[kwlug-disc] linux distro for nontech windows user

[Sean D]

[emerges from the lurk box]

I feel the same disappointment about Mint.

It's my distro of choice.

For lower power computers, I like AntiX which is a Debian (Ubuntu?). But it
doesn't use SystemD.

Garuda Linux is a very pretty distro. It's Arch-based which I believe is
one of "The Hard" distros. I got it running Steam and games. But I didn't
use it long enough to find the difficult parts.

I'm looking forward to watching this thread.

Sean



110.  Labour to keep alive in your breast that little celestial fire called
conscience.
--George Washington

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025, 5:26 p.m. Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> I am really surprised and disappointed to hear that Mint's upgrade process
> is "backup and reinstall".
>
> In my case, I have been running Xubuntu LTS for many years.
> I do upgrade from one LTS release to the next.
>
> Granted, I use the do-release-upgrade script, but the GUI equivalent
> should just be a wrapper around it.
>
> Xubuntu used XFCE which does not stand in the way of using a Linux desktop.
>
> My recommendation is that they try out a couple of distros, using the Live
> CD feature.
> That way, they may like something or dislike it so as not to use it.
>
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