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Linux distro replacement for Windows 11
What's the best Linux OS replacement for windows 11
I have given up with windows As they have put co-pilot everywhere and too much data collection.
What OS would you switch to?
- Desktop Linux you switched to113 votes
- Ubuntu Desktop31.86%
- Linux Mint50.44%
- Zorin OS12.39%
- kubuntu5.31%
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I switched to Fedora about 3 months back because Fedora minimal install + gnome minimal was all I needed. So think about what you want! Because there are linux distros for every use case possible!
I like Fedora with KDE. But that's because I've always directly used the RHEL/Alma/Fedora ecosystem. My suggestion is to just run Ubuntu, unless you're doing work that required something specific on the system.
Cachy OS
https://cachyos.org/
This is what I've been using on my main workstation for a few months now and it works really well.
Anything with KDE will feel familiar. I use Fedora, but there's countless good choices.
If you are worried about Data collection, maybe these?
Tails OS, Qubes OS
Take a look here: https://www.revi.cc/
I’d start with a mainstream distro like standard Ubuntu with GNOME. Even if you later decide it’s not for you for some reason, it gives you a solid baseline. At least you’ll be able to clearly describe what you want from your next distro, or it might simply do everything you need.
Linux Mint
Linux MX
Q4OS
Definitely Linux Mint with Cinnamon
What is your usage, hardware, and do you like win lookalike or not ? Easy install and forget or bleeding edge ? From that list i would choose Mint but Debian edition.
I've started about 10 years ago with Ubuntu. Mint wasn't on my choice. I've used Ubuntu for about 2 years.
Peppermint was my next choice. Excellent distro. Again, maybe for another 2 years.
I've fallen I love with ZorinOS and this is my choice by some years. No doubts, ZorinOS is an excellent choice.
Mint with Cinnamon or anything with KDE. I find as a workstation distro, Mint kinda checks all of the boxes I need. (no Snap, plenty of repos/support thanks to Ubuntu base, very familiar to Windows)
i used fedora and really liked it until i switched to macOS
After using several distros, Q4OS remains my top choice.
ZorinOS seems great, but I still use Linux Mint because I don't want snapd installed by default. Ubuntu has this tendency of somewhat forcing users to use snapd, which defeats the whole point of FOSS.
ubuntu + kde; stable, familiar, widely supported
Let me introduce you to a desktop os made to pleased our lord and saviour, TempleOS
Dumping microsoft and have a chance to be an actual martyr, win-win.
Sounds great dumping Microsoft, but "be an actual martyr" for what? Nothing and nobody deserves such trust, especially with own's data and own's stashes of ISOs on the line. At least some operating systems are truly open source.
Just because. TempleOS itself were built and coded by an actual martyr. Some might say hes a nutjob but some other might say hes a genius. TempleOS deserved solely our unwavering trust.
Wouldn't recommend anything Ubuntu based, debian + kde, arch + kde or hyprland, TempleOS, fedora + kde, just run whatever you want in a VM for a day and see if you like it.
I run Linux Mint XFCE not on a VM, but on my laptop. I love it.
VM for testing out, and I would recommend anything KDE if youre moving away from Windows 11.
i tried a lot of linux but in the end im just using windows 11 ltsc.
When i got bored from Windows i tried Linux Mint, to be honest it is really good and it was so easy to configure and use it. (ended up using windows 11 tho)
The performance on Linux Mint is way better than Windows.
go back in time and sign up for extended security updates for windows 10 instead of upgrading to 11
Honestly, just saying "replace windows" is not enough.
Just a few things off the top of my head that I can think of ... Distros do things way differently and people prefer things different ways, that's why some swear by arch, gentoo, debian/ubuntu, suse/opensuse, rhel/fedora, etc.
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Tails isn't really a daily driver. It's designed to be amnesic, so very little survives after a reboot. It's a good OS for what its meant for, though.
God loves elephants.
Fedora