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’m no expert but every guide I’ve ever looked into portrays Mint as the most plug-and-play windows adjacent distro. I personally settled on Pop OS which has also been very simple.
I’d also say Mint
Cinnamon DE is fantastic for converts and very intuitive.
Im more into WMs today but Cinnamon is still my favorite (maybe shared 1st with XFCE)
Did you try others before settling on Pop OS? Is there a largest reason it worked best for you?
I messed around a bit with Mint on a spare laptop, but settled on Pop OS for the NVIDIA drivers and the appearance options, mostly