Yo linux team, i would love some advice.

I’m pretty mad at windows, 11 keeps getting worse and worse and I pretty done with Bill’s fetishes about bing and ai. Who knows where’s cortana right now…

Anyway, I heard about this new company called Linux and I’m open to try new stuff. I’m a simple guy and just need some basic stuff:

  • graphic stuff: affinity, canva, corel, gimp etc… (no adobe anymore, please don’t ask.)
  • 3d modelling and render: blender, rhino, cinema, keyshot
  • video editing: davinci
  • some little coding in Dart/flutter (i use VS code, I don’t know if this is good or bad)
  • a working file explorer (can’t believe i have to say this)
  • NO FUCKIN ADS
  • NO MF STUPID ASS DISGUSTING ADVERTISING

The tricky part is the laptop, a zenbook duo pro (i9-10/rtx2060), with double touch screens.

I tried ubuntu several years ago but since it wasn’t ready for my use i never went into different distros and their differences. Now unfortunately, ready or not, I need to switch.

Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

  • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    pretty done with Bill’s fetishes about bing and ai.

    I agree with all your points, but Bill Gates has no agency on the company’s decisions these days. Blame Satya.

  • sofiajams@kbin.melroy.org
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    3 months ago

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  • FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Gimp and Blender are both available on Linux. VS Code is on Linux (most coding stuff is on Linux). Linux file explorers work pretty well (Dolphin, for example). I’d recommend Kubuntu, KDE neon or Linux Mint for the distro, all are pretty similar in appearance to Windows. It won’t take much learning with them.

  • gomp@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

    Errrr… why would you try to trigger people, especially while asking for their help? Don’t you think it’s plain rude?

  • pelya@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Just grab yourself some Linux Mint, and try to ignore Arch and Gentoo crowd here.

    Half of the apps you mentioned have Linux version right in the system package manager. Davinci has Linux version on their website.

    CorelDraw might be a problem, WineHQ lists it’s compatibility for the latest version as garbage, so you will probably need to switch to Inkscape.

    Anyway, I heard about this new company called Linux

    Pedantic explanation about GNU/Linux is coming in 3… 2… 1…

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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      6 months ago

      Here you go ;-)

      What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

      Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

      There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

      Source

      I second your advice against Arch, EndeavourOS, or Manjaro as I would not call them ‘beginner-friendly’.

      • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

        That’s not necessarily true any more. There are distros built without the GNU tools.

    • Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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      6 months ago

      I wouldn’t recommend it for a noob, but the setup process isn’t too complicated either. Its benefit is definitely its stability and long update period, the downside is that some software might be a bit outdated, but today, however, one can get fresh versions, of e.g. Inkscape or GIMP, as flatpak.

  • Successful_Try543@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    The most obvious difference for the end-user compared to Windows is that you can choose different desktop environments, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXQt, Mate or Cinnamon to name the most prominent among others. As you are used to the look-and-feel of Windows, I’d suggest giving KDE a try.

    For a beginner, I’d recommend using a ‘beginner friendly’ distribution such as Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE) or Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu using Mate/Cinnamon DE). Fedora, Linux Mint Debian Edition or plain Debian are also suitable, but for a more experienced user.

  • Berny23@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    Visual Studio is not available on Linux and not really working in Wine, sadly. You can use IntelliJ IDEA as a good alternative, it supports Linux officially and has a Flutter plugin.

    For a beginner, Linux Mint is perfect. It is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian, so you can follow most tutorials written for either distribution (like the installation instructions for IntelliJ IDEA or other software that is not available from the APT package manager).

    • Flixich@feddit.de
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      6 months ago

      I have a native Linux version of Visual Studio Code on my Tumbleweed system and everything works fine so far for me

        • Flixich@feddit.de
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          6 months ago

          I know, I feel very bad for this, but I needed Github Copilot, because I’m too stupid to code on my own

  • SomeLemmyUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    First of all Linux isn’t a company, but the name some dude named Linus gave his code he put for free on the internet.

    Most modern Linux distros are still not run by companies, that’s why they don’t force the data collection, ads, ai etc down your throat.

    That said: Linux is made from thousands of interlocking programs, scripts, services and libraries, made mostly by some guys or gurls in their free time. So with a lot of stuff you need to fit it to your needs, as granular customization is to troublesome to have working out of the box for every different usecase there could be. So with most stuff you should not be afraid to learn the basics of terminal commands (packet manager, editor, foldermanagment)

    Some OS like Ubuntu and manjaro do a lot for you, but if you have weird double monitors, you may need to manually do some stuff.

    If you want as much as possible easy install options I would go with manjaro - then you can install everything where users made an AUR (arch user repository) package. Check if they have all programs you want, if not look for alternatives.

    If you want a more stable system but with a bit less possibilities, go for Ubuntu, debian, popOS or something like that.

    Some things may never run, for example for my music daw(ableton) with low latency and not native support on Linux or the htc vive wireless (where there isn’t a driver for the PCI card for Linux) I keep a win machine around. Day to day use is on debian on my side

    • dan00@lemm.eeOP
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      6 months ago

      No sorry man, it’s my british humor coming out. I needed to bait some linux users :) I’m one of those evil people who works in marketing. But thank you for the tips, I do appreciate it!

      • Johanno@feddit.de
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        6 months ago

        I knew it was a troll post.

        1. Company called Linux

        2. Only mentioned programs that work in Linux

        3. The general way of writing