On 07/23/2017 05:28 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Since more than a decade I help to develop LyX on Windows. After being > forced to buy a new Laptop with a preinstalled Win 10 I was so annoyed > by Win 10 that I gave Linux a try. > > I did not know what to take and stumbled over: > https://distrochooser.de/?l=2 > Its result was Manjaro KDE. The installation worked perfectly and I > got a dual-boot system with Win.
My advice to new Linux folks is always to start with a 'mainstream' distribution. I.e., start with Ubuntu. It is very much designed for people who aren't Linux geeks. It works out of the box, it's easy to customize, and every question anyone has ever had about it is answered somewhere, simply because there are so many people using it. Once you have some experience, then it makes sense to branch out to a less well-known distro. Paul's advice is all on the mark, but I'm guessing you don't want those complexities. So use Ubuntu. Richard PS If you like KDE, then install Kubuntu. If you have some other old, underpowered machine, then install Xubuntu on it. You'll be amazed how fast a 10-year old laptop can be.
