Is linux a mouse operated o/s

chili · 28 Oct 2023 at 20:03

Moving from windows 11 is Linux a keyboard and mouse o/s or just a kb o/s

Is it better to learn to navigate with or without the use of a mouse?

throwaway4372 · 28 Oct 2023 at 20:12

choose a distro that does whatever you prefer, which is probably "the same as windows".

Mesai · 28 Oct 2023 at 20:20

Mouse and keyboard is fine. Worth learning some terminal commands as you go but nothing stopping you from using it as you would.

ljt · 28 Oct 2023 at 20:25

I've recently started using Linux Mint as I was doing my CompTIA A+ course/exam which involves learning linux CLI commands. It's quite user friendly and is set out to be familiar for windows users. It's GUI based.

If you want to try it out on your windows machine first (like I initially did, before installing it for real) then download and install VirtualBox (free Virtual Machine type 2 hypervisor) @ https://www.virtualbox.org/

and the Linux Mint iso @ https://linuxmint.com/download.php (CInnamon edition) and create a virtual machine. You can have a good play with it then and see what you think.

chili · 28 Oct 2023 at 21:37

ljt said:
I've recently started using Linux Mint as I was doing my CompTIA A+ course/exam which involves learning linux CLI commands. It's quite user friendly and is set out to be familiar for windows users. It's GUI based.

If you want to try it out on your windows machine first (like I initially did, before installing it for real) then download and install VirtualBox (free Virtual Machine type 2 hypervisor) @ https://www.virtualbox.org/

and the Linux Mint iso @ https://linuxmint.com/download.php (CInnamon edition) and create a virtual machine. You can have a good play with it then and see what you think.

Spookily enough i just done all that today

on my desktop machine, my laptop i am running as a dual boot system