Much better source would be asking some Linux guy on Lemmy.
Speaking of that, I recently learned Steam can run Windows games on Linux and now I want to switch. I dual-booted Ubuntu a while back and liked it. What’s a good distro these days? If I just want it to be easy without the ever-expanding baggage of Microsoft, is there a better call than Mint? I know you guys are out there and probably stopping by to chew OP out for asking a LLM for technical advice.
I did bazzite for an lot of friends that are not so good at linux and they did really well.
Depends. You have to ask yourself:
Do you prefer stability (fixed release distro) or having cutting-edge software (rolling release distro)?
Do you prefer customizable or idiot proof?
Do you have an Nvidia card? Nvidia is notorious for shitty drivers and anti linux agenda but you have to download their drivers if you are into gaming. Some disros have them by default. You can install them manually on others but I had some issues on fedora, for example.
Are you okay with using an os made by a for-profit corporation? Ubuntu, for example, is maintained by Canonical, a rather controversial company.
You want something rather easy, so barebones disros like arch are no-go.
except that noobs can destroy their systems very easily by following LLM instructions…
To be fair it is the same for random commands in some forums. It’s like tradition at this point. LLM just remove the societal fear of being shamed for asking a stupid question.
the difference is that LLMs spit out actual bs quite frequently while forums are usually simply outdated or smth
