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this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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In the case that mint is the problem perhaps a different distro that is still stable and has a large user base would be good as it makes it easier to get support. I think that's also why those distros aren't recommended to newbies. I started with Ubuntu which worked fine. I think I could've started with most gnome/KDE distros though if they were similarly stable (preferably more). I think having the settings available in a gui was important for my first time.