I have grown up around Linux and have had people like my dad use it near me my whole life. I even booted a fedora version once on a very old machine when I was younger as a way for my dad to teach me about Linux. Sadly I never really caught on at the time.

I am ready to really jump in now. Is there a beginners guide/pros cons comparison for different distribution of Linux? I am also curious about how well things like matlab, solidworks, and Office suit/libra office work in Linux.

Thank you!

  • chillhelm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 年前

    Matlab exists for Linux and is the same as on Windows. LibreOffice is a fully functioning office suit for Linux.

    I can’t speak to SOLIDWORKS, their website only lists a windows version. There is however some community work being done here https://github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux And it looks like they have it running.

    Given that Fedora and Ubuntu are listed on that github, you should probably start with either one of those.

    For a complete beginner I’d recommend Ubuntu, since it’s a solid distro with huge wealth on online support available.

      • hinterlufer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 年前

        If you’re coming from Windows, or like the windows look then I’d recommend trying the cinnamon flavor of Ubuntu (or straight up Linux Mint which is also Ubuntu based).

        • dashbuckEnglish
          3·
          1 年前

          I would also suggest KDE based ones (like Kubuntu). Familiar desktop look and feel. Intuitive controls. Decent hardware requirements.

          Anyway, you can use a different desktop env. later, too.

          • hinterlufer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 年前

            Yes, it has a typical taskbar which will be familiar if you’re used to windows and I think it’s quite sleek in general.

        • bev@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 年前

          Linux mint uses flatpak instead of snap. That’d be my reason to go with them instead of plain Ubuntu.