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[–] simple@lemm.ee 49 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Please god not the distrochooser site, when someone asks you where to install Linux you send them anything but that.

[–] cron@feddit.org 0 points 6 days ago

Usage requires less computer knowledge than answered

Oh no!!

[–] Concave1142@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Exactly. Too much choice can lead to analysis paralysis. I've been telling everyone who brings up Windows 10's expiration date that now is a good to install Linux Mint as a good beginner place to start.

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[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'd never heard of it so I tried it out, it seemed fine until the end where it listed about ten different distros with no real way to differentiate them.

Like, yeah, mint and Ubuntu and elementary and zorin and xubuntu all work for my use cases. I wanted it to give me a reason why one is better than another.

So, yeah, can't recommend that website. It's trying to help, but it won't, really.

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