I personally wouldn't say Manjaro is great (for people converting to Linux for the first time) - mostly because of how annoying it is to install stuff on it.
When did you try? I tried it a few months ago, expecting it to be hard but it really wasn't. I'm extremely impressed by how polished many Linux distros are nowadays (I'm using opensuse tumbleweed with KDE)
I have used ubuntu in the past (long ago), and i tried Arch last year with KDE. Maybe it was a bit steeply, and i should try something easier. Maybe Ubuntu again or Mint, or Zorin or Fedora. Damn i must do a research.
Lol my family had our first computer in 1999. With windows 98 and i put XP after. I was 11 years old then. I haven't heard anything about linux until 2005.
Yes, and Microsoft exploited that to the detriment of not only their users, but to all computing. Saying you got in in the 90s is just admitting that you've stayed with an abuser for 30 years.
Give Bazzite a try, it's a complete different approach from traditional Linux. Instead of trying to make it easier to tinker with, they're trying to make it so you won't ever need to. Bazzite is focused on being a Linux for gamers, but it's pretty good for regular use too. Other options without the game focus are Bluefin and Aurora.
I've been using Linux for work for several years, but Bazzite was what finally made me go full Linux for everything just earlier this year.
I will try give it a try. Although for gaming is hard for me to evade windows. I use steam, gog and epic. I know that with the proton the tables are turning, but there gonna be incompatibilities. But gonna check it before i migrate fully to Mint.
The truth is that Linux can not reach the Windows level on gaming. Even without the compatibility issues, NVIDIA GPUs, like mine, have way less performance on Linux. So a dual boot seems a necessary compromise. That is the sad truth.
Ditto. Took me three tries to give it up. But it finally stuck.
Now I'm annoyed when I do have to use Windows, because Windows is not as nice, or as configureable, or as fast, or as ad-free, or as straightforward to use as Linux.