So ive use windows pretty much for everything and ive kinda had a enough of windows. i was thinking of trying linux on an old laptop that i just upgraded to 8gb of ram and im not sure wha tos to put on it. i was thinking something lightweight maybe ubuntu mate? i need somethign like windows that will allow me to game and do other things liek gaming maybe even streaming or reading? idk. also what are some neede dsoftware, browser so rthigs needed for linux. i com efrom a family who has never trie dlinux and hates it because its “the smar advanced coders os” somethign liek that.
anyways im a noob so go easy on me please als i may have ben linux distro hopping but i still feel lost.
Everyone is going to tell you Linux mint and I think you should give it a shot. The only thing I had issues with were gaming on that specific distro but otherwise good.
ive actually tried the lightest version of linux mint and something just dosent feel “right” like i dont know how to explain it.
also im hopeing to find something to also run docker, games, possibly unity/unreal but idk maybe im dreaming too big.