Noooooob here: As title said - I don’t know what distro I should choose. My needs are student stuff like Libreoffice & Videoconferences but also creative things, photo-management and cutting videos. Does it matter at all? Do I have to check for every single program I use or is there a distro that is recommended?

I was planning on getting a Tuxedo with Tuxedo OS, but my neighbour recommended another “no os”-seller and now I’m not sure. I was opting for Tuxedo mainly because of the support since I’m leaving windows after many years^^

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  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    What vendor did your neighbor recommend?

    I do think getting a Tuxedo is a good choice, if you have the money for it. New users typically struggle either because they need programs that are only available on other OSs or because their hardware doesn’t work well with Linux. And getting a dedicated device for it, rules out the latter.

    If you do go with Tuxedo OS (or another distribution with KDE Plasma as the desktop environment), then kind of the obvious, best-integrated choices are:

    You can try these out on Windows or macOS, too.

    I guess, it should also be said that you can try out Linux as well, without installing it on a piece of hardware (or making an expensive purchase).
    Probably the easiest way is websites like https://distrosea.com/.

    • bmpvy@feddit.orgOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      That is some good advice - installed digikam yesterday and will learn to use it already. Kdenlive is next, one step a time :)

      My neighbour recommened one.com or one.de computer, not sure about the url?

      Thanks for sharing distrosea!

      • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Hmm, have not heard of One before, but their webpage doesn’t particularly scream at me that they test for Linux compatibility. Did your neighbor say that they use a PC from there with Linux?

        I mean, there is a good chance that these do work perfectly fine with Linux. Lots of hardware has support these days and particularly desktop systems don’t have a ton of problematic hardware (a.k.a. hardware which isn’t found in servers, where Linux is dominant).

        But if there is something that does not work, then that’s pretty frustrating. So, if you are buying new hardware, I would still recommend getting something that’s also sold with Linux, just to rule that possibility out…

        • bmpvy@feddit.orgOP
          2·
          2 days ago

          Ja, you’re right. I got all confused when I looked at that site. But as I reconsider my neighbour only said I could get a Linux Pc from them, not that he has one 🤔 Tuxedo makes a much more stable hardware&software setup impression (tho a bit expensive), I thinl I’m gonna go with that, thank for your advice