With the new computer and the newer Microsoft Windows updates they have really jam packed their OS with bloat and spyware. That being said I have no idea what I’m doing with Linux, need help with where to start.? What are some general tips? I understand there’s a lot of prebuilt Linux distributions or something what are some first timer friendly ones? Really any help is appreciated because the biggest barrier to entry is the perceived difficulty of actually doing it.

  • niisyth@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I couldn’t get Linux Mint to work with my laptop’s secureboot. I’ve had luck with Fedora and Debian. In case you trip at mint same as me.

    • smpl@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Which version was that? I’ve just tested the most recent version (21.2) with QEMU and it works with secure boot.

      • niisyth@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        21.1

        Every documentation would say it was supported but no ball. Tried Fedora first and worked smooth as butter. Then RHEL decided to be tools so on Debian now.

    • CaptainJack42@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Yep, had a similar experience with anything Ubuntu based, especially on Acer laptops. Can easily be fixed by just adding grubx64.efi to the trusted secure boot files in the bios though