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    Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
    submitted 11 months ago by Limonene@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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    [–] 18107@aussie.zone 13 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    I highly recommend Linux Mint (cinnamon) as an entry level Linux distro. It looks and feels similar to Windows, and it's based on Ubuntu, so it has a lot of support and compatibility.

    [–] MrMeatballGuy@feddit.dk 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Really liked Mint, unfortunately the kernel was not new enough to support my 7900 XTX when I upgraded GPU so I ended up switching to Pop_OS which works fine as well.

    [–] neidu@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

    Had the same issue for my nvidia 4060. I just installed a kernel manually which allowed me to run a new enough driver.

    [–] only0218@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

    They now have an edge Version with a newer kernel. It's probably to do with mesa tho (this stuff can get frisky fast so let's stop here)

    [–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

    You can easily add xanmod kernel to Debian based distros to get a more up to date kernel. I've never had any issues running it.

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