Hello everyone

You probably heard and answered this a hundred times already but I’m a bit overwhelmed by everything when I start searching by myself online. Even more so when I’m not fully sure what I’m even looking for.

I want to switch to Linux but I don’t really know where to start and also I’m a bit scared to abandon Windows which I have been using for 20+ years now. Could you recommend me sources for absolute beginners (English or German) and/or give me tips and pointers?

Edit:

Thank you all for your help!

I got it working with a dual-boot from a USB and it’s way easier than I feared. Next step is to get an external drive and get serious.

  • Jumi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    7 hours ago

    Thanks for telling me. So I basically treat my PC like my phone now :)

      • Jumi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        No, I meant regarding your last sentence

        Remember to not download anything from the internet since software is designed to be installed via the software manager which uses apt or flatpak under the hood.

        I can count on one hand how many times I downloaded a program outside of the playstore. I’ll basically do the same thing from now on my PC.