hey nerds, I’m getting myself a new personal laptop as a treat, but I very much do not want windows 11 shitting it up. Is there a linux distro with caveman-compatible instructions for installation and use? I want to think about my OS as little as possible while actually using it.

I’ve got one friend who uses mint, but I’ve also seen memes dunking on it so who knows. I actually really only know what I’ve seen from you all shitposting in other communities

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    4 days ago

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say fedora silverblue or bazzite

    Basic user? Use flat packs and enjoy easy graphics support, as well as all of the windows compatibility for gaming

    Advanced user? Learn to do things in pods/containers or distrobox, it’s easy even if the quick start docs aren’t great (I can find my cheat sheets if anyone is going down that road)

    Pro: most stuff just works, and it’s harder to config yourself into a corner you have to research your way out of

    Cons: normal Linux install guides need to be modified a bit, it’s not hard but you do have to learn how to do it