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Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I would recomend Linux mint, but the main thing, get used to the openscource alternatives for your programs you use now while you are still using windows. By the time you swap to linux, you'll just have to get used to things like using "sudo apt install ****", appimages and snaps. Just some things that are different about linux. Also I wouldn't worry too much about trying to use a "gaming" distro. With some elbow grease pretty much any distro can look look and feel the same. All that matters is witch distro starts closest to what you want.

[–] whats_all_this_then@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

Most of these are great but I wanna point out some of the ones I don't agree with

  • I've found that the elbow grease bit is gonna be a dealbreaker for 90% of Windows users even when they hate windows. I hate it but that's the truth
  • Nvidia is much better than it used to be but it's still a PITA unless you use a gaming distro or one that comes with proprietary drivers preinstalled and properly configured (even for someone already very comfortable with linux). This is important if you want Wayland to work correctly or need optimus on laptops. Furthermore, and this is laptop-specific, KDE Plasma is gonna have low FPS on secondary monitors or drain tf out of your battery by defaulting to dedicated graphics if your config is wrong (and it's wrong by default on laptops)
  • Switching desktop environments is a massive PITA so choosing the one you like first time is important.
[–] Pumasuedeblue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

You don't even need to use the command line in Mint. There are at least 3 decent gui package managers that I can think of if the top of my head.