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I just enjoyed the presentation and the amount of work that went into it. πŸ™‚

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[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter which distro you'll pick. You'll always pick the wrong one when you're just starting

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] spv@lemmy.spv.sh 2 points 2 weeks ago

arch is for edgelords -- debian sid is where it's at :P

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I like Debian. There are very few distros I don’t like. But it’s not the right choice for everything.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

Recommending Manjaro for stability seems backwards to me, I have never had a distro break itself with updates as much as Manjaro

[–] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

@original_reader Install on USB thumb drive and give a test drive, when you like, install on main media.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

@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.

[–] Mirokhodets@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Archr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Strange that kali is listed, since it is such a specialized distro.