I want to dual boot my laptop with two different Linux distros that are good for a Linux Beginner.
In one partition I have LM Virginia installed.
What are your suggestions for distros for a Linux beginner?
Beginner Distros
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Beginner Distros
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Reason: Changed Disros to Distros in the title.
Reason: Changed Disros to Distros in the title.
Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon Virginia. Lenovo Thinkpad Dual Core Processor. 256 GiB SSD. 8 GiB RAM. Legacy BIOS.
Re: Beginner Disros
trisquel linux, but only if you are happy without having wi-fi internet.
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There are only two Linux distros I recommend to beginners. You're using one of them. The other is Mint's code base, Ubuntu. It's all about the support forums. No need to switch .
And you don't need to install 2 distros. Myself, I think that's a waste of drive space. They're all very similar under the hood, and you're already using the distro with the best forum for newbies to get their questions answered on. That's everything for beginners.
And you don't need to install 2 distros. Myself, I think that's a waste of drive space. They're all very similar under the hood, and you're already using the distro with the best forum for newbies to get their questions answered on. That's everything for beginners.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
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That's a joke right? Because I can think of few things more ridiculous than recommending a Linux distro that doesn't come with any nonfree firmware to a total newbie. Which is why you'd have no wifi OOTB I figure. Even Debian ships live boot isos with nonfree firmware now.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
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I was already feeling this. so it's good to hear it. I will probably follow your advice exactly. thanks
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Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon Virginia. Lenovo Thinkpad Dual Core Processor. 256 GiB SSD. 8 GiB RAM. Legacy BIOS.
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if i was joking, i would recommend gentoo or arch.Hoser Rob wrote: ⤴Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:34 pmThat's a joke right? Because I can think of few things more ridiculous than recommending a Linux distro that doesn't come with any nonfree firmware to a total newbie. Which is why you'd have no wifi OOTB I figure. Even Debian ships live boot isos with nonfree firmware now.
https://youtu.be/S8s9uzPIqQ4
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I think that there is no "beginner distro" but there are "good distros" (I think Mint is one of them) and... well, other distros.
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Ever looked at the Distrowatch list of distros? It's HUGE, over 200 of them (and that's not even all of the existing distros). At least 190 of the ones on that list will never grace my hard drive.
Actually I think Gentoo is probably a good distro. I'll never install it but it's very popular with engineers and that's good enough for me. But for beginners? I don't think it even has a GUI for updating your software.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
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Yeah I have. Some of the top entries are not "good" distros in my opinion.
Good point! I didn't think broadly enough about "all the distros out there"Actually I think Gentoo is probably a good distro. I'll never install it but it's very popular with engineers and that's good enough for me. But for beginners? I don't think it even has a GUI for updating your software.
What I meant to say was, there are some distros that are known (for whatever reason) as "beginner" distros, but they are not "good" (in my opinion), so beginners should be cautious.
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Oh yeah, they exist. I always figure when in doubt look at the support forum. Which is why I always suggest Mint or Ubuntu to beginners.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken