A newcomer looking for advice
Hi guys, I have a question if you would be so kind. I'm a professional developer looking to finally make a semi break into Linux.
My daily driver is a Legion 5 / 6800H with 3070ti 32GB and I have been running Linux Mint in a virtual box now for a few weeks.
I can't make a 100% transition over to Linux due to the nature of my work but I could be running at round 80-90% of my work via a Linux OS.
With the above said, I'm finally going to install a dual boot instance today. Is Mint a good starting point? Anyone else have experience with Mint and Legion or would you recommend I start somewhere else? (I have heared many people mention POP OS).
Essentially I want something I can jump head first into and just make a start familiarising myself.
I'm trying to regain some control over my data and a jump to Lemmy and a Jump away from Windows feels like a solid start !
Thank you and keep rocking....
Linux mint is a great way to start. Most distros based on debian are. Their is a abundance of information and community support with these distros. Personally i Like OpenSuse but even though it is a amazing all round distro. It is more of a niche and their for i can not recommend it to a new user, intermediate i can absolutely recommend it.
About VMs Why not flip it around and use a Windows VM? personally I prefer it over dual booting if possible. no breaking boot loader when windows updates and you can snapshot windows which can come in handy. make a share between to 2 and you can move files from the VM to the host
What you need to ask yourself, is how deep you want to go
Do you want a DIY distro so that you can fully understand the inner workings of everything? I'd say go with arch
Do you want something that just works out of the box? Mint is great, so is fedora, and many others
But I've found that nothing beats the comfort of a fully setup arch for me.
Mint is where I started and I think it's a great way to begin. Lots of helpful GUI interfacing to get you situated. Plus the popularity makes finding help a lot easier.
If I were starting for the first time today, mint would be my choice too. It's Ubuntu/Debian enough that guides you Google will work, but it's seperate enough that it doesn't carry their baggage (eg. snaps, older packages, etc.).
As I'm not starting for the first time today, however, I'll stick to Fedora - but the cinnamon spin, of course.
Thanks both.... I have just installed Mint and I'm up and running :)
Heated Fedora mentioned in a few different places so will definitely keep it on the radar !