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Linux install on laptop for a complete noob (feddit.nl)
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Hi there!

Seeing the enshittification of Windows unfold, I'm curious about trying out Linux.

I don't want to move over my main machine just yet, but I've got a 9 yo HP Pavilion 15-e001ed spare laptop I want to experiment with. Eventually I want a gaming laptop that can run steam games.

When I googled I found a plethora of pieces of advice, but seeing the proselytizing for Linux here, maybe I could get a bit more personal advice as a potential conscript.

So what advice would you give me to start my journey into Linux?

UPDATE: Ok my cherry is popped, writing this from a fresh Mint install. It's suprisingly smooth sailing. Only thing is somehow software gets installed on my root partition instead of the home partition I made because people told me so.

But overall not nearly as dounting as I thought it would be. Thanks for the help everybody!

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks. Most other posts are on which ~~house~~ distrom I know that's a big choice, but this is some more practical info.

I think I'll start out with Mint for now, as that's the most suggested. And someone mentioned it looking like win 7, which actually appeals to me,

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I started on Mint, too, back in 2015. I do think, it's a good place to start, when you don't yet know what the different choices.
I especially appreciated that its keyboard shortcuts are very similar to Windows out of the box, so that's at least some amount of muscle memory you can retain while you're learning lots of other new things.