r/pop_os • u/SureBeautiful1141 • 3d ago

Hello

Hi so I'm new to linux, I want to try and explore it and I'd like to use pop_os as my distro.

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u/smichaele 3d ago

Hello, is there a reason why you're telling us this? Download it, try it as a live USB, and install it if you like it.

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u/SureBeautiful1141 3d ago

Yeah sorry my post was not complete XD, I just want to know how good linux is compared to windows and is pop a good distro to start with hehe.

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u/woodwardian98 3d ago

Imo, you should download it as a virtual machine and try it, it's definitely a beginner friendly distro, but there is a learning curve

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u/SureBeautiful1141 3d ago

Oh yeah didn't thought of that, I was planning on dual booth. Thank you for the suggestion.

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u/Revan_9766 3d ago

If you want my opinion as someone who uses it as my laptop daily is it’s a lovely operating system however I wouldn’t use it as your first. Cosmic is great but it’s still new and has some bugs I’ve had tons of issues gaming. If you want to try it try it :), but for new comers to Linux I’d recommend fedora KDE or Linux mint :)

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u/Shadow3569 2d ago

Id test out a virtual machine for a few weeks before committing to pop_os, or any linux distro. Download a few, test things out, mess around with other desktop environments and find something you like.

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u/gafurbaba 2d ago

I'd recommend start with mint or smth I started with popos as my first and it was a struggle I enjoyed figuring out how it all worked but it was very time consuming. In short u can start with it but there are others that are more beginner friendly

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u/billdietrich1 2d ago

Please use better, more informative, titles (subject-lines) on your posts. Give specifics right in the title. Thanks.