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Fedora is a good choice for this. The distros are by large all the same, and the ones that send Telemetry the most do it less than the Windows Calculator app as a whole.
Good luck with Fedora - One tip to keep in mind is if you don't like the look and feel of Fedora (it's by default GNOME), you don't have to jump ship to a new distro. Fedora has tonnes of skins, my favorite being KDE (image related). That said, try the default first! ~~
Im telling you, you convince me just with the fact of the calculator, but the option to personalize the UI it's amaizing!! Thank you :D
Hey, most SW in the GNU/Linux world is designed to allow you to personalize it to your liking. And if you do not like what one application looks like, you can just switch to another which could suit you better. Bear in mind that desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, etc. – the overall layout and look of your system) are just like other applications, in this sense. Fedora ships with the GNOME environment by default, but if you want something more customizable with the Windows-like layout (or any other layout, customize to the oblivion), KDE Plasma (shown above) could work for you as well. There are plenty of others desktop environment, each with their specifics and differences. Start slow, and if you feel adventurous, feel free to look around and try them.
That being said, Fedora should be a perfectly suitable GNU/Linux distribution for you to start with. After all, it is just an OS, allowing you to run the applications you work with. If you want to have a backup solution, start with dual-booting with Windows, possibly removing Windows later altogether, if you feel like it.
Many distributions (such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, etc.) will give you an option to send some basic telemetry data, but there usually is a way to opt-out, if telemetry is not off by default. And otherwise, the distributions themselves do not collect much data, if any (not the applications you use on them – that would depend on the application altogether, proprietary applications especially, of course).
Thank you guys i read all your comments, im gonna install the os on my laptop that i use for develop no gaming :). So i think im trying few of them before decide which fit better for me. Thanks again
I use Fedora also for gaming and its nice because you always fresh kernel updates
If you like it (and you can invest a tiny bit of time) I suggest you to play around with a few of them. Even some "rare" distros if you feel like that.
Have fun. c:
@0therbit5 If you're familiar with Docker, you can run a Linux desktop inside container
docs.linuxserver.io/images/doc…
I've been using Fedora for over a year instead of windows, I'm happy with it. It's stable, easy to install the software I want, looks good. I'd say go for it!
Sometimes I think about distro hopping, but I think I'd rather do that on a second computer so that when I break it I'll still have a working one.
@0therbit5 I think Debian also quite good
Debian is great on the server, but definitely an unpleasant experience on the Desktop unless you know what you're doing and why you're doing it.
I would say that Debian-based distros (Linux Mint and LMDE, preferably) are good for a newbie, too. But a clean Debian would probably be a bit too much of a hassle to set everything up, in my opinion.