Recommend me a stable, easy distro?

Install Start10 and your Windows 10 will function like Windows 7. Hide the search bar in the task bar, as the start menu will have one.
 
xrapidx said:
So - Ubuntu 15.10 or Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS...?
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Go for LTS... Most packages will rather support an LTS version and you will have less quirky issues with packages not working.

For example https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

PLATFORM SUPPORT
MongoDB only provides packages for 64-bit long-term support Ubuntu releases. Currently, this means 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr). While the packages may work with other Ubuntu releases, this is not a supported configuration.
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Bryn said:
You mentioned liking Windows 7, and you need Visual Studio. Start10 is the easiest solution by a million miles.
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And I also need other software, like Cassandra - and a few others? :confused:
 
oober said:
Go for LTS... Most packages will rather support an LTS version and you will have less quirky issues with packages not working.
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Yes, that's if you want support from MongoDB for installing a package from outside the Ubuntu archive.

If you install MongoDB from the Ubuntu repositories it should just work, on any version, 14.04, 15.10, etc.

If this is your own computer and you don't mind getting a new version every 6 months, go for 15.10.
Or go for 15.10 and switch it to LTS after 16.04 (the next LTS) is released in April.
 
Don't use Ubuntu myself but I see you can now "upgrade" between the 6mth releases which might make using a LTS release moot.

Fedora has had the upgrade option since F18 iirc and it's never failed me yet. Anyone with experience of upgrading Ubuntu as opposed to a fresh install?
 
MickZA said:
Don't use Ubuntu myself but I see you can now "upgrade" between the 6mth releases which might make using a LTS release moot.
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:confused: You've always been able to upgrade between 6 months releases. You cannot upgrade from 6 month releases to an LTS (unless you were on the LTS-1 e,g, 15.10 to 16.04). The point of using an LTS is so that you don't have to upgrade every 6 months.
MickZA said:
Fedora has had the upgrade option since F18 iirc and it's never failed me yet. Anyone with experience of upgrading Ubuntu as opposed to a fresh install?
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My work computer was installed with 8.04 LTS and has been upgraded from LTS to LTS all the way to 14.04. No problems.

Edit: just checked my home computer, installed with 10.04 LTS and been on the 6 month releases all the way to 15.10.
 
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ghoti said:
Never experienced that.

I find Ubuntu the fastest distro out there, guess thats why its used to run the worlds fastest super computer.
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I think he's referring to lenses (movies, books, music, store) that need to be deactivated, otherwise your searches are full of unwanted store results.
 
ginggs said:
My work computer was installed with 8.04 LTS and has been upgraded from LTS to LTS all the way to 14.04. No problems.

Edit: just checked my home computer, installed with 10.04 LTS and been on the 6 month releases all the way to 15.10.
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I was aware you could upgrade the LTS releases but in the dark about the 6mth releases (die hard Fedora/CentOS guy), would you consider the 6mth releases stable enough for the OP or should he rather go with LTS?
 
ginggs said:
Since the Cinnamon and MATE desktops are included as options for Debian and Ubuntu, what does Mint actually offer?
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I guess. I just think coming from a windows environment, the mint layout is much more familiar. I get what you're saying, and probably doesn't apply to the OP, but if a new user installed straight ubuntu, they wouldn't know what the hell to do with Unity. As it arrives, mint looks and feels more comfortable if one is making the transition from MS.
 
pinball wizard said:
I guess. I just think coming from a windows environment, the mint layout is much more familiar. I get what you're saying, and probably doesn't apply to the OP, but if a new user installed straight ubuntu, they wouldn't know what the hell to do with Unity. As it arrives, mint looks and feels more comfortable if one is making the transition from MS.
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I'm most comfortable in a terminal screen with no heavy gui :p
 
xrapidx said:
I've pretty much had it with the way Windows is going - can't use it anymore, find it fugly and confusing... maybe I'm getting to that age. Latest laptop came with 8.1 - thought 10 would be neater... nope.

I need something with less clutter, but stable enough to allow me to do my daily work. (I need various Windows development environments, mostly BI - so Visual Studio, SQL 2008 - 2016... etc...which I'd most likely have to run in Wine).

Also - a lot of my recent work is moving towards database environments which would probably run better in a Linux environment anyway.
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Get UnRaid. You can do KVM's with VGA passthrough to OS's you use (for Windows -> VS.NET etc) without the need to install Wine and have compatibility issues. Then have your main OS be Mint.

I have 3 Debian headless servers spun up for my MySQL dev with the other 2 Apache/NGINX to test my code on. Also using VS.NET for daily work on Windows etc like you, but my main OS is Mint. I also play my Windows games without having to spend hours setting it up or changing settings to make it run in Wine.

Unraid also turns your machine into a NAS with parity checks/backups and comes with Docker and various plugins so you can run your media center / sonarr / sickbeard / couchpotato without bogging down your OS

It's pretty cool. I love it.
 
oober said:
That is Visual Studio Code, not the same as the Windows Visual Studio IDE. More similar to editors like Atom/Sublime etc.
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Sorry, misread the article then (was skimming). I am sure you can get Visual Studio to run in linux.
 
From the OP it sounds like there is a chance that the machine may be used in a corporate environment. Is there a requirement to be able to change the proxy easily?

This will have an impact on the decision.
 
garyc said:
From the OP it sounds like there is a chance that the machine may be used in a corporate environment. Is there a requirement to be able to change the proxy easily?

This will have an impact on the decision.
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My PC won't go directly on a corporate network.... only through vpn.
 
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