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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I'm a software engineer, so I really like techie stuff. I do coding and software infrastructure design on a daily basis.
Word of advice: be careful with Linux Mint. Make sure it isn't a huge battery suck. (Some linux flavors aren't designed with battery/power in mind; they just assume you'll be using a desktop, where battery doesn't matter.) You don't want to end up with a laptop that only lasts 2 hours on a full charge.
But on the topic of linux... favorite Linux OS is Fedora... but you have to be able to use a terminal comfortably. It's not really geared at beginners. (The learning curve is high for beginners, but it's definitely possible to learn it if you have patience.)
Fedora doesn't kill your laptop battery from my experience... and I have 3 laptops with 3 different OSes (OS X El Capitan, Windows, Fedora).
Edit: Ubuntu is very beginner friendly and might work out well for you if Mint doesn't.
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I had read that Ubuntu & Mint were the two basic options for beginners to Linux. I'd already tried the live version of Mint & was intending to try Ubuntu... but after viewing a review of the new version of Ubuntu, I just decided to opt for Mint.
The battery issue I haven't noticed yet, but on the whole I usually use my laptop plugged in.
I probably will try another distro at some point! I guess I shall add Fedora to my research list.
As it happens I have found a series of online tutorials for UNIX/Linux terminal.. so I've started working my way through those & have learned same basic commands.
Overall I like Linux but it's not going to replace Windows for me. I'm just too attached to Windows having used it since 3.1.
(when I say used, I use that in the loosest terms with 3.1 since I was very young then... it is essentially true though)
Installing it & fiddling with partitions was a great thing to learn itself & now I've got the opportunity to see what I can do with Linux. Just something to keep me on my toes.