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?

Magnolia_@lemmy.ca · edit-2 4 months ago

Default_Defect@midwest.social · 4 months ago

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

ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 months ago

Find a distro, run into problems
Ask for help
Get asked why the fuck you chose that distro when it’s obviously for super brains
Repeat

Lars :tux: :AFD:@social.tchncs.de · 4 months ago

@Default_Defect @Magnolia_ The best Distro for beginners is the one, a friend or family member can give support.

Default_Defect@midwest.social · 4 months ago

I’m pretty sure I’m the only person in my circle who even knows what Linux is.

noisypine@infosec.pub · 4 months ago

You are on the path to be that family member or friend for someone else. Welcome.

Moreless@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

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.