Linux OS for a new user

[bkdroid13]

Hello users,

This question may be offtopic here, but i need your kind suggestions. I am now going to reinstall an operating system in my computer.
I had Windows 10 earlier. Now I am thinking to use Linux. I have not used it before so I have a few doubts.

Will it be difficult to use and understand Linux?
Will Linux be faster than Winodows 10?

Thanks

[DaveLembke]

First off if your a gamer or use any Windows based software or games you wont want to switch to Linux.

Linux can run faster than Windows 10 for certain uses, however with a speed issue I'd be looking at a hardware upgrade which may be available to you and keep Windows 10 for a greater level of support for websites, software, and hardware.

What do you have for a computer make/model that is running slow and if its a custom build a list of information such as what CPU, How much RAM, What Video Card, and what do you have for a hard drive or solid state drive?

Years ago I thought I could switch to Linux and ditch Windows, but because I am a gamer in my free time games on Linux do not run optimized. Games run way better with Windows and the DirectX supported drivers. Additionally some websites still run flash and Linux is version locked with flash as Adobe no longer adds updated flash versions for Linux and so some websites will state you need to update flash for their website which I run into with browser based games.

If you only use your computer for checking e-mail and surfing the web and typing up documents then Linux is fine... that is if you have a printer then that is supported by it to print to.

Linux has its pros and cons. I still mess with Linux but sad to say I have to stick with Windows for my main systems because its less of a headache and everything runs better on Windows that I do vs trying to run games through WINE on Linux which WINE allows you to run Windows Based Programs in a Linux environment, but there is a performance hit in using it some lag with applications and games have horrible frame rates. Example of horrible frame rate that I have tested is World of Warcraft the video game I was only getting like 12 frames per second with the game running through WINE on Linux and that was with the proper video driver from AMD for the Radeon HD 5450 1GB video card. However that same computer with Windows 7 running on it was able to play the game with 45-60 frames per second because it was able to use Direct X instead of OpenGL for graphics.

[Vetal]

Hello users,

This question may be offtopic here, but i need your kind suggestions. I am now going to reinstall an operating system in my computer.
I had Windows 10 earlier. Now I am thinking to use Linux. I have not used it before so I have a few doubts.

Will it be difficult to use and understand Linux?
Will Linux be faster than Winodows 10?

Thanks

I have been using XP Pro many years now, and been slowing teaching myself Linux over the past year. I gave a test drive to about 20 different distros (my bottom-line requirement being it had to run as LiveCD and connect to the internet on its own). Only four passed that test. As a Windows user you will find only a few doable choices in Linux, though many purport to be easy to learn, only a few are. That would be MX Linux, Linux Mint, TAILS, and AntiX. Of these I choose MX Linux. The distro has been reviewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyJ5N2HZso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ewu5w77ZHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoBaiGiANts

The user guide is here:

https://mxlinux.org/manuals/

If you don't want to fool with the downloading, checksum and all that rot, you can buy an install disc here:

https://www.osdisc.com/products/mx

As it is a LiveDVD, you can run it from CD-ROM & RAM without installation. In other words, to practice with and get a feel for it, sans commitment: https://answers.syr.edu/display/os/Live+%28bootable%29+Linux+CDs

A handy dandy site that compares Linux apps to M$ apps is:  *Blocked Russian URL*/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html

MX Linux is Debian-based, so a quick intro is here:  https://www.linux.com/learn/return-root-how-get-started-debian. More in depth is here:  https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/. Don't let all this get you dizzy. You learn Linux by doing and practice...reading stuff like this is of limited value, and mostly just for answering questions...with most such questions not arising til you are at an intermediate level. Just focus on using the OS in LiveCD mode. Explore. Poke around. Practice. You cannot screw up a LiveCD!

The MX Linux forum is here:

https://forum.mxlinux.org/

in case you have questions the above cannot answer, or you just need some hand-holding.

If MX Linux is not to your liking, similar resources exist for the other three distros. I think that about does it.