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[-] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

"Why are people promoting beginner friendly distros on a post about reasons to switch?"

U are right, lets promote Nix and Gentoo here

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Gentoo is the best OS I've ever tried.

With install script and automatic updates it would be OK for 95% of people.

[-] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

People say a lot of stuff, and I now assume they've never tried it.

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Mint was the default suggestion for people switching from Windows until a few days ago, and then Zorin popped up.

[-] AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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