I don’t understand why go though all the trouble of leaving windows, which let’s be honest is not as friction free as Lemmy likes to claim, and then land on Ubuntu.
I have to thank them for the free DVDs tho, they opened the world of Linux for me as a kid.
I left Windows because I didn’t want to update to 11. I went to Ubuntu simply because I used it once 10 years ago and it seemed ok. So far my experience has been great. I have 0 technical skills but I was able to make everything work, I only had to google about flat-packs. My husband is technical so he set up access to our home system.
I am not moving from Ubuntu now as I have everything set up just as i like it and everything I want/need just works. Again, I am not technical so everything I need is just a browser, email, discord, and steam.
Honestly, if someone I know would ask for a Linux recommendation I would recommend Ubuntu. Simply for how simple it is that you never have to touch a command line or terminal and still just use the basic apps you want. I think its an amazing low bar, low effort entry to Linux and there’s nothing wrong with that.
That’s understandable, you expected Ubuntu to be simple and it was, you had a need any it was fulfilled.
The thing is, any other debian would be as simple as Ubuntu. The “simplicity” comes from having all the programs already installed not from being more or less technical.
I don’t understand why go though all the trouble of leaving windows, which let’s be honest is not as friction free as Lemmy likes to claim, and then land on Ubuntu.
I have to thank them for the free DVDs tho, they opened the world of Linux for me as a kid.
I left Windows because I didn’t want to update to 11. I went to Ubuntu simply because I used it once 10 years ago and it seemed ok. So far my experience has been great. I have 0 technical skills but I was able to make everything work, I only had to google about flat-packs. My husband is technical so he set up access to our home system. I am not moving from Ubuntu now as I have everything set up just as i like it and everything I want/need just works. Again, I am not technical so everything I need is just a browser, email, discord, and steam.
Honestly, if someone I know would ask for a Linux recommendation I would recommend Ubuntu. Simply for how simple it is that you never have to touch a command line or terminal and still just use the basic apps you want. I think its an amazing low bar, low effort entry to Linux and there’s nothing wrong with that.
That’s understandable, you expected Ubuntu to be simple and it was, you had a need any it was fulfilled.
The thing is, any other debian would be as simple as Ubuntu. The “simplicity” comes from having all the programs already installed not from being more or less technical.