I recommend you install Kubuntu which is Ubuntu with KDE Plasma. Use Rufus to burn the ISO to your USB and install Kubuntu from it. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns or you can make a post in !libre .
Highly recommend Manjaro, and that link takes you to the edition based on the desktop environment used in the post. It's the second most popular distro on distrowatch (the rankings are almost certainly being gamed however)
This program will hold your hand https://rufus.ie/en_US/
Manjaro is a rolling-release distro which can cause instability
I've had a lot of issues with ubuntu, and my mother has been running manjaro without a problem since 2018 on her laptop, that's what I'm drawing from. Ubuntu isn't the distro it once was in my experience.
That's cool. I recommended something that I use every day, and have others who are not great with computers running it as well, again, with zero issues.
I support those computers, and knowing that I would be supporting them I recommended something that I use and am familiar with, and have had no issues with.
I stated my experience and nothing further, which has been nothing but positive.
I don't really care what manjaro's governance looks like TBH. The distro they put out has, for me, been a very stable configurable system.
I don't deserve to be browbeaten for recommending the "wrong" distro.
I run a small tech support group and most of the linux issues I deal with are from people who shot themselves in the foot early in the process (typically by picking a bleeding edge distro) and were fine for a few months before things came crashing down.
I maintain that for the average user they should stay well away from anything arch based. The problems that model solves are non-issues for daily driver systems, and the problems it can very easily introduce are myriad for someone who doesn't already have an intermediate level of system knowledge.
Fine, I'll fucking do it. When classes are over this semester I'll switch to linux. Can someone post a good link to get started?
I recommend you install Kubuntu which is Ubuntu with KDE Plasma. Use Rufus to burn the ISO to your USB and install Kubuntu from it. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns or you can make a post in !libre .
Kubuntu is also a great choice :>
I use Manjaro myself cuz I want a rolling release distro but Kubuntu is very stable.
I feel like the AUR is a very user friendly tool for someone who doesn't know how to compile things for themselves
Yeah but most Linux users don't need to compile anything especially Ubuntu users.
https://manjaro.org/download/#kde-plasma
Highly recommend Manjaro, and that link takes you to the edition based on the desktop environment used in the post. It's the second most popular distro on distrowatch (the rankings are almost certainly being gamed however)
This program will hold your hand https://rufus.ie/en_US/
Manjaro is a rolling-release distro which can cause instability
Recommending rolling releases to new Linux users is a good way for them to end up with a system that's irreparable with their current level of savvy.
I've had a lot of issues with ubuntu, and my mother has been running manjaro without a problem since 2018 on her laptop, that's what I'm drawing from. Ubuntu isn't the distro it once was in my experience.
Pacman -Syuo7 to ur install
It's up to date and very stable.
Did you just read some memes about arch and apply that level of understanding to all rolling release distros?
No.
Manjaro's governance is beyond awful, and someone who cannot fish out a broken dependency shouldn't be using arch based distros for actual work.
That's cool. I recommended something that I use every day, and have others who are not great with computers running it as well, again, with zero issues. I support those computers, and knowing that I would be supporting them I recommended something that I use and am familiar with, and have had no issues with.
I stated my experience and nothing further, which has been nothing but positive. I don't really care what manjaro's governance looks like TBH. The distro they put out has, for me, been a very stable configurable system.
I don't deserve to be browbeaten for recommending the "wrong" distro.
I'm sorry for making you feel that way.
I run a small tech support group and most of the linux issues I deal with are from people who shot themselves in the foot early in the process (typically by picking a bleeding edge distro) and were fine for a few months before things came crashing down.
I maintain that for the average user they should stay well away from anything arch based. The problems that model solves are non-issues for daily driver systems, and the problems it can very easily introduce are myriad for someone who doesn't already have an intermediate level of system knowledge.
It's all good and there is nothing wrong with recommending Manjaro. When I do I just mention it's a rolling release and what might come with that.