What's a good distro to start with?

What's a good distro to start with?

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Ubuntu.
You can download it here:
ubuntu.com/download/desktop

it's the anime choice

Seconded.

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ok ok fuck you i have ubuntu already dl'd and ready to install but i thought maybe mint would be a better choice

Antergos/manjaro
If you want "vanilla" arch experience use zen installer or anarchy linux (has problems, needed 1 hour to fix shit because when installing it gives me invalid key errors)
If you want something normie-tier shit just use linux mint if you want something riceable use bunsenlabs and if you want something "stable" (((shit))) use debian
and if you're a faggot use pclinuxos

Stick to ubuntu lts if u don't want to waste your time.
KDE neon user lts if u don't like unity.

Arch since it saves you time having to switch to it later

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t. GNU/Linux pro who uses Ubuntu GNU/Linux

Gentoo

Mint

It isn’t
(Right?)

Ubuntu

NASA use Ubuntu, neckbeards use Arch in their basement. Does it make Arch less useful? No, but you are asking for a entry level distro, use Ubuntu for a few months/years and then you can keep using it or change to another.

I am in OpenSuse and it's ok for me.

Hey hey hey hey hey nobody cares about going up the tree assways

>systemd

just use Debian. Ubuntu is full of bloat.

Xubuntu.

mint

antergos

Arch linux. Works the way you want it to.

Mint

antenegros

install gentoo

What's a good "skeleton" distro for beginners?

The difinitive distros for noobs who are starting from scratch is the aptly named Linux from scratch, commonly called LFS.

Fedora + Cinnamon

Windows 10

Ubuntu net install + Xubuntu core.

>Ubuntu net install + Xubuntu core.
I've used Chubuntu in the past, and I find it good, but bloated.

This seems very interesting.

Thanks!

Mint or any of the Ubuntu flavors, I'm currently using Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 and having a great time with it.

There is no distro for beginners. Install any distro and start learning.

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!

Trisquel
MX Linux

xubuntu

...

kek, only right answer

Xubuntu minimal from netinstall, then just replace default linux with linux-libre for maximum comfy

Mint! Taking it slow is the comfiest approach!

Slackware

I thought NASA used Debian.

Ubuntu for computer newfags
Debain for muh stability
Fedora if you want cutting edge but don't want to deal with pacman fucking up your xorg.conf

Openbsd. Im not fond of theo either but it's pretty good to start. Not a ton of newby help on forums but some

Manjaro, it's almost as easy as Ubuntu, and his the God tier AUR. Does look a little ugly out of the box imo, but just download Pywal and it'll look decent within a couple minutes.

I would honestly start with Arch. It gives you a really in-depth experience of the command line and Linux in general. Just my 2¢ tho

What do you learn by installing Arch:
Making file systems using the command line
Mounting file systems using the command line
Creating directories using the command line
Creating text files using the command line
Copy-pasting into text files using the command line
Rebooting using the command line
Updating repositories using the command line
Installing software with the command line
Creating users using the command line
Setting user privileges using the command line
Setting passwords using the command line

What will you do in a normal distro via the command line:
Installing software sometimes

Truly Arch Linux is teaching important and useful skills.

youtu.be/aqdYbwY9vPU
>Even Geohot himself uses Ubuntu
Distrofags on suicide watch

Debian if you want to have a comfy "just works" with lots of resources.

Gentoo if you want to dive deeper and actually learn something.

Mint and Ubuntu are fine (I guess). Really all you need to think about at this point in selecting a first distro is 1) how easy the installation is and 2) if it comes with a GUI and all your drivers out of the package.

Look at YT videos to get the gist for the install and user experience, f@m.

Ubuntu if you are wanting the hand holding. Manjaro if you are feeling frisky. Arch/Gentoo if you are masochistic and want to play god.

It gives you a deeper understanding of what's going on under the hood. Some people love the total control. I've been fucking with arch for the last 4 days and can't be fucked to figure out how to get cinnamon to work on it. Too many fringe case scenarios, I just defaulted to Manjaro.

this

gentoo

ubuntu if you're going to rice your distro

Debian can be pretty nice for this if you use the network install ISO and then proceed to uncheck all/most of the software selection options when it asks you what it should install. Although in case you aren't already used to going full terminal, it might be a good idea to at least let it install a desktop environment.

>What will you do in a facebook distro via the command line:
FTFY

ubuntu, fedora, and debian are all good starts, and depending on what you want could be your finish
>coughs

Anime website

Debian or arch

DO NOT USE DEBIAN.
It will autistically complain about your devices needing nonfree firmware, even when they just can't work otherwise. Yes, there is the nonfree ISO, but it's autistically hidden on the website itself.
A better starting distro would be Mint or Ubuntu, then you can move to something like Slackware, Arch or Gentoo.

>pacman fucking up your xorg.conf
It literally has never happened.

It goes like this:
>beginner
Ubuntu or Mint
>intermediate
Debian or Fedora
>Advanced edgelord NEET
Gentoo or Arch
>Ascended Pro ACTUALLY-MAKING-MONEY-ADULT
Whatever the fuck works

Unironically this.
Meme or not, it has definitely given me a deeper understanding of what's actually going on in my system.

Tried archbang the other day just for shits and giggles, it was alright.

source mage...

So what's wrong with using the non-free ISO? You're too lazy to click like three extra links? Besides, 99% of the time the free ISO works just fine anyway, so, whatever. Furthermore, you insinuate that those distros, including Slackware, that get "moved on to" are better than the Debian family, which I find is frankly debatable and highly dubious in many cases.

kernel.org/

the only right answer

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Exactly this.
And the last level is often Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora or mostly a Mac

PCLinuxOS

Kubuntu*

Linux mint
Just because it comes with adequate DEs and not fucking gnome3 or unity or whatever vanilla ubuntu comes with.

sure I plan to switch to some more intermediate distro later on but for now I wouldn't be even able to install Arch in the first place lol

if you can't follow step by step tutorial on one of the best wikis out there you might as well throw your computer into the trash

to install arch with archwiki all you need is literally the ability to read and type

what was the first distro you installed?

the arch wiki really isn't a sufficient installation guide. it only gets you through the bare minimum, which isn't enough for someone who wants an actual functioning computer.

so you have to go and search for infographics on the internet, which for the most part are ok, except a lot of the time they have out of date or insufficient information, which just wastes even more of your time. (and don't tell me "well you could have just found everything on the arch wiki. yeah, well if it's not linked, I'm not gonna find it. I'm not going to read an entire thousands of page wiki just to install one operating system)

even if you follow all of the guides just to get your goddamn computer up and running, you're still left with the task of making your computer usable. fixing the bugs, downloading all the little shit they don't tell you about but you still need, installing programs, customizing your desktop so that it doesn't look like complete ass. . . . (all while "muh bleeding edge" keeps changing shit and fucking it all up)

and what did you learn from all of this? next to nothing. this whole big needlessly long odyssey that took weeks out of your finite lifespan has all just been to teach you the lesson of "how do I install arch?". what the fuck does copy pasting into text files and pacman -S ing a million times teach me? alternatively, you could have installed a real distribution, and gotten down to work in, at most, a few hours. the people who defend arch have stockholm syndrome, pure and simple. arch-holm syndrome, to coin a phrase.

i could've installed another distro in 10 minutes, but i decided to take my time learn about linux as i installed arch as my first distro. it's not just about installing a distro, but reading the wiki with details about everything you need to know. when you google any problems it's like 7 out 10 times google directs you to the arch linux forum for newbies.

if you can spend more time looking for porn than trying to get your os working then you're a retard and should just stay on botnet 10

While it has unity it's a bad choice to use Lts as no other distro uses it. Better use Ubuntu MATE/gnome or xubuntu or use 17.10.

Nobody mentioned Zorin?

TempleOS .. free my nigga Terry

surprise! your not a use case for arch.

how is this thread still alive

Cute op pic

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arch because I got memed by Sup Forums
used it for 2 months, riced it and later switched to debian because arch felt too crude for me and I wanted os that just werks

somehow I managed to do it when all I knew about linux was that it has penguin in logo and its free

dunno how the wiki looks now but back then all I had to know was that I need to install gui and wifi, so i googled
"linux gui" and found out about xorg and window managers

I googled what they are and with the help of archwiki I installed them
everything took me like 5 hours because I tried to understand and remember everything I do

it was valuable experience
but yeah, you can just slap ubuntu and call it a day, never even using terminal

i am happy with manjaro

As an actual Gentoo user I recommend OP uses Ubuntu or some other easy distro as Gentoo takes some passion and Linux knowledge.

dont post my images

I started with archbang and manjaro. Would recommend archbang, though.

Curious user here.
How much of a performance advantage does Gentoo really offer over something like Debian? Is it significant and noticeable?

It depends if you actually bother optimizing your system. But yeah it can be pretty noticeable

Like said it depends on if you bother optimizing your system, I mostly use Gentoo for the customization so my cflags are just -O2 -march=native but that CloverOS thing some user made has the cflags preset to some ones that could gain performance at the cost of some applications not compiling like -Ofast.

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