I have used linux in a past job (I did not set it up), so im not a total noob with linux. But I am far from an expert. I bought a tablet that had a flavor of linux on it and found myself woefully unprepared trying to navigate the tablet. I was planning to use it for DnD for pdf reading, but it apparently wasn’t capable of that bcz it was a rather custom OS. With windows 10 support being dropped by Microsoft in the next few months, I want to transition my desktop to Linux, and I thought I’d get a headstart on that. I have a windows 11 laptop (and I hate it), but im kinda stuck with it for now. So, in the spirit of I am a noob who isn’t quite a noob, what do ya’ll recommend? p.s. I used Ubuntu for a bit way way back in high school
with a usb drive (live usb) you can boot most distros without making changes to your actual system, try that and see which you like the most.
you’ll probably break your install a bunch of times anyway so don’t feel like your choice now is permanent
Oh, thats a solid idea! Thanks for the suggestion!
Also, spinning up VMs and practicing setting up your programs is a great way to get used to things and know what to expect.
If you want to do UI customization, be sure to look up some videos on how to do it for your chosen Desktop Environment (like Gnome, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, XFCE, etc.).
That’s why I always recommend openSUSE. It automatically makes snapshots when updating so you always have working point to go back to.
Meanwhile timeshift:
I know of timeshift. The nice part about openSUSE snapper is it’s all automatic and simply uses btrfs cow.