superminerJG, 10 months ago handling word documents This is the biggest pitfall of Linux: Microsoft doesn’t make Office for Linux and the compatibility layers we do have don’t work well enough. There are alternatives like LibreOffice, however, don’t expect them to be perfectly compatible with Office. Everything else you listed is perfectly fine: Most browsers ship Linux versions, and those can be used for PDF viewing. I’d recommend familiarizing yourself with the Linux command line, as most advanced system configuration has to be done through the CLI. In addition, remember to do your research before asking for help. Good resources include the system manual pages, Arch Wiki, and of course, Google. As for choice of distro, I’ll recommend Fedora, as it’s reasonably up to date with software and has a nice GUI for dealing with updates.
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This is the biggest pitfall of Linux: Microsoft doesn’t make Office for Linux and the compatibility layers we do have don’t work well enough.
There are alternatives like LibreOffice, however, don’t expect them to be perfectly compatible with Office.
Everything else you listed is perfectly fine: Most browsers ship Linux versions, and those can be used for PDF viewing.
I’d recommend familiarizing yourself with the Linux command line, as most advanced system configuration has to be done through the CLI.
In addition, remember to do your research before asking for help. Good resources include the system manual pages, Arch Wiki, and of course, Google.
As for choice of distro, I’ll recommend Fedora, as it’s reasonably up to date with software and has a nice GUI for dealing with updates.