Hi. I want to switch from Windows to GNU/Linux and i don't know which distro I should pick. I am a noob with Linux but I'm willing to learn. I have some minimal experience with Linux Mint which i installed on my old laptop just for fun. I was thinking about Ubuntu or Manjaro, what would you recommend to a noob?
Hi. I want to switch from Windows to GNU/Linux and i don't know which distro I should pick...
Justin James
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Ryan Allen
xubuntu
now get lost
stupid cunt
Hunter Gonzalez
I started with Ubuntu. There's a lot of bloat, but it's an easy start. Go with XFCE if you want light and customization.
Henry Hill
Most friendly for beginners would be gentoo
Thomas Fisher
this, but unironically
Michael Allen
Linux Mint fixes a lot of user experience issues which Ubuntu has. I'd suggest using Linux Mint Xfce or Cinnamon since they're both easy to use and extremely stable. Alternatively, you can go for Ubuntu or Kubuntu.
Brandon Phillips
If you want to start in this world I recommend the buntus (Xubuntu is my favourite).
But If you want to ask I recommend you to not start a thread just for this, and go to fglt and read the wiki, and if you still have questions ask in there.
Jason Williams
Do arch you coward.
Jacob Carter
>Xubuntu
It's shit compared to Mint Xfce.
Brody Carter
OP here, i have used mint xfce on my laptop for a month now and i think it's pretty good, should i stick to it even for my desktop then?
Levi Ortiz
i'd rather get my dick chopped off and eat cow shit than use mint
OP
just use the following
arch
debian
gentoo
the only good beginner distro is xubuntu
Asher Perez
Linux Mint and Ubuntu are both good choices. I prefer Mint because of the privacy policy of Ubuntu.
Christopher Collins
mint and ubuntu use apt
debian is the first
use debian
Gavin Perez
Why not just use Debian?
Mason Sanders
Any Ubuntu variant really.
Like Ubuntu Budgie.
:^)
Sebastian Ross
Install Gentoo
Sebastian Clark
Deepin, it is Debian based and you won't be configuring stuff. Before anyone saying it is a botnet they already removed certain analytic tools, Google, Facebook and Canonical gets more info about you than Deepin does. Beat it.
Linux Mint is also is the way to go.
Jeremiah Gonzalez
Which distribution would reddit recommend?
Nolan Cox
Just use Mint. It's easy to use and convenient. Out of the box it's better than Xubuntu.
Jordan Ross
arch
Logan Fisher
I see you desktop all the time round eyes! No need to post it here! HAHAHA!
Colton James
I think i will go with Debian, i read that it's community based rather than made by a compeny like Ubuntu, so i guess that privacy-wise it's better
Oliver Anderson
debian testing
Luke Collins
K/X/Lubuntu a best
Arch is a meme OS used by Discord trannies who swap pictures of their tiling WMs.
Debian is used by boomers.
Wyatt Reed
While you there install Deepin desktop, you like verry verry mush. HAHAHA!
John Wood
>Ubuntu or Manjaro
Literally the best 2 options for you, I suggest Ubuntu for its newbie friendly nature, or you could go balls deep and pick debian or arch
Julian Powell
is debian much harder to install than let's say ubuntu or mint? Because I think that i will go for debian but i don't have entire days to waste. In my experience mint was easy as fuck so if Debian is a bit harder but not THAT much I'm fine i think
Joshua Ward
debian GUI installer is as easy as ubuntu
but the true magic comes from Linux ability to customization, like separating /root from /home for heavy maintenance
I suggest you GUI custom install
wathever the method, it wont take you entire days, you just have to carefully follow the instructions honestly
Leo Young
Ok thanks, i'll go for Debian then
Jaxson Roberts
>is debian much harder to install
Drivers tend to be a royal pain in the ass, to be perfectly upfront and honest. I'd recommend going with Ubuntu, bud. There's literally no shame in it. It's better than Mint, and Ubuntu has some really cool developers, who care a lot about releasing a professional product.
Andrew Kelly
Debian installer is easy but long, but once installed you are done unless you want to personalize it or the goddamn drivers are missing.
Daniel Thomas
Brainlet here, what's the difference between Debian and *Ubuntu besides having some more packages installed out of the box?
Parker Sanders
Its really just packages
But dont say "just packages", those packages go from essential drivers to icons packs
Michael Cook
ram buntu
-2gb xubuntu, lubuntu
4gb+ kubuntu, ubuntu budgie, ubuntu mate
8gb+ ubuntu 18.04, ubuntu gnome
Levi Torres
Whats the consensus on KDE neon ?
Luke Nguyen
Debian is freetard, and makes getting drivers a chore. Ubuntu simply asks if you want the non-free drivers installed. Skip the Stallman zealotry for now, and just install what will get you up and running Linux.
Isaiah Nguyen
>Skip the Stallman zealotry for now
Might as well keep using windows
Grayson Myers
fedora fedora fedora
David Barnes
Package managers and sources, but nowadays is easy to find distros that are compatible with Debian/Ubuntu packages.
Debian in general is more stable, but that also means not having the latest updates, which again, is not always true as you can now install the latest packages from other sources, there's also an unstable Debian branch.
Community support for Ubuntu is waaaay more abundant than for Debian, also Ubuntu welcomes non-free software, while Debian policies are more about getting everything open source. You could install non-free software on Debian though and some distros offers drivers and non-free packages installed by default.
It's more about their policies than technicalities, and you could change that anyway.
Chase Johnson
Manjaro just works, I switched 3 months ago. Don't fall for the memes and stupid shit. It's Arch without the autism.
Jordan Carter
Honestly, just make a little list of distros you might be interested on, watch a youtube video about their interface and functionality and based on that shrink your list or select your distro
Nicholas Murphy
Ubuntu
James Ramirez
deepin has built in spyware i dont recommend using it
Matthew Cruz
Install Ubuntu, literally the just werks distro.
Thomas Green
>Might as well keep using windows
It's not as though non-free drivers contain any telemetry services you dingus. Your comparison is ridiculous.
Luke Scott
low-dpi low-girth low-iq boomers need not reply
Carter Thomas
>deepinbotnet
how about no
Adam Carter
this, just install regular Ubuntu
Robert Roberts
> which is just a same product as Google Analytics.
Botnet. Try and spin it as much as you want Ching Chong, if it's not turned off by default or capable of being disabled, it's spyware.
Daniel Evans
can i see some more of the rice?
im considering just getting the deepin desktop environment, it looks good, i hope they didnt put the botnet shit into the desktop environment
Connor Lee
The CNZZ tracker tool is for the app store, not the Desktop Environment
Jonathan Edwards
>can i see some more of the rice?
You want more rice? You no shill Deepin enough. Deal is handful of rice when you make hundred Deepin post! This is not chairity. Back to work round eyes or no supper for you! HAHAHA!
Brandon Brown
This bitch has a napkin on he head
Carson Gomez
Kubuntu
Nathan Butler
just installed ubuntu + i3 on a t420s, and that wasnt as smooth as arcolinux/manjaro. But if you dont care for i3, just jump onto ubuntu and see what you'll want from there.
Kevin Walker
all the linux de just look ugly and lack polish
Jordan Phillips
mx linux is the best.