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<b>parity between Microsoft Windows and</b>

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<b>something like a Linux</b>

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<b>desktop operating system.</b>

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<b>Friction parity is the idea that the</b>

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<b>price you pay by switching from one</b>

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<b>platform to another is going to be</b>

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<b>approximately equal to each other.</b>

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<b>Friction is the arbitrary issues that</b>

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<b>crop up that get in the way of you trying</b>

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<b>to actually achieve what you're trying to</b>

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<b>do on your favorite operating system.</b>

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<b>Now, the slow march of progress in the</b>

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<b>free and open source world has led to, I</b>

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<b>would say, you know, a major closure in</b>

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<b>that gap between Windows and Linux.</b>

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<b>You know, us Linux nerds learn and we're</b>

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<b>trying to make the</b>

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<b>best product that we can.</b>

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<b>But I can't honestly say that the</b>

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<b>difference between where we're at now</b>

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<b>versus where we're at a year ago is all</b>

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<b>due to free and open source developers.</b>

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<b>In fact, it's not.</b>

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<b>Microsoft has been doing their damnedest</b>

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<b>to absolutely ruin Windows 11.</b>

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<b>You've seen it.</b>

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<b>I've seen it.</b>

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<b>We all know that it's real.</b>

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<b>It's feature creep.</b>

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<b>It's, you know, surveillance malware</b>

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<b>baked right into the operating system.</b>

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<b>It's advertising at the OS level,</b>

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<b>fundamentally broken and largely untested</b>

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<b>updates or malignant behavior.</b>

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<b>Do you want to open this link with edge?</b>

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<b>No, I don't.</b>

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<b>I never want to open this link with edge.</b>

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<b>And of course, foisting cloud services</b>

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<b>like OneDrive on unwilling users.</b>

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<b>I mean, Microsoft has been doing</b>

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<b>everything that they possibly can to ruin</b>

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<b>Windows 11 at this point.</b>

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<b>So the disparity between how much it</b>

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<b>sucks to be a Windows user now versus how</b>

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<b>much it sucks to be a Linux user is</b>

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<b>approaching one, right?</b>

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<b>That's not to say that they offer</b>

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<b>identical experiences.</b>

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<b>Linux offers a much improved, you know,</b>

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<b>privacy aware</b>

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<b>experience if you're into that.</b>

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<b>But also, you know, if you set aside some</b>

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<b>of the app incompatibilities that Linux</b>

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<b>has, which is partially due to</b>

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<b>Microsoft's underhandedness in the</b>

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<b>managing the Windows market, then then</b>

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<b>really, there are few excuses left for</b>

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<b>not switching to Linux.</b>

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<b>And I really do believe that at this</b>

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<b>point, everything that we've talked about</b>

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<b>so far in this video has given the Linux</b>

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<b>desktop the friction parody edge.</b>

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<b>Linux is coming into its own and I'm here</b>

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<b>to explore it with you.</b>

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<b>But Linux is too hard. I can</b>

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<b>hear so many people saying that.</b>

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<b>But if you've ever built your own PC, if</b>

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<b>you've ever had to nuke</b>

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<b>and pave your Windows install</b>

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<b>because something got broken, if you've</b>

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<b>been a PC gamer for any</b>

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<b>length of time, or if you're in any</b>

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<b>way, shape, or form a coder, I cannot</b>

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<b>stress this enough. Linux</b>

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<b>is better than Windows now.</b>

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<b>That's not to say that it's perfect, or</b>

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<b>that every distro is going to</b>

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<b>suit your specific use cases.</b>

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<b>I can guarantee you, in fact, that they</b>

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<b>will not. However, if you</b>

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<b>fall into any of the above</b>

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<b>categories I just mentioned, or if you</b>

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<b>have ever in any way</b>

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<b>recognized that the way things are on</b>

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<b>Windows is not how they ought to be,</b>

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<b>you're at least ready</b>

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<b>to give Linux a try.</b>

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<b>No, I want to be like completely</b>

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<b>straightforward here.</b>

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<b>Not everyone's going to</b>

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<b>benefit from using Linux, right?</b>

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<b>The fact is we as a community have</b>

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<b>eliminated much of the issues that,</b>

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<b>uh, get in the way of people</b>

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<b>wanting to switch to Linux.</b>

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<b>The app ecosystem on Windows is the last</b>

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<b>major friction point.</b>

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<b>Indeed, the availability of apps like</b>

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<b>Affinity Photo 2 are why I still</b>

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<b>dual boot this PC and Microsoft has done</b>

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<b>a tremendous job capitalizing on</b>

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<b>the FOMO of proprietary</b>

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<b>apps and vendor lock-in.</b>

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<b>I mean, Adobe, Affinity, FL Studio,</b>

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<b>Microsoft Office, and many, many other</b>

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<b>productivity and creative tools,</b>

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<b>especially, are Windows</b>

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<b>and sometimes Mac only.</b>

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<b>They don't offer Linux versions and most</b>

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<b>of these desktop tools are</b>

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<b>incredibly difficult to get running in</b>

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<b>line thanks to, you know, always</b>

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<b>online DRM schemes and whatever.</b>

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<b>Now there are some Linux users who will</b>

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<b>say that there are great</b>

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<b>FOSS alternatives to these utilities,</b>

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<b>free and open source tools that you</b>

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<b>can drop in and replace, uh, you know,</b>

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<b>the proprietary apps with to some</b>

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<b>degree, they are correct.</b>

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<b>I mean, Creda is terrific.</b>

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<b>Um, Inkscape is awesome.</b>

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<b>Caden Live is fantastic.</b>

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<b>But if your day job requires you to be</b>

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<b>fast, adept, and knowledgeable with</b>

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<b>your creative or your productivity app,</b>

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<b>then the level of financial and</b>

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<b>creative friction is insurmountable.</b>

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<b>If you need something like Microsoft</b>

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<b>Outlook or something like Adobe</b>

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<b>premiere, Linux is going to be a</b>

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<b>non-starter for you, unless you have like</b>

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<b>the latitude to lay aside your existing</b>

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<b>experience and have the luxury of</b>

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<b>relearning basic skills, or there's a</b>

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<b>comparable web app version of the</b>

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<b>toolkit that meets your needs.</b>

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<b>And if your day job requires that your</b>

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<b>work be produced using quote unquote</b>

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<b>industry standard formats, then you're</b>

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<b>shit out of luck with FOSS tooling</b>

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<b>in a lot of cases.</b>

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<b>Similarly, Linux gaming has made leaps</b>

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<b>and bounds in the last few years.</b>

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<b>But if you are playing a handful of very</b>

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<b>specific online multiplayer games,</b>

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<b>which you can't seem to divorce yourself</b>

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<b>from, Linux will not be a good</b>

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<b>option for you, just</b>

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<b>point blank for everyone else.</b>

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<b>And mind you, this is an</b>

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<b>enormous, everyone else.</b>

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<b>Linux is not just a viable option.</b>

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<b>It is the best option.</b>

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<b>There's also the possibility of dual</b>

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<b>booting, but this is a genuine pain in</b>

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<b>the ass for all, but the most fastidious</b>

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<b>folks, dual booting ends up being</b>

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<b>another friction point against Linux.</b>

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<b>Like for example, I have Linux installed</b>

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<b>on every PC in my home, including</b>

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<b>this one, this is my primary work rig</b>

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<b>where I do all my video editing.</b>

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<b>I almost never boot into Linux on here</b>

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<b>because dual booting is such a</b>

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<b>stupid pain in the ass.</b>

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<b>Now, the other big friction point for</b>

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<b>switching to Linux is just the fact</b>

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<b>that you have your PC set up the way you</b>

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<b>want it to, and it just seems like a</b>

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<b>huge hassle to even figure out which</b>

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<b>Linux distro you want to try.</b>

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<b>And frankly, there's much how to do and</b>

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<b>performative hand wringing when it</b>

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<b>comes to influencers</b>

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<b>going on the Linux journey.</b>

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<b>Why?</b>

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<b>Because it's easy drama and it makes for</b>

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<b>effective storytelling.</b>

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<b>The sheer variety of options</b>

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<b>in the Linux world is so huge.</b>

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<b>I need to explore every option.</b>

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<b>Should I go with Fedora or Linux Mint or</b>

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<b>maybe Hana Montana Linux?</b>

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<b>That's me paraphrasing</b>

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<b>some algorithm brain YouTuber.</b>

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<b>But I am here to tell you as a seasoned</b>

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<b>Linux user that there are two and</b>

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<b>really only two meaningful differences</b>

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<b>between Linux distributions that</b>

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<b>matter to new users.</b>

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<b>The first is software selection.</b>

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<b>And the second is</b>

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<b>your desktop environment.</b>

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<b>Now your desktop environment is the GUI</b>

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<b>or the graphical user interface.</b>

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<b>It's how you interact with your computer,</b>

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<b>how you launch applications, how</b>

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<b>you manage the various windows that you</b>

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<b>have open, how you delete and edit</b>

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<b>files, et cetera.</b>

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<b>There is no right answer here.</b>

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<b>Only what's going to work best for you</b>

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<b>and your experience.</b>

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<b>For new users, I recommend sticking with</b>

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<b>something that's popular,</b>

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<b>something like Steam game mode, which</b>

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<b>I'll get flack for calling it a desktop</b>

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<b>environment in the</b>

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<b>comments, but whatever it is.</b>

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<b>And then there's also KDE</b>

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<b>plasma, cinnamon and gnome.</b>

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<b>Now these desktop environments provide</b>

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<b>experiences which are similar to what</b>

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<b>you'll find with windows or Mac OS.</b>

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<b>And given their popularity, they'll also</b>

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<b>have a bunch of resources online that</b>

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<b>can help you as a</b>

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<b>newbie find your way around.</b>

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<b>Again, I recommend one of the four</b>

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<b>choices above for beginners.</b>

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<b>I won't go too deep into any of them</b>

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<b>since my distro recommendations.</b>

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<b>We'll get into that a</b>

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<b>bit later in this video.</b>

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<b>The other differentiator between Linux</b>

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<b>distributions is going to be</b>

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<b>software selection.</b>

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<b>Now, in my experience acting as a</b>

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<b>I've learned a thing or two.</b>

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<b>What I've found is that the software</b>

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<b>selection is the most important</b>

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<b>consideration.</b>

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<b>If you're looking for a successful Linux</b>

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<b>transition in the modern Linux</b>

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<b>world, there are a few different avenues</b>

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<b>for acquiring software.</b>

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<b>So let's go over those real quick.</b>

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<b>The first is your package manager.</b>

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<b>Your Linux operating system is going to</b>

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<b>have something called a package</b>

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<b>manager that downloads and installs</b>

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<b>software from you that's sourced from a</b>

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<b>developer maintained software library</b>

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<b>called a repository or a repo for short.</b>

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<b>Then there are app containers. In the</b>

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<b>Linux world, the Flatpak is the lingua</b>

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<b>franca of app distribution</b>

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<b>in 2026. If you want Minecraft Java</b>

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<b>Edition, Discord, Spotify,</b>

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<b>Obsidian, or any number of other</b>

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<b>popular apps, Flatpak is most likely</b>

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<b>going to be the easiest and best way to</b>

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<b>install them on your</b>

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<b>system. Except for Steam, trust me, do</b>

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<b>not install Steam as a</b>

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<b>Flatpak, it's a pain in the ass.</b>

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<b>Now in most distros, you'll get the</b>

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<b>option of how you want to</b>

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<b>install the app. For example,</b>

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<b>on my desktop, I can open up the App</b>

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<b>Center, search for an app,</b>

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<b>and it will give me the choice</b>

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<b>of a Flatpak installation or the repo</b>

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<b>version. Suffice it to say,</b>

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<b>Flatpaks are going to be more</b>

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<b>up to date than the system version.</b>

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<b>However, there are other</b>

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<b>app container formats because,</b>

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<b>of course, there are. Common ones that</b>

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<b>you might see in the wild are</b>

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<b>app images and Snap. Snap is</b>

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<b>really only compatible with Ubuntu and</b>

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<b>maybe a few other Linux</b>

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<b>distros out there. Given that</b>

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<b>Ubuntu is not one of my recommendations,</b>

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<b>I'm not going to really</b>

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<b>touch on Snap after this.</b>

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<b>But app image will be the last critical</b>

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<b>thing that you should</b>

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<b>know about apps on Linux.</b>

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<b>If you go to virtually any GitHub release</b>

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<b>page with the intent of</b>

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<b>downloading Linux software,</b>

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<b>chances are very high that it's going to</b>

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<b>be distributed as an</b>

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<b>app image. You might find</b>

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<b>other packages there, but generally</b>

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<b>speaking, the app image one is going to</b>

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<b>be the one you want to</b>

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<b>go with. This will get downloaded to your</b>

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<b>disk and then you can</b>

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<b>usually just double click the</b>

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<b>app image and it will start up just fine.</b>

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<b>The last major way that Linux users get</b>

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<b>apps on their machine is through Steam,</b>

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<b>GOG, Zoom platform, etc. Now, these app</b>

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<b>stores provide paid</b>

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<b>software, usually games, to their</b>

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<b>customers. Steam has a native Linux</b>

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<b>client and installing it is really</b>

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<b>simple. Just go to your</b>

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<b>app center, choose the system version of</b>

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<b>Steam, and then click</b>

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<b>install. GOG, Epic, and other</b>

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<b>platforms don't have native Linux builds,</b>

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<b>but there are great</b>

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<b>resources out there if you're</b>

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<b>looking to manage your library in a nice</b>

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<b>native Linux interface.</b>

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<b>Heroic Games Launcher is the</b>

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<b>best in my opinion. It lets you manage,</b>

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<b>install, and play your GOG,</b>

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<b>Amazon, and Epic libraries</b>

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<b>from a single unified interface. Last but</b>

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<b>not least, Lutris is</b>

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<b>also terrific. It gives you</b>

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<b>access to the above, plus a few more.</b>

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<b>Plus, the community scripts feature in</b>

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<b>Lutris gives the odd</b>

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<b>physical media, not like me, the</b>

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<b>opportunity to install their games from a</b>

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<b>DVD or a compact disc.</b>

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<b>I haven't tried this, I don't know if</b>

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<b>it's supported in Lutris,</b>

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<b>but this is a great game,</b>

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<b>and it's over 20 years old at this point.</b>

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<b>It blows my mind. Okay, so now</b>

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<b>that I've talked your ear off</b>

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<b>for like 11 minutes, and I've convinced</b>

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<b>you that it's time to try Linux for</b>

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<b>yourself, how do you</b>

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<b>begin? Where do you start? So switching</b>

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<b>to Linux can be intimidating.</b>

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<b>That's why I'm offering some</b>

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<b>level of guidance here. Now I've made</b>

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<b>other videos, and I've</b>

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<b>written many articles over on</b>

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<b>the Bryant Review about picking a Linux</b>

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<b>distro. But if you're looking</b>

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<b>for a hand curated selection</b>

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<b>of distros to peruse,</b>

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<b>I've got you covered.</b>

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<b>Now, if you're a gamer,</b>

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<b>Bazlite is a terrific option.</b>

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<b>In fact, Bazlite is a great option</b>

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<b>even if you're not a gamer.</b>

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<b>I've written a guide about setting up a</b>

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<b>living room computer</b>

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<b>as a home theater PC using Bazlite.</b>

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<b>And this article has a ton</b>

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<b>of positive feedback too.</b>

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<b>So I think that's a qualification</b>

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<b>for recommending it here.</b>

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<b>Now I run Bazlite on my living room PC</b>

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<b>and it comes in multiple flavors.</b>

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<b>There's a SteamOS-like version</b>

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<b>that starts into big picture mode,</b>

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<b>just like the Steam Deck.</b>

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<b>There's a desktop</b>

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<b>version that's meant to run</b>

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<b>on a laptop or a desktop.</b>

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<b>And as of writing, if</b>

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<b>you have a Nvidia GPU,</b>

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<b>you're probably gonna</b>

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<b>want the desktop version.</b>

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<b>And then there are</b>

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<b>multiple hardware specific spins.</b>

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<b>So take your pick and give them a try.</b>

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<b>Either way, no matter</b>

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<b>which flavor you choose,</b>

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<b>Bazlite offers you a</b>

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<b>terrific way to play your games</b>

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<b>and get your</b>

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<b>computing done on your terms.</b>

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<b>For beginners, if you have an AMD GPU,</b>

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<b>you can go with game mode.</b>

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<b>Everybody else I</b>

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<b>think should be going with</b>

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<b>KDE Plasma at this point still.</b>

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<b>Now, if you're aiming</b>

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<b>for a little bit more</b>

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<b>of a Windows-like experience,</b>

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<b>you can check out Linux Mint.</b>

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<b>Now again, I've written a guide</b>

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<b>for getting started with Linux Mint.</b>

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<b>You can check that out up here.</b>

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<b>Linux Mint is terrific.</b>

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<b>And like I said, it offers a UI</b>

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<b>that should be quite familiar if you're</b>

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<b>coming from Windows.</b>

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<b>It also has rock solid stability</b>

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<b>and a good measure of testing too.</b>

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<b>Also Linux Mint ships with Cinnamon,</b>

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<b>which is one of the desktop environments</b>

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<b>I recommend for beginners.</b>

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<b>It also has support for Flatpacks and</b>

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<b>consequently a wide array</b>

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<b>of apps at your fingertips.</b>

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<b>Now, if you're looking for a desktop that</b>

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<b>offers a little bit of everything in the</b>

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<b>desktop experience department,</b>

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<b>look no further than Zorin OS.</b>

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<b>It has a beautiful desktop environment</b>

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<b>with a half dozen or so desktop themes</b>

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<b>that run the gamut from classic Windows</b>

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<b>to modern Mac OS and more.</b>

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<b>I've reviewed Zorin OS on the review as</b>

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<b>well, which you can check out up here.</b>

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<b>Plus, the latest version</b>

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<b>of Zorin OS, version 18.1,</b>

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<b>it has even greater support for Windows</b>

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<b>applications on their system.</b>

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<b>Again, you can check that out up here.</b>

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<b>The thing is, it's</b>

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<b>time to make the switch.</b>

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<b>There are so few excuses left.</b>

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<b>And hey, maybe you try it and you realize</b>

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<b>Linux isn't for you.</b>

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<b>And you know what? I</b>

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<b>couldn't fault you for that.</b>

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<b>But you miss 100% of the</b>

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<b>shots that you don't take.</b>

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<b>And there has never been a better time to</b>

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<b>take a shot on Linux.</b>

