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Mint is one you'll often see recommended for older folks, for good reason. The Cinnamon desktop is simple and familiar to Windows users and it has good compatib

Mint is one you'll often see recommended for older folks, for good reason. The Cinnamon desktop is simple and familiar to Windows users and it has good compatibility. The only real gotcha is being based on Debian (like Ubuntu), so packages will be somewhat out of date, but for browsing and printing and whatnot that's not really an issue. Anecdotally my experience with printing on Linux has actually been smoother than Windows in recent years, but we're talking about printers here so YMMV.

stop50 2y ago
Printing on Linux is very nice. The bloatware that is usually unavoidable under windows does not exist.
- Doxin 2y ago
  I have yet to run into a printer that doesn't just magically work under linux. It's very impressive.
  - LarryMade2 2y ago
    > I have yet to run into a printer that doesn't just magically work under linux. You haven't used a Canon IP-90 printer. :-)
    - Doxin 2y ago
      oh I'm sure they exist but it's to the point where if I need a printer I go to the store and buy a printer, without worrying about linux support whatsoever. In my experience printers have a better chance of working under linux than under windows.
bediger4000 2y ago
Me and my Arch laptop have been my family's tricky printing consultant for a few years.
mightysashiman 2y ago
Used LinuxMint for years as the goto Linux distro in a VM on Mac Intel. Since I moved to Apple Silicon, Mint can't run since they unfortunately don't provide ARM builds . what would be the compatible alternative ?
- appleorchard46 2y ago
  Asahi is what the project to get Linux running on modern macs is called. For a stable Mint-like experience there's a Debian version (Mint is based off Debian) that includes the Cinnamon desktop as an option in the installer, so that would be most similar to what you're familiar with. (worth mentioning though that Fedora is the flagship Asahi version, so that may be more stable. I don't have personal experience) https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/ https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/

stop50 2y ago

Printing on Linux is very nice. The bloatware that is usually unavoidable under windows does not exist.

Doxin 2y ago
I have yet to run into a printer that doesn't just magically work under linux. It's very impressive.
- LarryMade2 2y ago
  > I have yet to run into a printer that doesn't just magically work under linux. You haven't used a Canon IP-90 printer. :-)
  - Doxin 2y ago
    oh I'm sure they exist but it's to the point where if I need a printer I go to the store and buy a printer, without worrying about linux support whatsoever. In my experience printers have a better chance of working under linux than under windows.

bediger4000 2y ago

Me and my Arch laptop have been my family's tricky printing consultant for a few years.

mightysashiman 2y ago

Used LinuxMint for years as the goto Linux distro in a VM on Mac Intel. Since I moved to Apple Silicon, Mint can't run since they unfortunately don't provide ARM builds . what would be the compatible alternative ?

appleorchard46 2y ago
Asahi is what the project to get Linux running on modern macs is called. For a stable Mint-like experience there's a Debian version (Mint is based off Debian) that includes the Cinnamon desktop as an option in the installer, so that would be most similar to what you're familiar with. (worth mentioning though that Fedora is the flagship Asahi version, so that may be more stable. I don't have personal experience) https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/ https://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/m1-debian/