Distro for a new user
Jesus. Another one of these? Every freaking day. (Promise it's different)
I personally like mint and pop!os for new users, but for this user I want to try something windows like with more sex appeal. I don't want to have to touch this computer again. Proprietary software is not an issue/consideration. User is techier than most. What has your experience been with kbuntu? Pros/cons? Other suggestions?
N.E.P.T.R
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •Fedora KDE edition or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed/Slowroll. Otherwise could try Aurora.
I avoid Ubuntu base because it is slow to update packages, and the inclusion of Snap packages are a no from me.
The Menemen
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •FreeBooteR69
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •Trimatrix
in reply to FreeBooteR69 • • •The embedded IoT crowd would like to refute your claim that there are no operating systems that you can install and forget.
The collective would like to stress that any operating system can be installed and forgotten. Please note, that usefulness and security may be impacted.
/s
Also, to be technical there is CollapseOS which is an install once and forget sort of thing.
data1701d (He/Him)
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •I'm personally a fan of Debian. Default KDE isn't bad looking from what I can remember (I personally don't use it - I neither hate or love it just because I love XFCE).
I'm personally a big XFCE fan, but you do have to do some work to get it working good, and there are still jank parts here and there.
While no distro is completely set and forget, I think Debian Stable is as close as you can get. Once you install it and get it working the way you want (depending on your setup, you might encounter minor issues as with any distro), it will pretty much stay that way until you upgrade to the next version, and you can go up to 5 years before upgrading.
I would recommend you use the KDE (or whatever DE you want) live installer, though, as the default installer is quite unintuitive. You can find it in the list of installers at debian.org/distrib/.
I've never used Kubuntu specifically, but I would personally avoid Ubuntu these days if just because of Snaps. Also, Ubuntu is heavily bloated - base Ubuntu is almost unusable in a VM now, while vanilla GNOME and PopOS run well in VMs on the same machine. Personally, when I need to test Ubuntu builds, I always prefer working with PopOS.
Overall, I'd say if you don't end up using Debian (I don't blame you - while I like it, you might not), just please don't use anything Ubuntu-based that isn't Mint or PopOS.
Download Debian
www.debian.orgmarkstos
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •N.E.P.T.R
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in reply to N.E.P.T.R • • •N.E.P.T.R
in reply to markstos • • •Clocks [They/Them]
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •Sonalder
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •ZorinOS or the recent AnduinOS can be very Windows like with modernish windows sex appeal as you call it.
Edit: If a gamer you could add Nobara with its own theme or bazzite with KDE.
PerogiBoi
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •pastermil
in reply to PerogiBoi • • •This may actually hinders new users because you can't just change stuff on the system.
And no, not everything always work out of the box. Fedora & OpenSUSE codecs, I'm looking at you.
PerogiBoi
in reply to pastermil • • •merde alors
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •what don't you mean by "sex appeal"?
iAmTheTot
in reply to merde alors • • •qweertz (they/she)
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •Maybe Aurora by Universal Blue?
It's based off of Fedora Silverblue, so it's atomic, rock solid and basically guaranteed to work (more secure by design as well). But uses KDE Plasma instead of Gnome and has a bunch of improvements here and there, including proprietary codecs and Nvidia drivers preinstalled (latter depending on the image you choose)
Aurora - The Linux-based ultimate workstation
getaurora.devMaragato
in reply to wuphysics87 • • •I used to recommend Ubuntu. Now that immutable distributions exist, I prefer to recommend openSUSE Aeon or Fedora Silverblue to new users.
However, check this website before installing Linux.
endof10.org/
End of 10
endof10.orgyeehaw
in reply to Maragato • • •I know I'll get down voted for this, but from that site:
"Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.
But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?"
Kind of a sensationalized statement. I've upgraded tons of machines from 2015 and newer to windows 11 without issues. Sure, not all of them, but I'd say a majority of them, and the "upgrade" is free.
I guess I wanted to point out this piece isn't as doom and gloom as it seems.
vandsjov
in reply to yeehaw • • •I think you underestimate how many computers that are in use today that can’t be updated to Windows 11.
I, and many others, have run Windows 10 on unsupported hardware. Difference is that Windows 10 didn’t care and Windows 11 actively try to stop you from doing so. So, what is this if not Microsoft now forcing people to buy new hardware, if they have unsupported hardware?
Edit: What where the CPUs on the 2015 computers you upgraded?