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Linux Mint Cinnamon is a fine alternative to Windows, and it's free, combining a slick interface with familiarity for any windows user.

Loughla 3y ago
Mint is the easiest to transition to. I install that on all my elderly family's machines. Makes troubleshooting much easier. On my personal machine, I did just switch back to Windows last year. While gaming in Linux has come quite a way, there were just too many games that are still incompatible.
- underseacables 3y ago
  My wife started with Mint, it was a good transition for her.
WaxProlix 3y ago
It'll only truly be great if it has a slick, integrated, functional WINE/Proton/whatever experience out of the box.
- underseacables 3y ago
  Fair. I love Wine!
readyman 3y ago
Any windows user that doesn't need Photoshop or Word and has a load of regular spare time to troubleshoot rabdom problems.
- djao 3y ago
  1. Word works just fine in a web browser. Yes, it's not the full featured version, but I don't need the full featured version. 2. I know a lot of people even on Windows who use Gimp because they get more value out of using Gimp for free than paying for an Adobe subscription. 3. I don't really see much in the way of random problems on Linux, but even if I did, I'll take that over the constant problems caused by ads embedded in the OS.
  - readyman 3y ago
    Both Photoshop and Word are industry standards. For Photoshop, one can't just swap it out, and if you think one can then that only shows you are not even a novice user, much less a professional who needs it for work.
    - Dylan16807 3y ago
      > Both Photoshop and Word are industry standards. For Photoshop, one can't just swap it out, Ah, I thought we were talking about normal users, not the sliver of professionals that use photoshop for their job. I bet djao thought the same thing. Which makes the rest of your comment a misaimed criticism.
    - djao 3y ago
      With all respect, only a very small minority of Windows users actually *need Photoshop for work.* If you are one of them, I fully agree, you need Photoshop. As for Word, I use Word (unwillingly) for work, and I am able to get what I need from just the web version. My "complicated" documents are typeset in LaTeX, not Word, and LaTeX is the standard in my industry.
  - underseacables 3y ago
    You don't even need Microsoft office. Libre office works wonderful and it's FREE.
    - djao 3y ago
      Libreoffice tends to break on more complicated documents. For example this implementation of a CPU in Excel (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/16_bit_cpu_excel/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/16_bit_cpu_excel/) doesn't work in Libreoffice.
    - readyman 3y ago
      OK that is just nonsense
    - npteljes 3y ago

Loughla 3y ago

Mint is the easiest to transition to. I install that on all my elderly family's machines. Makes troubleshooting much easier. On my personal machine, I did just switch back to Windows last year. While gaming in Linux has come quite a way, there were just too many games that are still incompatible.

underseacables 3y ago
My wife started with Mint, it was a good transition for her.

WaxProlix 3y ago

It'll only truly be great if it has a slick, integrated, functional WINE/Proton/whatever experience out of the box.

underseacables 3y ago
Fair. I love Wine!

readyman 3y ago

Any windows user that doesn't need Photoshop or Word and has a load of regular spare time to troubleshoot rabdom problems.

djao 3y ago
1. Word works just fine in a web browser. Yes, it's not the full featured version, but I don't need the full featured version. 2. I know a lot of people even on Windows who use Gimp because they get more value out of using Gimp for free than paying for an Adobe subscription. 3. I don't really see much in the way of random problems on Linux, but even if I did, I'll take that over the constant problems caused by ads embedded in the OS.
- readyman 3y ago
  Both Photoshop and Word are industry standards. For Photoshop, one can't just swap it out, and if you think one can then that only shows you are not even a novice user, much less a professional who needs it for work.
  - Dylan16807 3y ago
    > Both Photoshop and Word are industry standards. For Photoshop, one can't just swap it out, Ah, I thought we were talking about normal users, not the sliver of professionals that use photoshop for their job. I bet djao thought the same thing. Which makes the rest of your comment a misaimed criticism.
  - djao 3y ago
    With all respect, only a very small minority of Windows users actually *need Photoshop for work.* If you are one of them, I fully agree, you need Photoshop. As for Word, I use Word (unwillingly) for work, and I am able to get what I need from just the web version. My "complicated" documents are typeset in LaTeX, not Word, and LaTeX is the standard in my industry.
- underseacables 3y ago
  You don't even need Microsoft office. Libre office works wonderful and it's FREE.
  - djao 3y ago
    Libreoffice tends to break on more complicated documents. For example this implementation of a CPU in Excel (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/16_bit_cpu_excel/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/02/16_bit_cpu_excel/) doesn't work in Libreoffice.
  - readyman 3y ago
    OK that is just nonsense
  - npteljes 3y ago