Far cry from the misconception that Linux is THIS right?
Choosing amongst all those versions would be, for me, a massive investment in time. I know nearly nothing about Linux, having been trough-fed on Microsoft for some 25 years.
But I am a genius at taking advice. It is my superpower. :)
So I will concentrate on studying Cinnamon.
Thank you!
Thank you for your trust... After you use some of the others you would go back anyhow. It is based on Ubuntu but it is more polished and customizable. And they worked out some of the snags Ubuntu did not address.
So it uses the VERY extensive Ubuntu Repository of apps available. Everything from radio telescope software, HAM software, to the very newest apps that rival Windows apps.
And the Cinnamon is a upgraded form of Gnome. Gnome and Cinnamon has some very cool customization features. It has it’s own repository of cool Themes, Applets, Desklets, Etc.
And here is the cool thing about all the apps and themes. You do not have to go to a third party to install them. Right in the “software manager” you have a whole catalog to choose from and with two clicks it installs apps inside it’s self without needing to trust outside third party installs. It is a default built in feature of Ubuntu/Mint OS...
THAT is probably the slickest thing I have found about Linux yet. And it is all trusted software because it has been peer audited as trusted opensource ware. Just to give you an idea of what is available, here is a site below with just the Cinnamon (Gnome) stuff available from their repository. All installed from “inside” your OS admin it’s self. The Ubuntu/Mint repository is another whole repository with a couple thousand apps available...
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/
But how it works is slicker than snot. You choose and app to install. Then Linux goes and checks your system to see if there are any extra dependencies that app needs that you do not have yet. It then asks you if you want to go and grab them also during the same install operation. So as it installs the app it also goes and grabs all the extra stuff needed for that app all at the same time as one install operation.
Some windows apps you ave to go and find all the “extras” yourself from three different 3rd parties to make the app work. And then you find out after all of it you get the dreaded “your version will not support this app, you must upgrade”. None of that BS with Linux, just about everything Linux just works no matter what version or how old it is... :)
Far cry from the misconception that Linux is THIS right?