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    [–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    This may not be the place to ask, but is there a guide you’d recommend for a lifelong windows user to try out Linux?

    I’ve had a Steam Deck for a while now and love it and feel I could probably make the leap.

    I have no idea why this comic in particular motivated me to finally ask.

    Edit: I just want to say an incredible thank you to everyone and your advice. I was just looking for a link to a guide and ya’ll wrote them yourselves.

    I think the prevailing advice of creating a virtual machine to play around in seems like a very good place to start.

    [–] Geert@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    If you want to check out some linux distributions, I would suggest you use Ventoy. You can then copy the ISO's to your USB drive and boot from them without having to reformat your usb drive all the time. It's a really cool tool and I can highly recommend it. I always carry ventoy with me for work with rescue disks, clonezilla, etc.

    Personally I would recommend either Ubuntu or Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE - it's what I use). It's a one of the most popular distributions and well-documented and supported.

    If you want to have a look at what's available, check out https://distrowatch.com/

    Edit: If you're not ready to install on your own hardware, try playing around with Virtual Machines - like Virtualbox.

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