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[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you just need a general purpose desktop and it's your your first time, I would suggest just picking a popular and stable one with lots of documentation like Debian, Mint or Ubuntu.

[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm leaning towards Debian myself. I don't like the direction Ubuntu (mint is essentially Ubuntu too) is going. Ubuntu is ran by a for profit company, and it is only going to get worse after snaps.

From what I've read Debian is about as new user friendly as Ubuntu is.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I would definitely choose Debian in that case. Enjoy :)

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

As someone who switched a year ago and started from Debian - yes, it absolutely is beginner-friendly)