im more concerned with things like Internet not working or drivers or w/e since it’s my first time trying thats all I know the actual os would be better!
You’ll probably be fine unless you’re using apple hardware or some weird ultraproprietary thing. An Ethernet to USB adapter will get you connected if you need to manually download your wifi drivers, but this is extremely unlikely in 2025.
I used liveboot for debian and it worked great! obviously didn’t save anything on reboot since it’s just a USB but I connected to WiFi, got my browser, used 1password, and even found a Linux openvpn app for openconnect for work that actually works. just need to check so my cam and microphone works for zoom :)
have you found any negatives that would potentially turn an average user off of linux? i’m strongly debating moving to mint, so i don’t want to accidentally overlook something that might be a dealbreaker
so far things have gone well; i haven’t replaced windows at all yet but everything i could do in windows i could do in debian 12 (using gnome). except for fork :(. heroic, steam, and lutris can run plenty of games though.
i think the only thing that didn’t work was when i tried it on my desktop which has two aoc monitors.
edit: deciding to go with mint actually because it looks nicer and i like the community. also the dev is irish :]
I doubt any version of Linux would run worse than Windows
im more concerned with things like Internet not working or drivers or w/e since it’s my first time trying thats all I know the actual os would be better!
You’ll probably be fine unless you’re using apple hardware or some weird ultraproprietary thing. An Ethernet to USB adapter will get you connected if you need to manually download your wifi drivers, but this is extremely unlikely in 2025.
I used liveboot for debian and it worked great! obviously didn’t save anything on reboot since it’s just a USB but I connected to WiFi, got my browser, used 1password, and even found a Linux openvpn app for openconnect for work that actually works. just need to check so my cam and microphone works for zoom :)
have you found any negatives that would potentially turn an average user off of linux? i’m strongly debating moving to mint, so i don’t want to accidentally overlook something that might be a dealbreaker
so far things have gone well; i haven’t replaced windows at all yet but everything i could do in windows i could do in debian 12 (using gnome). except for fork :(. heroic, steam, and lutris can run plenty of games though.
i think the only thing that didn’t work was when i tried it on my desktop which has two aoc monitors.
edit: deciding to go with mint actually because it looks nicer and i like the community. also the dev is irish :]
edit 2: oh also disable bitlocker first :^