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5 reasons you should ditch Windows for Linux today
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Why are people promoting this, all of a sudden?
Edit: I went to the website and saw the "Pro" paid option. It's starting to make sense now.
"Why are people promoting beginner friendly distros on a post about reasons to switch?"
U are right, lets promote Nix and Gentoo here
Mint was the default suggestion for people switching from Windows until a few days ago, and then Zorin popped up.
Yeah true that mint is the default. But if you look up any beginner distro recommendation then zorin is often also mentioned. Zorin 18 released last week so it's a getting a bit more mentions then normal. But look up any beginner distro video or article and it's always mint and zorin. Zorin has been around since 2009
Gentoo is the best OS I've ever tried.
With install script and automatic updates it would be OK for 95% of people.
Thats awesome, personally never tried it. But it keeps popping up in "hard distros" discussions.
Man all these install scripts are making every distro too accessible 🤣🤣 /s
Only way too stay cool now is to switch to hannah montana os, or freebsd lol
People say a lot of stuff, and I now assume they've never tried it.
They just released a new version a few days ago that's really solid and aims to be a drop-in replacement for Windows. It's probably the most beginner friendly distro out there and has stuff like Onedrive/MS 365 integration for people using that stuff.
The paid version is useless unless you need support.