I have a laptop from 2014 and I’m thinking of installing Kubuntu or Arch. I don’t know much about linux but the computer is not important and is damaged so I can screw it What would you recommend? I’m thinking of something customizable (Arch) but easy to use (so Kubuntu is a good option)

If the English is not good, blame the translator 😃👍

I have the minimum requirements for both.

Edit: The computer isn’t suposed for be a daily driver. And thanks for the replies.

Edit 2: I use Kubuntu btw

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    If you’re new, you should go with Linux Mint. It works great, and provides sane GUIs and defaults for everything, unlike most other distros. For a newbie, it’s the best decision. I’ve personally have had 5 people on Mint so far, who were originally unhappy that I formatted away their Windows partition when I told them that “I will fix it for ya” (when they came to me with their laptop because I’m a computer person), but they came to all love Mint. They said “why wasn’t I using this before?”.

    I use Linux since 1998, and I still use Mint. Sure, I have other distros installed (Debian-Testing is my default on my desktop, many other distros on my various laptops), but Mint is the one I use the most. It just works. Just because I know how to fix something in the command line doesn’t mean I want to spend time doing it, GUIs are just fine!