posted in Asklemmy
If you were to install Linux on a laptop for someone, what distro would you use?
My head tells me Linux Mint, but my heart says listen to your head. Why is this hard? 😂
Replying to @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
CachyOS with KDE, it works well rounded and has easy to use apps to maid arch super easy and if you need help there’s a convenient discord server filled with helpers, it’s well documented, and we use it so if they need help it would be easier to guide them through things. Heavy recommend. Plus if they don’t like pacman they can always get the flatpak store
Replying to @GarboDog@lemmy.world
I love cachyos with KDE! Not sure if I’d recommend it to a complete noob, but if they’re familiar enough with computers in general, then go for it!
Replying to @Ibuthyr@feddit.org
Thats totally fair, its what we recommended our partner who is a complete noob as-well and they really enjoyed it! The only set up thing we had to help with was the FsTab situation with multiple drives.
Replying to @GarboDog@lemmy.world
That was my only initial struggle too! The rest is so comfortable, coming from Windows the whole experience is just so much better and I’m a total Linux beginner myself. But I was somewhat of a Windows power user, so the transition wasn’t bad at all.
Glad to be rid of Microsoft. I just miss DxO Photolabs (because fuck Adobe). Haven’t tried Darktable yet but the workflow supposedly is a bit cumbersome.
Replying to @Ibuthyr@feddit.org
“I just miss DxO Photolabs”
Heard Rapid Raw might be a good alternative though i can’t say for sure since we don’t edit raw photos too often. Might be good to check out, At the very least!
Also yeah, but so glad there’s good documentation for fstab. Wish there was just an option for Dolphin to auto add drives to fstab for you with a context menu button or something
Replying to @GarboDog@lemmy.world
Thanks! Rapid Raw looks good, I’ll give it a try!