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I've always wanted to switch to Linux so why not start now. The question is, what really is best for me? Should I experiment with various distributions? Are there varying levels of security with them? And more curiously, what is Poal using?

Mint looked like a great place to dip my toes, but I was thinking either openSUSE or Arch based on one of the guides posted here.

Any and all advice is appreciated!

I've always wanted to switch to Linux so why not start now. The question is, what really is best for me? Should I experiment with various distributions? Are there varying levels of security with them? And more curiously, what is Poal using? Mint looked like a great place to dip my toes, but I was thinking either openSUSE or Arch based on one of the guides posted here. Any and all advice is appreciated!

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Some distros are beginner friendly some are not. Avoid any distro the lists itself as a 'server' distro. Arch is not meant for the beginner; it is meant for embebed deployments and is a very minimal footprint...

I put Ubuntu on a laptop for my wife and she loves it and has zero Linux experience... but I have had one or two issues with auto updates causing issues and required a few min of work but that was a few min for someone that knows what they are doing... If I was going to do it again for my wife I would consider using Mint.