Doesn't matter which distro you'll pick. You'll always pick the wrong one when you're just starting
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All roads lead to Debian
Nah
The road continues on to Arch from there.
Debian is becoming more and more viable as a desktop OS in the era of Flatpak and Distrobox. Trixie looks like a really nice release.
arch is for edgelords -- debian sid is where it's at :P
Bookworm was, for me, the first one that installed fine for me. I love the philosophy of Debian but I might also like Arch - the bleeding edge is very attractive and I think I like AUR, however I need to understand how that works some more, before daring to do the jump.
I like Debian. There are very few distros I donβt like. But itβs not the right choice for everything.
Recommending Manjaro for stability seems backwards to me, I have never had a distro break itself with updates as much as Manjaro
@original_reader Install on USB thumb drive and give a test drive, when you like, install on main media.
I'm good. But thank you for the tip.
Just posted the video, because I like that she's quite balanced in her views. The subject matter will always trigger a level of controversy, esp. on lemmy. But the advice is pretty solid.
And if Mint isn't the answer, go with Ubuntu. Or Zorin OS. Or PopOS. All of them are "right" and provide excellent beginner experiences for many people.
@original_reader Here I've got a mix of Ubuntu, Debian, Zorin, PopOS, Fedora, Alma, Rocky8, MxLinux, Mint,and Kali, but the primary work horse is Ubuntu.
ubuntu,debian - for beginners. fedora,garuda - average. arch,blackarch,kali linux - for experienced. But do not forget that the distribution depends on your interests and actions.
Strange that kali is listed, since it is such a specialized distro.