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Carunga @feddit.de

2y ago

EndlessOS for my partner

www.endlessos.org

Endless OS

Tonight I am about to install endless os for my non technical partner. Do you think that is a good idea? Would you do the same?

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If she's coming from Windows, Mint is a much better choice with Cinnamon
- Has been using Ubuntu for a while but kept destroying it. I aim at a stable base with modern applications.
  
  Maybe you should give a try to an immutable OS like Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite.
  They are very hard to break.
  
  Maybe you should give a try to an immutable OS like Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite.
  Those are an immutable systems. Very hard to break.
  
  Then the distro doesn't matter that much. You shouk go for either Snaps or Flatpaks for applications as they won't break the system even if something catastrophic happens.
  Personally I'd go for distros with great deal of support (Pop, Fedora and Mint) and put Flathub as the main source in the respective app stores. Smaller distros tend to have more issues that requires some troubleshooting at times.
  Check how does she uses Ubuntu first though, if she's using the Canonical's additions to Gnome a lot, she'll have a horrible time with vanilla Gnome as it's pretty barebones, that'll rule out any distro with vanilla Gnome such as Fedora. Trust me, you don't want to be babysitting your partners computer.
  
  Ok, I'm normally against this, but this sounds like a job for nix.
- I've had my girlfriend on Zorin for a couple years now. Just calling it out as another good one for Windows people, though agreed not as good as current Mint.

It does not require an internet connection to use!
It's messed up that that's a selling point.
- I think the point that is being made is that it’s sad that always-online situations are so common nowadays.

Eh probably not. Linux Mint or Pop OS would be a better starter distro for someone from a non technical background.

I don't know anthing about EndlessOS, but Zorin tends to be a good Windows substitute.
- Seconded. ZorinOS was my very first Linux distro that "held my hand" for a while.
- Thanks, will look into it.

It’s worth a shot. Non-technical users are it’s target demographic.
I would pick something immutable like this. Non-technical users aren’t going to get under the hood and tinker, like many Linux users do.
- Turns out she needs a bit of proprietary software (pixum for photo books) that I could not install on EndlessOS. So I had to change course and installed pop os. So far I am pleasantly suprised. Even though I thought I would not like it, their take on GNOME makes sense to me. Tiling is fun.
  
  Pop is great, my only complaint is their posterized stylized default backgrounds. It is their look, but might be a turnoff for some wanting a more polished pro look like ElementaryOS default.
  
  PopOS is currently developing their own spin on a immutable OS, but that's still a long way from shipping to users. I'm curious, if other distros broke, why would it be different with current PopOS?

I just trying Q4OS Aquarius KDE (I love KDE btw) with "Pure Profile" install yesterday, and I'll say clearly that nothing can beats their minimalist approach on system as far as I distro hopping on many Linux. The satisfied feeling with start from really pure system is so pure joy..
- Need Tod check that out. Never heard of it. I myself run KDE as part of the mighty garuda Linux. Pure is not the word I would use to describe garuda though.
  
  Try it on VM. if you seeking slim minimalist linux with KDE out of the box, then Q4OS is the endgame. Garuda do too much custom for me, even debian vanilla with KDE is still bloat..

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