{"id":208944,"date":"2026-02-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/this-is-the-one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:45:09","slug":"this-is-the-one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/this-is-the-one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the one Linux distro I recommend to every Windows 11 user"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/\">This is the one Linux distro I recommend to every Windows 11 user<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/\">https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-01 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.makeuseof.com\">www.makeuseof.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I initially tried switching to Linux, I did what everyone would do: I went online and read articles, but it was an overwhelming endeavor. What I realized was that there were just too many articles pushing new, obscure Linux distros. The choice is already hard enough with the numerous popular distros we know and trust.<\/p>\n<p>After several years and trying dozens of distros, there are three that could be fitting options: Linux Mint, Zorin OS, and Ubuntu. Of these three, if I were to start over again from a Windows 11 background, I would pick Linux Mint and stick with it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-windows-users-lose-in-a-switch\">\n                        What Windows users lose in a switch<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"why-many-distros-overlook-these-losses\">\n            Why many distros overlook these losses<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>        Afam Onyimadu \/ MUO<\/p>\n<p> When I was about to switch to Linux, my focus was on freedom, control, and performance. These were the things I believed Linux could offer, and they\u2019re a common mindset for most people switching. However, many people fail to fully consider what they could lose in the process of switching. This is a significant factor because, overnight, you might find yourself dealing with unfamiliar processes and different update behavior that can make even the most trivial things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the one Linux distro I recommend to every Windows 11 user https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/one-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-every-windows-11-user\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.makeuseofimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wm\/2026\/01\/lnux-mint-the-windows-11-replacement.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,110,79,167],"class_list":["post-208944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-linux-mint","tag-ubuntu","tag-zorin-os"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208946,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208944\/revisions\/208946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}