Best Linux distro for a begginer? I want to be able to learn about Linux and get good with it
Good Linux distro
Brayden Cox
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Zachary Williams
Do you care about freedom?
Yes: gNewSense
No: Debian
Michael Jackson
for stability: debian stable
for more features & less stability: ubuntu, fedora, or mint
less stable and more cumbersome rolling releases: arch or gentoo (rolling releases)
Josiah Bell
the "do you care about freedom" concept in this fundamentally retarded regard means "Debian is less free because it gives you the OPTION to install non-free software", courtesy of the FSF
Easton Baker
Are there many differences beetween them?
Henry Moore
first distro : Xubuntu
second distro : debian stable
third distro : arch
fourth distro : gentoo
fifth OS : OpenBSD
Carson Roberts
I prefer mint, for a beginner it’s a less gay Ubuntu
Thomas Gray
Agreed. You're more free using Debian because you have the option, but for beginners who care about free software I think it's better to just remove the option.
Jaxon Watson
differences are in the package manager, install program, graphical user interface (window manager & desktop environment) and base installed software, utilities & drivers
also rolling release (continuous OS updates, there's only 1 version at any pont in time) vs time release (release 1, 2, 3 etc... ubuntu is at 18.04 right now)
for gentoo you have to compile the OS yourself
have fun with linux
once you go unix you never go back
Brody Roberts
If i choose debian.
What should i do after installing?
Best web browser?
Adrian Powell
Unix meaning linux? Im complete linux newfagg
Aaron Brooks
Unix is an old Operating System upon which many other Os's are based as of today
linux is one of them, BSD variants and MacOS are based on Unix as well
>pic related from Wikipedia
Colton Ramirez
its free by default
Tyler Phillips
Anyone here that has a R9 390? It's been literally unusable with loonix for about 4 years now.
Bentley Wilson
distrowatch.com
you need to learn to find things out for yourself, user
czech'd
Samuel Morales
So ill be ok with debian? I want to learn and get confortable with linux
Jack Bailey
>implying linux is anything close to a proper unix
Julian Garcia
Firefox or Chromium>
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Don't fall for the Debian meme, unless you like ancient history software. Go with Ubuntu for your first.
Lincoln Torres
Waterfox
Christian Perry
>hur dur look the branding changed and it's 0.01% faster!!!
freedomfags unironically believe this
Luke Bell
begin with ubuntu, use debian once you're familiar with it
learn the command line: nano, su, sudo, vi, ls, cd, mount, ./, rm etc...
Jordan Gonzalez
Just go straight to Manjaro. It just works.
Debian is also nice, but as many have said, it is kind of outdated on certain packages. Debian is stable as fuck though.
Charles Flores
it's close enough
David Barnes
Here is the official timeline for you to reach enlightenment
1st: Ubuntu
2nd: Manjaro
3rd: Arch
4th: Gentoo
This will ease you into Linux, Ubuntu is your base for learning the basics, then when you get the distro hopping itch head to Manjaro. This will introduce you to rolling release and the ability to try to minimize your software a bit. Once you realize that you're not as bleeding edge as you can be, hop to Arch. With the skills you've gained at that point, you should have enough knowledge to know how to maintain and build a minimal system that's right for you. At some point you'll get bored of everything working so nicely, so you'll install gentoo, which has similar principals as Arch, but you have to compile all your software, and has even more management of your software (use flags) You should settle with Gentoo or Arch, but make sure to try Gentoo at least once.
Wyatt Lopez
ChromeOS is a Gentoo-based distro designed for new users.
Jason Clark
Ayden Powell
>web browser
palemoon
waterfox
qutebrowser
elinks
the bigger question is, what DE/WM do you want?
KDE / Gnome3 are very bloated
if you want to try out some different spins, here are some live systems manjaro.org
(i3 is best-tier but not very beginner friendly)
Lucas Rodriguez
Antergos
Carson Perry
You either use this chart, or pick *buntu (including Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Peppermint OS, Bodhi, Trisquel).
Its one of the most popular and the most user-friendly distros, but not THE best one, because there is no best distro due to no user being the same as another.
Because of the popularity you'll have ease of finding support. This applies to any distro, not just *buntu. Because of being friendly, you'll find yourself comfortable and safe, this also applies to any distro.
Try a virtual machine if you can't afford to risk a computer because of the installation. A VM is a program than allows you to run an entire OS to test it without installing, no risks there.
Once you learn what is Linux, it's philosophy and how it works you'll understand certain things there is difficulty to explain about:
>What is freedom and why it's very important.
>Why there are +9000 different distributions and their differences and similarities. The same but replacing "distributions" with "programs".
>What are stable and rolling distros.
>Why sometimes you must use two or more "programs" to do things when Windows/OSX handles by itself.
>Why are there too many ways of doing the same thing in Linux.
>Last point: How doing things in X distro is not the same as doing them in Y distro.
Yet, 99.5% of things (if not 100%) can be done in all distros, with enough time and pacience.
Because of their user-friendliness, *buntu are looked upon as noob distros. Still, they allow you to get the work done and fast.
Wyatt Anderson
Mx linux is your best option