I have got myself a bit confused.
I have read loads of stuff and watched a few youtubes. (Have no idea what most of them were saying).
I decided that it is impossible to decide which distro with zero knowledge.
Anyway, I have set aside a drive just for Linux.
I shall pick a distro and go for, say, Cinnamon Mint for example.
Learn that way.
I am sure that I read that there is one main place to go to download things, but now I go to look for it, I seem to find a few different places to download.
Also, can I ask a few noob questions?
I have only used windows before but am pretty keen to get onto Linux.
The idea being that I have it on a separate drive so that I can play with it for now.
Is there any reason to pick/not pick a certain distro for the standard stuff that I do?
From what I understand, where there is a will there is a way with any of the distros.
I am happy to learn how to do stuff. Thoroughly looking forward to it actually.
I currently use excel and word (I understand that Libreoffice is 'sort of' MS Word/excel compatible, I wouldn't care, but i often transfer docs to people and they will only have Office)
I currently use Lightroom, but as I understand it there is a similar type software available.
I am not a gamer, but i have played an online idle game for years. It is flash based but going to unity. Am I right in thinking I can open a window or something in Linux to play this? Or does it just play in the browser?
Don't worry about telling me the ins and outs right now, I shall follow the directions and have a play. I have just got a bit confuzzled about what I have and haven't read and where I read it.
I just know I read that you can and can't do various things in some distros.
Cheers for this.
I have read loads of stuff and watched a few youtubes. (Have no idea what most of them were saying).
I decided that it is impossible to decide which distro with zero knowledge.
Anyway, I have set aside a drive just for Linux.
I shall pick a distro and go for, say, Cinnamon Mint for example.
Learn that way.
I am sure that I read that there is one main place to go to download things, but now I go to look for it, I seem to find a few different places to download.
Also, can I ask a few noob questions?
- Where to go to download Cinnamon Mint? (I can't remember if I chose that one for a reason)
- I have read the TH setting up mint page, thank you. So it is like a fresh install, right? Just like I would windows. So, if I decide on another distro, I would do another fresh install and lose everything on that HDD right? As in I would do a fresh install of a different OS?
- I currently save my docs on a separate Drive. Can I save my Linux docs to the same drive?
I have only used windows before but am pretty keen to get onto Linux.
The idea being that I have it on a separate drive so that I can play with it for now.
Is there any reason to pick/not pick a certain distro for the standard stuff that I do?
From what I understand, where there is a will there is a way with any of the distros.
I am happy to learn how to do stuff. Thoroughly looking forward to it actually.
I currently use excel and word (I understand that Libreoffice is 'sort of' MS Word/excel compatible, I wouldn't care, but i often transfer docs to people and they will only have Office)
I currently use Lightroom, but as I understand it there is a similar type software available.
I am not a gamer, but i have played an online idle game for years. It is flash based but going to unity. Am I right in thinking I can open a window or something in Linux to play this? Or does it just play in the browser?
Don't worry about telling me the ins and outs right now, I shall follow the directions and have a play. I have just got a bit confuzzled about what I have and haven't read and where I read it.
I just know I read that you can and can't do various things in some distros.
Cheers for this.