Whats a good distro for an amd cpu, nvidia gpu and dual monitors 4k and 1080p. I am not a new computer user but since Windows 11 is adding ai I am done. I prefer effortless because I am new to linux but I can do some advanced things if I need.

Edit: I finally decided PopOS if anybody is interested for Nvidia support. Until I get better with commandline.

  • Ekis@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    Linux Mint is a great beginner distro.

    I got my dad, who is very non-tech, to switch from Windows 10 to Linux Mint; he has been using it for over 2 years now. He went from using Edge, Microsoft Word, and Outlook to using Firefox, LibreOffice and Thunderbird.

    • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
      72·
      1 year ago

      I tend to disagree.

      Usually, I would 100% support that recommendation, since Mint is really a great introduction into the Linux world.

      BUT, for this specific setup, Mint won't be the best choice imo. Cinnamon (@OP the desktop environment/ GUI) doesn't support Wayland (the modern display management protocol) yet and still uses X11 (one from the 80s).

      This will make the experience a bit worse with two monitors, resulting for example in performance loss, inconsistencies, and so on. Not bad, but not as great as it could.

      I would rather recommend Fedora. It is not as super beginner friendly as Mint in holding your hands, but also not throwing you into the cold water.

      There is the "Workstation" edition, the default, which uses Gnome as DE. This one is simple and elegant, and quite different than Windows or Mac, which will (imo) make the transition easier, since you don't expect it to work as it used to before on Windows.

      Or the KDE edition, which is really really customizable with more features, but also a few more bugs.

      Just my 2 cents