Long overdue, I know, but looking to start at least partially migrating and working with Dual boot, coming from Windows 10 (putting off 11 as much as possible)…
I have limited Linux experience, mostly in college several years back.
I work remotely with Windows software development, including Winforms, Asp.net, .net core, etc. Not sure what I need to best work with these, particularly Winforms. That may not even be possible, I know.
Looking for any general guidance/recommendations.
Long term, I’m interested in migrating as much as possible, outside of whatever I have to keep up for work… starting with dual boot options then moving towards linux as a primary driver. I have an old media server (also win10, not win11 compatable) not really doing much but running plex when I need it… would love to also eventually poke around with Home Assistant or similar, maybe some LLM tinkering etc.
If this isn’t a good community for this, I apologize, and please point me to a better one if you know of one.
I always recommend Ubuntu for beginners. It has the largest userbase and broadest support from all kinds of software vendors (including commercial software)
Ubuntu with default desktop will probably work straight out of the box with your computer if any distro will. Then you can easily try it, learn more and see if you like it.
You can also get commercial support for Ubuntu: maybe even your local computer shop can help you with any problems you run into (like printer installs)
Later on, you may switch to something else if Ubuntu does not feel the best distro.