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
Fedora Atomic.
Updates are stable.
They can’t fuck it up.
Replying to @doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml
Respectfully huge disagree. Standard Fedora would be better (and is my personal recommendation) since a bunch of administrative command syntax would be different with Atomic. The internet’s going to show troubleshooting advice for the former 9 times out of 10.
Replying to @bleustenns@lemmy.ml
They’re both terrible choices for a beginner - constant version churn every six months confuses newcomers, some initial brokenness after every new release - Fedora would be the last distro I’d install.
Replying to @ggiesen@lemmy.ca
What would you suggest instead? Those initial roadbumps with major releases shouldn’t happen at all really, but I don’t personally see bi-annual version updates as a confusing thing since major companies are commonly shipping yearly version updates now.
Replying to @bleustenns@lemmy.ml
Mint. They can stay on the same release for 5 years, if they desire, or upgrade every 2 if they want. Binary-only drivers are easily integrated, it has a polished experience, integrated backups, and anyone that has used Windows can navigate Cinnamon relatively easily.
Replying to @ggiesen@lemmy.ca
Personally I can’t recommend Mint in good faith due to their heinously slow downstream update ‘schedule’ for apps they provide (and because Cinnamon feels half-baked still) but other than those issues Mint’s great.