# Preparing your switch So, you have decided to make the switch to Linux, but where do you even begin? First, I'd recommend you take a look at some of the most popular Linux Distributions's websites: - [Zorin OS](https://zorin.com/os/) - [Pop!_OS](https://pop.system76.com/) - [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/) - [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/) Note what you like, what you dislike, and once you've figured out what you find to be the most interesting, download an ISO and [Flash it to a USB drive](/tTHzpPRhSc-BtUYPDEy1Ew) *[Linux Distribution]: An Operating System made using Linux *[Linux Distributions]: Operating Systems made using Linux *[Linux Distros]: Operating Systems made using Linux *[Linux Distro]: An Operating System made using Linux *[Wayland]: A modern Display Server Protocol, which is aimed at replacing X.org *[ootb]: Out Of The Box (By Default) *[PipeWire]: Software for Multimedia processing on Linux *[PipeWire-Pulse]: An addition to Pipewire, which adds Audio functionality compatible with PulseAudio *[PulseAudio]: An older Audio implementation used on Linux, which has been mostly replaced by PipeWire *[Offline Upgrades]: Upgrades/Updates, which reboot the PC to apply