I want to switch from Windows to Linux. I’m ready to lots spend time learning Linux...

I want to switch from Windows to Linux. I’m ready to lots spend time learning Linux. What distribution of Linux would Jow Forums recommend for a beginner? Would starting off with Debian, Fedora or Mankato be too much for a beginner? Should I just stick I Ubuntu? Also is Ubuntu botnet?

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Install xubuntu. Distro hop if you want, but generally you'll probably want to go back to Xubuntu.
I recommend learning how to perform actions using command line. If you try and search for 'linux alternative to X' chances are you're looking for something that you can do with a couple of lines in the CLI.

Android is the most user friendly Linux distro.

>learning linux
The main thing you need to learn is sudo apt install and sudo apt search . There's really not much to learn, you'll get a hang of it without thinking about it. After you're comfortable with bash commands I suggest installing Arch.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

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I'll tell you what not to do after switching four times:

Do not start with Arch or Gentoo. Both distros are legendary, but the curve is too high. You do not know what you are doing. Linux is fun and rewarding but DO NOT get ahead of yourself.

Do not take some stupid compsci class on edx. No matter your reason, be it career or hobby, self-teaching programming if done right is the best way to go.

Do not be afraid to ask questions. You will ask some stupid shit, and that is ok. As much as Jow Forums claims to hate reddit r/linux4noobs is a good place for this at first.

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Here is a good site to start.

if you want learn linux, how it works, want a really highly customizable super stable system, then install gentoo hardened + kde.

kek

VM for basic understanding of the OS.
Backup all your files and accounts.
Go for a live USB and switch when you feel good, if problem then Google the error.
Ubuntu until you can go polar bear hunting from your terminal. Next stop is whatever suits you best, whether it's Arch, Gentoo, Fedora, Slackware...
If Gentoo then read manual.
If Arch then look for the old Wiki guide.
Also, read up until you understand every step of the guide perfectly or you will die.

what the concessis on lubuntu for a first distro its ubuntu based so it must be easy to use right?

Debian is a good distro but even it can be too much if you have never even seen GNU+Linux before. If you start with Ubuntu or Mint you'll have absolutely everything installed and configured for you, so you can see what the end result can look like. Debian doesn't come with sudo preinstalled for example, so online guides might not work if you just blindly copy them. If you plan to start with Debian go for the full image with nonfree hardware drivers included. That way you won't have to hunt for drivers or programs right away.

How do you all even have time to learn other operating systems? I’d love to have the time to move from winblows to Linux but family, work, sleep means I don’t have the the time to make the switch and re-learn all the nuances of a new operating system.

It’s clever really isn’t it how MS positioned themselves back in the 80s/90s to make their operating system the operating system that kids would grow up using.

Imagine it will be the same in 10-20 years time when hoardes of kids grow up realising they don’t know how to use computers at all anymore after just being used to clicking icons on iPhones and iPads for decades - ‘it just werkz’.

Gnome 3 still sucks

thats why you teach your kids linux, I used MS-DOS growing up, kids aren't dumb

Based. I wish I had spent more time learning OS fundamentals than wasting time on my SNES.

Ubuntu is a good starting distro. Unrivalled binary package support, just as its parent Debian (i.e. you dont need to compile shit yourself) Go Debian if you want to get into the guts a bit more (though you can do almost everything from the GUI in debian too)

Manjaro is an alternative, but be aware that both it and its parent Arch can be a bit more difficult to deal with, especially so if you want to use the AUR (i.e. user maintained packages that you often have to compile yourself)

Easy to install on Virtualbox?

>super stable system
>kde
kek(2)

Ubuntu is. Haven't tried Debian (though I use it on bare metal)

I installed Arch on a VM before, but it was quite fiddly with the VMware graphics drivers.

I go to school full time and work part time, started Linux about a year ago. Installed Ubuntu,immediately saw the GNOME shit, and uninstalled(didn't know what a desktop environment was at the time, just that I hated the iPad Teletubby design.) Found Kubuntu, used that for awhile, got bored with it, installed Debian w/ cinnamon, liked it but decided on a Debian netinst with i3 which I use now. The command line suprised me with how easy it is to learn. Honestly the freedom is a bit intimidating because of you break something, there's no button to magically fix it, you have to do it yourself, which is a nice feeling.

start with KDE Neon, it looks like Windows

>iPad Teletubby design
based and redpilled
do you also think that macOS Yosemite / iOS 7 was designed by somebody from kindergarten?

Debian is a good and user friendly distro, though it has some rough edges, packages on stable may be a bit outdated for your liking and many packages on testing/unsable ironically are even more outdated due since testing and unstable don't have backports.
Arch is good if you want to learn to setup your own system and Gentoo is too but hardmode.
Ubuntu is a fork of Debian which has a 6months release cycle instead of 2 years which you may prefer so you don't have to deal with outdated packages, but I would recommend Mint instead since Ubuntu has history of including amazon botnet on it by default (idk if it still does, but the company itself seems to have no problem with botnetting it's users so I can't recommend Ubuntu), still I've never used Mint myself so it may have some problems I'm not aware
Idk about other distros, opensuse has yash which supposedly makes easier for non-Gnu/linux users to use the operating system, but due to some autism with AV codecs it's harder to setup a system with working audio and video playing capabilities on it than on other distros. Opensuse also is the worse distro for someone willing to learn the Gnu plus Linux operating system.

tl;dr Install Mint

>install xubuntu
>black screen + error
>have to update bios
>update bios
>still black screen
>have to start in nomodest because gpu drivers?
>start install in nomodest
>finally no black screen
>install xubuntu
>restart
>black screen
>forced to fap and shitpost on my usb install
How to fix?

install kde neon instead

nvidia?

You'll soon find out that every other person will recommend you a different distro.
Linuxfags are a joke.

I think you should use a VM or buy a cheap laptop or something to make sure you want to use linux.

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Install Ubuntu from the USB you prepared.
Or, just boot the Ubuntu HDD partition you made for security.
Was a retard and forgot security measures? Either beg your friends to make you an install USB or resolve it yourself using Google.
Or you can ask internet's kindest board - Jow Forums for help.

freeBSD good for newbies. great wiki. easy to install. modern desktop Lumina.

Go for Mint+Xfce. Mint is basically a better version of Ubuntu and Xfce is, while dated, still the best DE for beginners and the easiest to use.
You can use Cinnamon if you dislike Xfce, or try KDE on Kubuntu.

I already did.

This is exactly what I run and your shilling sounds exactly like me. Based and redpilled.
I never quite realized why people thought that KDE was unstable, as I never experienced any problems with it on Gentoo. Then I tried KDE on some other distros and at that point I couldn't even blame the haters. It is rock solid on Gentoo though.

Q4OS. It's Debian with TDE configured nicely out of the box. Best Linux desktop experience by far. No bugs, no crashes, no other little issues. It just works and feels like Windows.

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>Q4OS
How about something that doesn't look like it was designed 20 years ago?

Im 29, kids in their 20s already dont know how to use a PC beyond clicking to the webbrowser. Even 'hey copy that file to that USB drive' is a fucking brain churner to some of them.

If looking to get into the workforce consider centOS because it's free and in widespread usage.

>thinks a distro is shit because it looks old
>mfw it isn't even riced

it wasn't cleaver you retard. what ever has 90% market share some one will grow up with.

you seem like the kind of spurg that thinks every one in their 30s currently are all that matter in the world.

might be right thou desu.

Ignore this retard. I started with Arch, and am a sysadmin at a Fortune 500. Arch teaches you.

You should’ve just gone to the installgentoo wiki or /fglt/ threads. But since I’m here, I recommend either Anarchy Linux for an easy Arch install, Mint if you’re really fresh, or Solus which is fun and easy to get into.
Protip: You have the time so just install gentoo and use the docs. If that’s way too daunting then use a VM.

I've been using Manjaro's i3 edition and while it works fine, there are weird messages during boot so there's that constant feeling shit is about to break any moment

>I want to switch from Windows to Linux.
Ok great

>I’m ready to lots spend time learning Linux
You wont need to spend much time learning it

>What distribution of Linux would Jow Forums recommend for a beginner?
Try any of these
linux mint cinnamon edition
xubuntu

Do not use anything that uses gnome shell or kde these are bloatware.

>Would starting off with Debian, Fedora or Mankato be too much for a beginner?
YES !

> Should I just stick I Ubuntu?
NO
use xubuntu (or xubuntu then install cinnamon and login to ubuntu using cinnamon desktop)

>Also is Ubuntu botnet?
no more so than any other distro

The icons and that taskbar are literally XP/fisherprice-tier. Come on.

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arch for beginners. slackware for wizards

There's some horribly obscure bullshit going on with uefi.

You either need to install that shit in UEFI mode or switch your mobo to Legacy+Uefi mode

That shit is fucked, and nobody explains it well enough so you need to try until it works.

I know this is a crazy stupid question but would you recommend xubuntu for vm use? I have ubuntu in virtualbox currently.

It was my first distro I stuck with when learning. It is very nice once you install a program finding app (I like kupfer bound to alt+space). Before I had tried Debian xfce (too old), KDE Neon (broke libreoffice + pozfox and started freaking out a month in), and Linux mint (strange gnome problems). I realized later that its because my computer was too new (x270) and KDE neon was a mere baby that all my issues arose, as well as using non-LTS Ubuntu releases which likes to blow shit up (17.04 was freaky).
Anyways, to answer it, yes Lubuntu 18.04LTS is great. The only issue is multi monitor tiling, which can be solved with a script, using your mouse, or using a twm like i3 (which I highly recommend, it takes ~30min to become more proficient than any other workflow)

It's actually shit. It's as frustrating to use as windows xp and older windows.

I used debian as first distro and then fedora. Both are ok and there is nothing difficult there. I'll switch to CentOS 8 as soon as its ready.

Sounds like you already have a plan and you're talking about it instead of doing it. After you've installed it, if you don't like Ubuntu, feel free to switch to something else. Video related about the Ubuntu 'botnet'.

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yes, much lighter on hardware

Stick to Windows. The autistic snowflakes here only use it to be even more different from normies.

/thread why people even ask these questions in 2019

ubuntu, debian, fedora, centos pick one of those

I'm exactly in your situation. I blamed it on my igpu since it isn't even supported in win7 and settled with permanent nomodeset but now I have little hope to fix it