Whats a good distro for an amd cpu, nvidia gpu and dual monitors 4k and 1080p. I am not a new computer user but since Windows 11 is adding ai I am done. I prefer effortless because I am new to linux but I can do some advanced things if I need.

Edit: I finally decided PopOS if anybody is interested for Nvidia support. Until I get better with commandline.

    • funnyboy_roks@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      100%

      Pop os is my goto recommendation to anybody who is relatively new to linux as it handles a lot of things for you, and there’s guis to configure many of the things that one may want to configure, especially if you’re not quite ready to “live by the commandline”.

    • Ekis@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Linux Mint is a great beginner distro.

      I got my dad, who is very non-tech, to switch from Windows 10 to Linux Mint; he has been using it for over 2 years now. He went from using Edge, Microsoft Word, and Outlook to using Firefox, LibreOffice and Thunderbird.

    • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I also suggest Fedora. It's quickly becoming the distro I suggest to newcomers instead of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is still good though.

    • thirdBreakfast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I'd had a bit of Linux server experience, but no desktop Linux. I tried Pop!_OS on an old macbook and everything just worked. I could figure out what was going on without any drama.

      • merci3@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        A good portion of the "drama" comes from drivers issues, which are hit or miss within Linux distros. Your hardware can only work on boot or make you cry in pain while trying to compile them 😅 But when the hardware works, all you need to do is get used to the open source ecosystem! Wish you the best in your desktop Linux journey 🙂

  • Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works
    72·
    1 year ago

    If you're looking for effortless then go with Ubuntu. It's honestly solid. Linux mint is another alternative. There's other I can recommend but I think stability and not having to fix/tinker as things break unexpectedly sounds like something you value.

  • salarua@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    1 year ago

    as others in this thread have mentioned, Linux Mint or Pop OS are the best for someone coming from Windows. both work really well out of the box. Linux Mint has a very Windows-like desktop, so it's often recommended to people coming from Windows; but if you want a more unique experience Pop OS is the way to go

  • raven [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I usually recommend new users try out a few distros from distrowatch on a USB stick with Ventoy making sure to pick a few different desktop environments to try (XFCE, KDE Plasma, Gnome, Budgie, Cinnamon…) There are hundreds and I would argue they have as much of an impact on how your computer works and feels as your distro.

    What distro you pick matters less from a user standpoint than you might think. You're going to get a lot of recommendations for Ubuntu and its derivatives Pop_OS! and Mint. They're great for beginners IMO except for one small sticking point, which is that they've been shipping most software in snap packages and flatpaks which have their own quirks to learn. It's kind of like a little container or sandbox. You hear a lot of new users saying that they're having issues with a program not being able to see a file on their computer and it's usually because the program is a snap or a flatpak.

  • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Am also new, have tried 2 distros. Not even close to an expert but this had been my experience as a new user.

    Mint was easy but a little too squeaky for me.

    Used manjaro next and like the environment of xfce over cinnamon by a large margin.

    As others suggested would try out a couple first, possibly on an old laptop. Then when you find the one you like can switch over your main system.

  • Vincent@kbin.social
    21·
    1 year ago

    Ubuntu is the most popular one, which is honestly probably the best rule-of-thumb to use when first starting out.

    If you want primarily community-driven, Fedora is probably the most popular one.

    Both are focused on being easy-to-use, though of course as with any change, there will be some learning to do with new UI paradigms.

  • Aatube@kbin.social
    32·
    1 year ago

    EndeavorOS. It’s based on arch which has great nvidia driver packages and the arch wiki is amazing.

    You can install pamac for a GUI for the package manager. Do yay <packagename> to search for any package and install it; do yay (nothing else) to upgrade everything, and yay -Rcns <packagename> to remove stuff and all their unused dependencies. I also recommend chaoticAUR

    For the DE I recommend MATE but you can select any of the major ones in the installer

    Get synapse for a spotlight-like search; it uses the alt+space keybind by default