[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yes non-corporate is pretty important to me as the reason to move away from Windows in the first place! Thanks for the suggestions!

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Okay that makes sense. Thanks!

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Okay I'll try out a few and keep notes on which ones I prefer until I make that "final" decision.

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yes dual booting seems to be the way to go for a while so I've got my toes in the water but not lost the safety net just yet!

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's true, most of what I do would be in a browser as a casual user. My work laptop would still be running Windows and doing what I "need" (Excel, SolidWorks, etc.) Although I want to keep the ability to torrent and manage my media files nicely, I'm open to using different softwares than I'm used to for those.

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Okay great! An interesting tea combination: Mint with Cinnamon :) do most desktop environments work with most distros, or is there a list per each distro?

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the response! Those you said are getting a lot of mentions so I think Mint will be a good first choice to make the swap.

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Lots of suggestions for Mint so it seems that's a good choice for me! Thank you!

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

That's a great response! Thank you, that helps a lot.

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Okay great! I'll give those each a try. Thank you!

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Okay thank you! Could you give some examples about tasks that "should be easy" but aren't? I've worked with MacOS casually and I thought it was based on Unix (maybe?), so I was at least aware that the way to maneuver through the desktop/settings/file searches are different from Windows of course. I am certainly not a power user, just getting frustrated with companies overstepping more and more and want to cut myself from their whims, if that makes sense.

[-] WR5@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Okay that's good to know! Stick with one to get more comfortable until it doesn't do something I need, basically?

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submitted 1 year ago by WR5@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello!

I'm interested in moving my personal computer to running Linux but I'm not sure where to even begin. As background, I am a casual user and have a desktop with hardware from around 2014 running Windows. I am hoping to setup a NAS drive as a media server in the next year or so, offloading all of the files currently on the Windows desktop and have been interested in open source software such as Jellyfin. I also mostly game on an Xbox and Nintendo Switch, but have used the desktop in the past for gaming such as with an Oculus Rift Headset and some Steam games so not huge on getting games working on the computer. But, I do sometimes torrent using the computer so don't want to lose that capability (especially with upkeep for the media server).

With all of that said, I didn't know how to get started with choosing what Linux OS to use, setting it up, backing up my files to make sure I can use them with the new OS, etc. Making the switch seems to have great options for customization and "choosing a distro that works for you", but I don't know what would work for me or what will be user friendly for a beginner.

Any tips or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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