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is there a Linux alternative to windows 10/11 that is similar?
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Manjaro KDE is the closest I can get to Windows functionality without actually using windows. I love it.
I wouldn't recommend Manjaro - or Arch/Arch derivatives - to beginners. Installing them usually goes fine (especially nowadays thanks to
archinstall) but Arch comes with a lot of quirks and ongoing maintenance burdens that newbies won't be aware of until a few months down the line when their system blows up in their face.Such as?
Anything involving DKMS (so Nvidia, many WiFi adapters...) is the most common culprit in my anecdotal experience. New users don't know to watch the forums or their
pacmanoutput for potential problems and find out the hard way when they lose internet or their DM doesn't start.