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   Matt (deidyomega@mastodon.tech)'s status on Friday, 18-Nov-2022 20:38:07 JST Matt

   Hey #linux community, I’m looking for advice. My mom’s computer is running slow and I’m thinking about installing linux on it. She’s been using windows since 3.1 days, so I dont think gnome would be a good fit. I’m thinking #linuxmint or #kde . Thoughts?

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     admin (admin@mastodon.tech)'s status on Friday, 18-Nov-2022 20:38:54 JST admin

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     Isn’t Zoran Linux super easy to learn?

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     Matt (deidyomega@mastodon.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 02:42:06 JST Matt

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     Ohh I never heard of that one. It looks perfect. I’ll spin it up on a VM and see if its as good at its marketing

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     admin (admin@mastodon.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 02:45:20 JST admin

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     • distrotube

     And sorry for my typo, “Zorin OS” I learned about it from @distrotube & will be trying because it’s UI is easy/windows-like for Linux newbs like me. https://zorin.com/os/

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     Matt (deidyomega@mastodon.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 06:31:11 JST Matt

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     • Jingo :psycat:

     Yeah, cinnamon mint was my first go to. But it does look astatically dated. And I dont want her to think she’s getting a “downgrade”. First impressions matter a lot.

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     Jingo :psycat: (jingo@smittenkittens.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 06:31:14 JST Jingo :psycat:

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     Mint is super easy and stable. Mint cinnamon looks a bit like a dated Windows (so will look familar) and comes with a lot of stuff preinstalled such as Libre Office, Thunderbird so it just works out of the box. I have Garuda and a (gutted) Mint on the PC (I don’t like Cinnamon so I switched it to KDE. Just remember KDE is a bit of a buggy mess at times).
     
     My laptop was running like a half dead potato and has since it upgraded from Win 8 so I run Garuda (fairly easy for Arch tbh) off an external SSD and it now goes like ? off a stick.
     
     Hope this gives you some ideas ?
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     Matt (deidyomega@mastodon.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 08:52:43 JST Matt

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     • distrotube

     Well, welcome to the linux world. I’m a fedora+gnome user. But this looks amazing. Hi @distrotube Love your videos man.

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     admin (admin@mastodon.tech)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 08:52:54 JST admin

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     • distrotube

     Thank you for the warm welcome ?