Babby's first Linux Distro

What's a good Linux distro for a newfag?
I have a college degree in comp sci so I'm not a complete tech retard just bear that in mind when recommending.

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Antergos to familiarize yourself with basic Bash commands.

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>can't research and familiarize himself with common distros
>not a complete tech retard
And you claim to have a CS degree?

I have a CS degree. Do you really believe we used Linux and not MicroShill the whole time?
Even in University Linux doesn't come up.

Linux is Linux, Sir. Do you really mean to ask: "What's an easy to install Linux distro?" If so, Ubuntu, Mint, Antergos, Manjaro.

>Install
>Linux
Come on now

>can't research and familiarize himself with common distros
Still stands. There's even a general for retards like you yet you still think you deserve a thread for yourself to be spoonfed. Fuck off.

Manjaro with i3 preinstalled

forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-i3-16-06-16-06-1/3329/4

Fedora. The Xfce spin.

CentOS first, OpenSUSE second, Fedora third.

Mint if you want a Windows alternative.
Antergos if you want to learn about Linux and also want a complete os that is relatively user friendly while not being dumbed down at all.
Arch if you don't have a job and want to spend the time installing it and then reinstalling it when an update inevitably breaks everything.
Gentoo if you don't have a job and also want to be a memelord that spends several days just installing it.

Ubuntu... Even if you have comp-sci there are likely some new stuff and nothing wrong with having a comfy introduction. It's easy to get something else later.

C and Unix is a required class in my university's CS program. In that class, we were required to use Ubuntu.

Start there, familiarize yourself with terminal commands. Learn how to use the terminal to do just about everything.

Then move on to something more your taste. Unless Ubuntu is your taste. It's a good starting point, at least.

The fuck kind of third world CS degree doesn't have you study OS design and use some *nix

or at least teach you basic research skills

Ubuntu for you.

I'd also recommend Ubuntu, I'm still using it after trying out a lot of other distros

Also, what you're referring ot as Linux, is in fact GNU+Linux, or as I've recently started callng it, GNU/Linux. Linux is not an operating system by itself, it is a kernel that, when combined with GNU, makes a fully functioning operating system.

>has a cs degree
>think's it's worth something

I don't kow if I should be laughing or sobbing

OP asked for a Linux Distribution, not for a GNU+Linux Distribution. Why would OP limit himself to GNU userland?
Only recite the interjection, when apopriate!

*BSD

Tamoko

Antergos.

Rolling release and just werks.

We have a Linux Lab at my uni.

Manjaro

I am a complete noob here don't know what linux distro i should install on my windows craptop?

Get Manjaro or OpenSuse

I just used Xubuntu for two semesters on mu Thinkpad.

Now im trying Arch with KDE. I like it, forced me to do some shut to get it perfect, but thats what i wanted.

TOMOKO IS A CUTE

Bad CS degree
Soon as 300 hit, it was all linux on out. Zero windows for upper classmen in my school.

Then again, we have a 47% drop/transfer rate.

Maybe not at your crappy school. Most CS programs involve a class that teaches you the basics of programming in a Unix-like OS.

Debian.

Use Ubuntu. I have 0 cs knowledge but I got it to work on 12 PCs I built for an office.

They wanted Ubuntu so I was cool with it.

What are some non-GNU Linux distributions?

This.
Antergos or manjaro are great starts if you want to get to know linux.

Ubuntu and mint are more like Windows in that you don't need to know as much to use them

>non-GNU
>Linux
I kek'd hard.

My first day at school: Ubuntu in a vm

Linux Mint

Sorry to hear your CS department was trash. Just use Antergos and get comfortable with a tiling wm, be sure to avoid Ubuntu at all costs.

Lubuntu.

>linux
Install FreeBSD.

What the hell? Our labs had some Windows computers, macs too. But most work was done by telnetting to the Unix servers.

Gonna try out Antergos.
If you guys rused me, good job.

Linux Mint.

It's got a large install base, so most problems are known and have solutions, it's derived from two other very popular distributions, so you're in familiar territory if you want to explore.

Also it's just really nice to use, easy to install, looks nice, works well, provides lots of software, including the non-free stuff if you want it without judging you.

>ctrl + f
>search zorin os
>nothing
its a great distro that just werks, no issues with wifi or needing to setup before doing shit. the desktop environment is pretty much the same as windows too so you don't need to learn where everything is. switch to arch as soon as you're done learning it though.

Not trying to bait, but I've just moved from Arch to Ubuntu.

If you want to spend the next decade trying to make things work and believing you "know linux" because every few months you have to either wipe or figure out how to fix linux go with:

Gentoo
Arch
Antergos
Manjaro

If you just want to have a stable operating system that 'just werks':

Ubuntu
Debian (once installed)
Elementary
Fedora
CentOS


Mint, is unstable, things dont work, so whilst mentioning it, I have refrained from adding it to either category.

There are many others I've not mentioned. I suggest trying many to see what fits.

>Implying that fixing Arch is "learning about Linux"

fedora, solus os, mint, ubuntu... there are plenty just use a search engine you lazy fuck

Think about some websites that you use - and wonder "how do they get it to do that?", start with a basic website and move on from there, to get started though, stick to what said about stable distros, get yourself a cheap VPS from somewhere, spin that up and set up your basic website, get that going - then get it running with letsencrypt, that should expose your to some CLI stuff on a distro and get you familiarised - then get something that uses a backend (PHP, MySQL, Perl) doesn't matter what it is, just pick something off github that interests you, get that running, see what stuff they ask you to have in place for it to run - the whole thing is modular.

All that should get you some basic exposure to editing configs, installing stuff, git commands, running scripts, etc. As well as installing the base OS. Then from there you can get acquainted with iptables and try and secure your stuff a bit.

That's what I'd recommend anyway, because you get to see what you're doing and what it's causing.

You were rused, Antergos is just Arch by another name.

There is nothing you can learn on Arch or Antergos that couldn't be equally achieved in a stable distro like Debian, at least with Debian or Ubuntu, you can EASILY reinstall.

If you want to learn more I'd recommend reading the gentoo or arch docs and maybe do a lfs installation once or twice.

>Bash commands
OP here

what's that?

Also OP,

Try this:

udemy.com/learn-linux-in-5-days/

Google udemy coupons and you might get a nice discount!

Then you can have someone walk you through the basics, and some more advanced stuff

tree fiddy and I'll answer your question

>Mint is unstable
That's not my experience at all. I find it rock solid. I've been using it for at least 5 years (I used Ubuntu before that, Gentoo for a few years before that, and SuSE before that).

Every Linux will give you some sort of surprise when you install it. I've found Mint has the least surprises.

It used to be massively stable.

But its now some weird Franken-Debian.