I am wanting to learn Linux and I do realize that this is a hot button topic that a lot of you have personal opinions and are loyal to specific/certain distros. I have found the immersion is the best way to learn. I am wanting to eventually get a CEH and know that I need to learn the command line. Is there a way to give me some straight forward info on which Linux release would be best to learn on. I have heard that Mint is a pretty straight forward jump what with Cinnamon but will I learn on it or is it too simplified. I also know Red Hat is an amazing distro. I look forward to all of your help and feedback and please be gentle lol. I am also wanting my LPIC-1/2
Best Linux Distro to Learn On
Leo Turner
Landon Nguyen
theres this one distro called gentoo its pretty good so i recommend you to use it
Asher White
Op here > I feel like that may be a little outside my realm what with all the customization and all.. I want to get familiar with Linux first before I go crazy with options and what not.
Jose Rivera
define "learn Linux", that covers a lot of ground. I'd probably advise you to pick one of the bigger-name distros simply because you'll have a wider software selection and probably fewer of the bugs and gaps that a distro maintained on a shoestring can have. But it's really up to you since pretty much anything can be done on pretty much any distro. So pick a distro, install it, and use Linux. Not just for learning, use it for your ordinary everyday shit, fixing problems and trying new things as they come up. Eventually you'll have opinions on how you think a distro ought to be run, which package manager is better, the merits of stability vs. bleeding edge, and so on. Once you have said opinions they'll point you toward a distro that best matches them that you can settle on.
the only real exceptions are stuff like "I wanna be a sysadmin and I'm gonna get this Red Hat certification" or something. If you wanna do that you need a machine running their distro. But even then it can be a VM or a different computer that you SSH into, your main machine can run any damn distro you please.
Owen Hill
linux from scratch
Grayson Clark
I basically want to learn the command line syntax and get comfortable inside of the OS. Maybe figure out how to set up Freenas with ZFS. IDK just want to learn.
Jason Jackson
Are you referencing something?
Juan Butler
start off with linux mint or debian.
Cooper Butler
Cinnamon or MATE?
Joseph Rodriguez
cinnamon