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A decent desktop Linux distro needs to be created first though.

• wincy 5y ago
  Mint is okay. Except the time that grub randomly failed for me and I had to manually fix my boot config. But at least my webcam and brightness buttons worked on my ten year old laptop, which they didn’t when I booted into windows even after spending a few hours trying to find the correct drivers. My wife (who while smart doesn’t like tinkering with computers) has been using Ubuntu for two years now and her only complaint is “my hard drive is full and how the heck do I uninstall applications?” Even things like Microsoft Teams and all the virtual doctors meetings apps work for Ubuntu, which surprised me. I mean Linux distros kinda suck when something goes wrong but I’m honestly impressed how long my wife’s Ubuntu laptop has been working without major issues.
  • howinteresting 5y ago
    Linux distros suck the least when something goes wrong. Both Windows and MacOS fail in inscrutable ways and have required me to do complete reinstalls in the past, whereas on Linux there's usually some sort of forum discussion or Arch wiki page that will get you back on the right track. It's a big reason I like Linux.
• howinteresting 5y ago
  Thank you for the helpful contribution. Truly extraordinary.