I've always wanted to get into some form of Linux after a lifetime of Windows... but every time I use it it's just a bad experience, or there are a lot of legacy Windows programs that I would have to give up.
For some reason, every build of Linux that I've tried prominently includes the usage of the command prompt which I'm not familiar with and that doesn't make any sense to me. Could I learn it, sure, but if I'm using a GUI, I shouldn't have to use it to perform basic functions.
Anyone know a good Linux build Windows replacement?
Do some research into the different distributions, I personally tend to stick with Debian based systems, to each their own. Pick one of the many hundreds if not thousands of flavors, is where you can keep track of some of te more popular builds. You can build a live boot disk and not have to commit anything if you're not ready yet. If you decide you want to go balls to the wall and install it as your primary but feel that you still need Windows to do certain tasks, and gave up on wine after years of headache and disappointments, look into and then you can have Windows on demand™ instead of having to set up something like a dual boot. I have VMs of 7, 8.1, and 10 ... Also, if Windows security is a concern of yours, you should really look into the .
*Edit, be mindful of the country of origin from whatever build you choose. Mint's a good starter, I hear POP is pretty good, I've tried manjaro when it shot up to the top of distrowatch knocking mint out of 1st after a couple+ years and didn't really get into it. Stay away from builds like Slackware, gentoo, and arch for now.
Opensuse broke my partitions so dont do that
Because I don't trust it.
Linux Mint. Pop OS. MX LInux. SOME Folks say Manjaro but YMMV. PCLinuxOS
Do I need to know how to use the command prompt on any of these? Can I run Windows VM's, and do they lag?
Can't speak for Manjaro on any of these questions as FOR ME it runs buggy, however, I'm using Linux Mint right now. No, you don't need command line at all for it (Although if you decide to add a PPA, it's for the best to use it as it's the easiest route to do so). For me it's a good mixture of speed and stability. Speed means no programs running in the background, but that means having to manually configure (read, command line) stuff to make it run. Mint just works. Period. Same for PopOS and PCLinuxOS. Of the choices however, Mint is the best in my humbile opinion. it's literally designed from the ground up FOR Windows users coming over. As far as VM goes, that depends heavily on your system, and I can't say anything about it other than if it DOES run slow or laggy, might wanna look inward.
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