I’m using virtual box to try it out. I went with Linux linux mint cinnamon and it’s running great. Any program suggestions to try out or any general advice?
I’m using virtual box to try it out. I went with Linux linux mint cinnamon and it’s running great. Any program suggestions to try out or any general advice?
My advice: install it on a second hard drive. You can also install it besides Windows, but that might break after a Windows update.
Linux feels different on bare metal than in a virtual machine. In a VM, it feels sluggish and is more prone to glitches.
Things to do/ my tips:
Software recommendations
There isn’t that much Linux-exclusive software out there. Most of it is open source, so it usually gets also published on Windows. But here are some I like that are:
This is excellent advice, and I want to stress that linux on bare metal will let you see just how much better it is. It’ll fly. You really don’t get a sense of how much be there is in windows till you run linux on the same hardware.
KDE connect has a windows version
Yeah, but it absolutely sucks