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What distro do you use for day to day stuff? I’m a Mac user but want to dip my toes into Linux as a VM
If you want to dip your toes, go with something easy. Pop_os or Linux Mint are the two most often suggested. Lesser offered but with a Mac OS feel is Elementary.
Haven't heard much about ElementaryOS in awhile. It's still a thing?
It would appear so: https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-february-2024/
Man they really are trying to wear Apple's turtleneck, aren't they?
Yes, it seems Elementary is focussing a lot on delivering an Apple-esque experience.
Some prefer that. But there's also ones that look more like Windows. Or there are blends. And you can always modify one thing or an other if you feel like you've become more accustomed with your distribution of choice.
Right on down to calling their versions "OS8" and the like. They're not just trying to be familiar to Apple users, they're waiting to see what Apple orders for lunch and then they order the same thing.
Oh wow, I did not know that.
I'm a little late to the party but I'm using Ubuntu myself. There are a handfull that are pretty good for starters. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are probably part of those. And I see others have given you some advice on good ones as well.
I would suggest to not just jump off the deep end but maybe make it a dual boot or install it on a spare computer. It's probably also usefull to make like a list of applications you're using in Windows and see if they're available on Linux. And if not, what alternatives there are. It helps if you are willing to try some alternatives to your daily applications when they are not available in Linux. But worst case scenario there are a lot of Windows applications that can run inside Wine in Linux.