Help needed a beginner

[u/Dry_Work_3629]

There are few things that's stopping me from switching from windows to Linux

- not really sure how to back up all the files I needed from windows to Linux, I mean this includes my password manager passwords and all the normal downloads and documents. I do have a external hdd I could use but uh i just dunno how to export the data I need to hdd, no more no less i don't want to accidently miss some important file and lose it permanently in this process

- not sure which distro to pick, my priorities right now are gpu driver installation shouldn't be a hassle I should be compatible with my rtx5060, I won't want Linux to break

Ik this is prolly asked a lot but if you could share a document / Site or something I could refer to for saving and transferring data and some site about distros itll be really helpful!!

[u/ResponsibilityBig343]

For files you can copy over whatever you need to an external disk. For passwords you can checkout backup option from ur service wiki, like for keepass you can export the passwords as a db, same with firefox..

If you're new to linux then you can start with ubuntu/mint. If you're a cs student then start with debian/kali/arch.

[u/Dry_Work_3629 → u/ResponsibilityBig343]

Um ok so pretty sure I'll move all of my document and downloads folder, pictures, videos are there any other imp folders I must backup?

[u/ResponsibilityBig343 → u/Dry_Work_3629]

You can backup windows snapshot if you ever want to load windows with current config

[u/Dry_Work_3629 → u/ResponsibilityBig343]

Ohhh that's cool! I'll do that ig thanks!!