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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 months ago (20 children)

Linux users can't even agree on what distro is actually beginner friendly, so how am I supposed to pick one with any confidence?

[–] Moreless 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Linux is a niche. Picking any distro that isn't the most popular is going one step deeper into a niche. A niche, within a niche.

Just use the most popular distro... Ubuntu

Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Ubuntu isn't the most popular and hasn't been for a while. It actually has a lot of issues new users are likely to run into, including lots of spurious error messages. Apparently the top 5 according to distro watch is: MX Linux, Mint, EndeavorOS, Debian, and Manjaro.

So essentially debian, arch and ubuntu derivatives.

[–] Moreless 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I can't believe that MX Linux and EndeavorOS are popular or recommended. I've never heard of those or seen any recommendations for that.

I've seen Mint recommended.

People pushing arch on newbies? Wtf?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you haven't heard of EndeavorOS that's because you are out of the loop. Entirely your issue. It's a much better alternative to Manjaro essentially.

Also that's general popularity according to page hits, nothing to do with newbies. Newbies aren't the majority of Linux users.

Not that there is anything wrong with recommending EndeavorOS to Newbies. The whole point of arch derivatives like that is to make installing arch simpler and easier for the user. Arch is actually a better base distro imo than say Ubuntu for this. It has packages for pretty much anything in the AUR, no digging up PPAs for everything. Likewise it's all up-to-date too.

I don't remember MX Linux ever being that popular before, but maybe I am out of the loop.

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