• ramsgrl909@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I am considering moving off windows but am extremely not tech-savvy. Is there a good place for me to start?

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      8 hours ago

      I do free infinite troubleshooting on matrix and specialize in this exact situation, feel free to message me. I recommend something based on immutable fedora because it’s breakage resistant (immutable means the core system is read only and updates all at once on reboot) and fedora because it’s very up to date but still stable, try aurora (it’s fedora immutable with some small improvements)

      do kde, always kde or gnome unless you know what you’re doing, but kde is better

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      extremely not tech-savvy

      You managed to make an account and post on Lemmy so you’re probably underestimated your technical knowledge. That being said IMHO it’s best to first list what software you use then find alternatives that work on Linux. Once that’s done then yes sure try whatever distribution you want.

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      Sure, here are instructions for getting Linux Mint running: https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

      These instructions are for creating a USB flash drive that functions as both a live environment or an installer. If you don’t want to install it yet, this allows you to try it out while booting just from the flash drive, without modifying your hard drive at all.