I heard Mint is supposed to be the simplest distro to get started with but my experience so far (following the setup guide on the website) has been:

  • Download ISO
  • Check ISO (seemed fine)
  • Burn image… crash
  • Burn image in administrator mode
  • Boot from USB via BIOS… crash
  • Boot from USB via Bios in safe mode
  • Download multimedia codecs… crash
  • Not download multimedia codecs… also crash?

And that’s where I am presently, it runs fine off the USB albeit a bit slow, and I know its connected to the internet because I can browse lemmy on it and make annoying posts on the Linux community. I knew Linux was going to be more work than windows but this feels like a ridiculous level of effort right out of the gate, I worry that even if I somehow get it running I’ll spend 10x more time fixing it than actually using it.

  • BaldProphet@piefed.socialEnglish
    111·
    15 hours ago

    Add “Horribly mangle the system while experimenting with obscure pre-alpha open source customization software” and you have my experience with Mint.

    Lol why the downvotes? I was just trying to be humorous! Y’all need to develop a sense of humor.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      31·
      16 hours ago

      You should learn about containers and virtualization. You can experiment for a while and then blow it all away. Podman and virtual manager are your friends.

      • BaldProphet@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        Oh, it was absolutely in a VM. I had a blast breaking stuff and not having to stress about it. It’s the best way to learn how systems work, IMO.