Posted on 05/17/2021 11:49:04 AM PDT by ShadowAce
I recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon.
What about ReactOS as in ReactOS v0.4.13 rel 18? I’ve been thinking of changing...
Give it a try, and see what you think. If you don't like it, you can always go with something else.
when i went distro hopping trying to find ‘the right one’ for me- i tried manjaro- Wow- it was flaky- I ‘broke’ it a lot trying to customize it, not knowing what i was doing-
That was back when i had patience and a mind (somewhat)- now i have neither, so i have settled on, and stick with, linux mint cinnamon- Brain Fog doesn’t jive with more complicated linux distros well unfortunately
I agree 100%. It is my daily driver and has been for a while.
Manjaro is junk as far as I am concerned. Never got a kernel panic in a Debian distribution. Seems to only happen in a Arch distribution.
what are you using now? I had read that awhile ago reactos was pretty unstable, but just a quick look in reviews of it, it looks like it’s making progress-
Ubuntu is the best. Great for newbies and advanced users alike.
Same here, been using it off of a 250gb SSD for quite a while and its proven itself quite bulletproof so far.
i settled on PCLinuxOS in 2009 and have been using it ever sense. it just works for me, I have the 32 bit and a 64 bit versions
I am a recent convert to Ubuntu. I will never buy a new home computer and run Windows again. The install was super easy and it’s also easy to use. It also brings back old memories of PDP-11s when I use the Terminal. Computers are no longer boring for me. So many new things to learn and experiment with.
Last time I tried ReactOS, it wouldn’t boot on real hardware.
Better to use a real install of some version of Windows.
MX Linux is a little bit easier for a noob, but I agree with your recommendation. And they forget to mention that IBM destroyed CentOS (free Redhat with no phone support). I would recommend anyone looking for a job go with Redhat. If you want to run a desktop use Mint or MX. Here is a little nifty website for folks intrested in Linux.
distrowatch.com
I had messed with Manjaro... it was crap and unstable;
I finally went back to Kubuntu. It has (very minor) flaws, but is MUCH more stable than Manjaro, and is much better than it used to be.
That’s the one I learned to use, v18.3 I think.
Right now i’m using W7, came with the new machine I purchased some years ago.
I cut my Linux teeth on Gentoo Linux. I was gonna run it on some old hardware, so I Wanted something I could customize and get the best speed from. It was quite an ordeal, but worth is as an education into linux.
I started out with RedHat back when most stuff was only done with the terminal. Moved to Suse because of Yast, worked quite well.
Ubuntu is nice but I really like Mint Cinnamon and even my mother used Mint for a while until I got her a Windows 10 box because she even has a hard time working with Windows, Linux was a tad to far but she could browse and do Libreoffice on it. So Mint is a good choice for beginners.
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