I grew tired of shitty “Top 10 Linux distros in ${CURRENT_YEAR}” articles so I wrote a blogpost, that I would personally consider helpful when I was starting out, so I can simply link it to people when they ask my opinion on a beginner distro.

Objective criticism is welcome and encouraged.

  • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Which distro wont send me into the terminal every time I need something?

    • flashgnash@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Probably Mint or ElementaryOS are your safest bets. Personally I think being able to use the Linux terminal is an advantage though, way more reliable and consistent than windows’ settings/control panel/powershell fiasco

      • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        I didn’t ask for a distro that didn’t have the terminal available.

    • Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.social
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      1 year ago

      I’m using Pop! OS and basically I only need to use the terminal when tinkering with Wine (because I’m stubborn and don’t use Lutris), launching StableDiffusion or doing some wacky shit like trying to install a compatibility layer for android apps.