I’m on the market to buy a new laptop, and Lemmy has successfully coaxed and goaded me to give Linux a serious try.

I’ve never used *nix as my personal OS.

Which hardware/laptop do you recommend? And which OS to pair it with for a Linux newbie?

I’m a software engineer, and quit my job to pursue an MSc in AI. So my uses will be:

  • programming
  • study
  • browsing lemmy
  • gaming
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    10 months ago

    All distris that have GNOME look the same. Same for KDE. I wouldn’t go the looks cool route

    Distro choice doesn’t matter too much. Even ubuntu if you ignore snaps