I've bought my new laptop (vostro 5471 with ips, 8250u, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd) and it came with ubuntu.
I was keen to give linux a shot but I just got frustrated and installed windows. Now I feel dirty on the inside. Any tips to get comfortable with linux? Distro recommendations are also welcome.

@undef maybe

@undef i can vs dev essential? I feel dumb

@undef I went to my dev essentials page but linux academy isn't there on the benefits list :/

@xzvf I'll take a look, thanks!

There's no short cut. Try it out, fail and learn. Repeat till comfortable. If that style of learning doesn't work frmornyou, Linux honestly isn't a good fit.

@hashedram I'm probably going to try multiple distro's in VM's. I mainly wanted distro recommendations.

@theKarlisK the frustration came from being accustomed to my software suite and I didn't have time to find alternatives because I needed it up and running quickly, because I'm traveling with it tomorrow.

Probably giving vm's a shot with stuff that's not ubuntu

@DjSall Ubuntu or mint to start out I suppose but it really doesn't matter much. Linux culture is one of searching and learning stuff whichever distribution you try.

@theKarlisK I was looking at mint and fedora for testing

i always enjoy fedora on pc and centos on server

sometimes i try the dark side, arch and slack mostly, but i'm too lazy... :D and actually i really like redhat-style distros.

I'm a windows lover, but was pretty happy with debian OS.

Linux is king of you wanna do php/python - shit just works!

... for everything else, there's Windows :)

In order to give a proper suggestion we need to know what you're planning on using the computer for.

I'm a fan of vanilla Debian lately, Ubuntu is based on Debian so many things will be the same for both. There's certainly a learning curve with Linux but once you get over the hump you'll love it.

@mrrmc I mainly do front end Development. Js, php, etc

@sylar182 I'm open for everything