirated copy of Windows back. I'm going to dual boot Mint and Windows here soon and learn Mint that way.
I do look forward to the day the elementary teachers and firemen and social workers can just run Linux out of the box like they do Android on their phones. But... IMO we're not there yet.
I wouldn't say it's unpopular... we actually recommend trying a distro in a virtual machine or thru USB. I don't agree that anyone needs to know anything about programming thu, I sure don't.
Also now there are video tutorials out there so it's better than before and a lot of distros are aimed at elementary teachers, there's actually one called elementary lol.
Exclusively using Linux is the only way to learn Linux.
Take an analogy: If you live in Germany and are wanting to learn German but everyone just speaks English with you once they notice you struggling, how will you learn to speak German?
If you use Linux but instantly switch back to Windows every time you want to do something that you don't know how, how are you going to learn to use Linux?
Zorin is probably one of the best starter distros because the UI is designed to emulate Windows. Everything you can do in windows is available out of the box (at least userspace stuff). Then as you learn the terminal you can begin opening up more features and expanding and customizing it to your liking