FAQ:
> What is the best DE (desktop environment)?
KDE is the most featureful. If you want something feature complete like Windows, use it
Try Cinnamon if you want something simpler but still beautiful
Use Mate if you want a lean desktop (no Xfce)
NO lxqt or lxde, they're not really usable yet for a normal user
> How about GNOME?
Gnome is bad and run by arrogant people
It was rewritten to be used easily on touchscreen devices, crippling the desktop experience
Mate was forked from Gnome 2, thus it has a stable base and is dead simple
> XFCE?
Xfeces still uses gtk2 and it has a small developer team, you should rather use Mate
> Is systemD really that bad?
No. It actually is unifying the Linux community, it has many useful features and is not slow.
It has many useful features like systemd-nspawn (enhanced chroot (virtualization)), systemd-boot and networkd.
It is shunned by idealists that use Jolix in their moms basement, others are just bandwagoning
> GNU/Linux or Linux?
A lot of gnu tools are included in GNU/LINUX distros (less, coreutils, c library and lots more)
You should call it GNU/Linux around specialists, Linux around normal people
> Is Wine usable?
Yes. You can run most of your office programs and some of your games.
> What distro do you recommend?
Ubuntu flavor of you favorite DE, if you want it to just work
Debian, if you just want a normal, stable desktop
Arch, if you plan on customizing your system
> INSTALL GENTOO?!
No. There is no reason foryou to use it. Compiling takes long, it breaks and compiling everything is useless.
You might use less dependencies and it might run 3% faster, but it is just not worth it
Unless you have a special setup (Risc or something), then you might actual find it useful
> What tools should i learn
Learn vim (or emacs), read the coreutils manual, learn shell scripting and find some leaner alternatives for the programs you use
> WORKS IN WINDOWS, BUT NOT IN LINUX!
Use windows then
Also, GNU/LINUX GENERAL!
