Linux Mint

“My mum was on an Ubuntu base as well (Mint first, later Xubuntu) but after both eventually experienced failed dist-upgrades”

“If you truly want to get away from GDID and all the other Windows nonsense, start using Linux Mint.”

“It took me about 15min to not miss anything on Windows and was shocked how I had forgotten how clean a system can be.”

“Even the "Easiest distro in the world" (Mint) according to most Linux nerds is problematic to say the least”

“I implore anyone to just go with Mint or anything else that takes care of ripping out snaps for you if you don't want snaps”

“It's easy to use, there are no ads, no preinstalled adware, no nagware, everything is fast and clean.”

“You can install Fedora Linux, Linux Mint or Manjaro, and it's more user friendly than Windows 11 and macOS.”

“Mint may not be perfect, but I think it's broadly inoffensive and mild, a good distro to leave a good first impression on a new user”

“Linux Mint is easy to use, runs fine even on modest hardware, and doesn't push a bunch of shitty ads at you.”

“sometimes it physically hurt to find something that sends me down a rabbit hole yet again on Linux”

“Having run Linux Mint across a 50+ coworker setting from a sysadmin perspective this is entirely doable, most will not even notice”

“On Mint Cinnamon, I only had to install the latest supported kernel to get my RTX and WiFi6 card recognised.”

“the peace of mind I get from not being tied to the spyware infected microsoft ecosystem has been well worth it”

“Mint Cinnamon is the king for desktop, gaming, video editing, 3D design, coding,it just works”

“Linux Mint or Ubuntu cinnamon Desktop is less specialized, and has a GUI very similar to legacy Windows.”

“something like Linux Mint is still a great option to recommend to people who are new to Linux”

“I don't have the same problems I had with Xubuntu, but I have different ones, like tearing on one of my two monitors.”

“The UI differences are marginal for her, and she can do everything she needs to much better than she could before”

“I haven't had to "go under the hood" on my daily driver machines that run either of these distros for over 7 years.”

“to do even the most basic things, I had to start running commands on the shell. That is NOT user friendly.”

“beginner-friendly operating system in the same way that Fedora/LinuxMint/OpenSUSE/Pop!_OS/Ubuntu/ElementOS are”

“It's pretty intuitive coming from macos/windows, and I'm in the terminal half the time anyway.”

“My (completely non computer savvy) parents and in-laws are on ubuntu/mint since 2009 and it was the best decision ever to switch them over.”

“One can just install Linux Mint or Fedora or anything and then Linux is just as friendly to use.”

“I'd go with a downstream distro that removes them: pop os, mint, or even upstream (Debian)”

“modern mainstream Linux distros (think Mint, not Arch) are pretty stable and the UI/UX can be more pleasant”

“this is the reality of setting up a simple Linux system with (what is reputed to be) one of the most user-friendly distros there is”

“after days of reinstalls resulting in always transparent windows, I went with Mint. And stayed.”

“I was really surprised with how well polished Mint is. Everything worked out of the box very snappy.”

“After becoming exhausted trying to tweak Linux Mint to get tolerable sizing across all the screens”

“Normies are doing well adapting to Linux Mint. It's easy for Windows users to get used to within a few days”

“Mint is quite far from what you want unless you are willing to put in the time to set it up right”

“unlike regular distros like Mint where you have to cross your fingers and hope that your system still works after a dist-upgrade”

“Something like Linux Mint is going to give an overall friendlier experience for someone new to Linux”

“Mint 22 is amazing with cinnamon. Switched from win11 about 2 months ago and have not once booted back to windows.”

“My biggest problem with Mint was that upgrading the OS became a hassle if I put it off for too long”

“Most popular Linux distros are stable and easy to use, for an average computer user it's perfect.”

“Linux Mint does everything 'gaming' - on top of installation, bluetooth and printing(!) better than Windows”

“Linux Mint does everything - including installation, bluetooth and printing(!) better than Windows”

“it didn't just work (TM), and I had to go into recovery mode to install Nvidia drivers, it worked well enough”