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What's the best distro for a windows user with some linux experience (lemmy.world)
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I have used linux in a past job (I did not set it up), so im not a total noob with linux. But I am far from an expert. I bought a tablet that had a flavor of linux on it and found myself woefully unprepared trying to navigate the tablet. I was planning to use it for DnD for pdf reading, but it apparently wasn't capable of that bcz it was a rather custom OS. With windows 10 support being dropped by Microsoft in the next few months, I want to transition my desktop to Linux, and I thought I'd get a headstart on that. I have a windows 11 laptop (and I hate it), but im kinda stuck with it for now. So, in the spirit of I am a noob who isn't quite a noob, what do ya'll recommend? p.s. I used Ubuntu for a bit way way back in high school

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I do a lot of game development if that makes any difference, using Unreal.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

In that case you are best off with Kubuntu, since UE for Linux is distributed as a .deb.

If you prefer to compile the engine yourself, then you can use anything you like, but OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is worth a look since it’s a rolling distro and stays up-to-date (especially handy for GPU drivers).

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Awesome thanks, will try out kubuntu and see how it goes!