what is the best linux distro

Socialix

i need to hunt for the answer

skymover1239

Well, it depends what you are looking for. Since you are a Windows user, I recommend you check out ZorinOS. I don't know to much about though. If you are looking for something stable, then try checking out Manjaro. It is a arch-based distro that is very, very stable. If you are a fan of the Apple look, I recommend you check out ElementaryOS, this is one is the one i use. If you are a programmer, then I would check out Solus. It came with a bunch of programming tools. However, it isn't very stable, two times it started glitching, so I would restart it. Then it wouldn't boot, even if you gave it hours. If you do check out Solus, after installing, try not to plug the USB that you used to install back in, it seemed to mess it up.

LegoManiac04

Depends.

If you have fair knowledge with Linux:
Manjaro is considered the best of the best.

If you have some experience with Linux:
Fedora is a good choice.
OpenSUSE is a good one as well.

If you are a beginner:
Linux Mint is probably the best place to start for beginners to Linux.
Pop!_OS is a pretty good distro to start with as well
Solus is very simple, which can be quite nice when you're new to Linux.
Zorin OS I can really only recommend if you're having a hard time transitioning from Windows.

Overall:
Manjaro is probably the best you can get, and the one I can recommend the most. While there are more “advanced” distros, I think Manjaro is, simply put, the most advanced easy to use Linux distro. It has excellent DE options, and the AUR is extremely useful.
Pop!_OS! is easily the best Debian based distro, as long as you're okay with out-of-the box GNOME only, and that you need to enable a few things for the best experience.
openSUSE has both standard and rolling-release options, both of which I recommend you try out one way or another. It's also probably the easiest way to try different DEs.

Last edited by LegoManiac04 (July 27, 2021 11:21:05)

kccuber

Since you come from windows i'd say Ubuntu MATE or Linux Mint (i'd suggest stay away from mint because they make it over complicated to use google for some reason)
But if you like Apple look try something with the Budgie DE

And Pop!_OS just looks good

Last edited by kccuber (July 27, 2021 15:50:47)

Socialix

kccuber wrote:
(i'd suggest stay away from mint because they make it over complicated to use google for some reason)

i use duckduckgo though

kccuber

Socialix wrote:
kccuber wrote:
(i'd suggest stay away from mint because they make it over complicated to use google for some reason)
i use duckduckgo though

ok you are good then just set duckduckgo as your default in mint

ScratchCatHELLO

Pop!_OS (yes, there is an exclamation point in the name of the OS) is cool, but I use it, so I'm biased. it's based off of ubuntu, so it has a lot of apps. it also looks nice out of the box. I'm not sure how easy it is to install, because I use a computer with it preinstalled.\

I've never used it (I haven't used most linux OSes), but I've heard that Manjaro is cool. from what I know, it's like arch (yes, that arch) but easier to use and install.

you could also try an ubuntu flavor (or just plain ubuntu) such as Kubuntu

you should also note that there area metric ton of linux distros (ranging from SteamOS to Kali Linux to OpenSUSE), and which one you should use depends entirely on what you want to do with it.

hello_smile

ElementaryOS.

Last edited by hello_smile (July 27, 2021 23:17:03)

Ciyob86

Linux Mint

hello_smile

Ciyob86 wrote:
Linux Mint

skymover1239 wrote:
Well, it depends what you are looking for. Since you are a Windows user, I recommend you check out ZorinOS. I don't know to much about though. If you are looking for something stable, then try checking out Manjaro. It is a arch-based distro that is very, very stable. If you are a fan of the Apple look, I recommend you check out ElementaryOS, this is one is the one i use. If you are a programmer, then I would check out Solus. It came with a bunch of programming tools. However, it isn't very stable, two times it started glitching, so I would restart it. Then it wouldn't boot, even if you gave it hours. If you do check out Solus, after installing, try not to plug the USB that you used to install back in, it seemed to mess it up.

[/qu
kccuber wrote:
Since you come from windows i'd say Ubuntu MATE or Linux Mint (i'd suggest stay away from mint because they make it over complicated to use google for some reason)
But if you like Apple look try something with the Budgie DE

And Pop!_OS just looks good
ote]
skymover1239 wrote:
Well, it depends what you are looking for. Since you are a Windows user, I recommend you check out ZorinOS. I don't know to much about though. If you are looking for something stable, then try checking out Manjaro. It is a arch-based distro that is very, very stable. If you are a fan of the Apple look, I recommend you
Socialix wrote:
i need to hunt for the answer
check out ElementaryOS, this is one is the one i use. If you are a programmer, then I would check out Solus. It came with a bunch of programming tools. However, it isn't very stable, two times it started glitching, so I would restart it. Then it wouldn't boot, even if you gave it hours. If you do check out Solus, after installing, try not to plug the USB that you used to install back in, it seemed to mess it up.

buildroot.

LegoManiac04

Just a word of advice, try a few out, really. Each distro has different things to offer, so whether it's on your device, or its through something like VirtualBox, I would recommend to just try a bunch out! :)

Have no shame in distro-hopping!

hello_smile

LegoManiac04 wrote:
Just a word of advice, try a few out, really. Each distro has different things to offer, so whether it's on your device, or its through something like VirtualBox, I would recommend to just try a bunch out! :)

Have no shame in distro-hopping!

I prefer v86 for testing.

kccuber

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
I'm not sure how easy it is to install

ltt made a pop!_os install tutorial

skymover1239

Another great one you could try is Garuda Linux. It is based on Arch Linux, so you might expect it to be hard to use, but actually it is quite user-friendly.
I would recommend using either the KDE or GNOME version.

kccuber

skymover1239 wrote:
Another great one you could try is Garuda Linux. It is based on Arch Linux, so you might expect it to be hard to use, but actually it is quite user-friendly.
I would recommend using either the KDE or GNOME version.

arch is not hard to use it's just hard to install (and i almost got to the disk formatting stuff! lol)

LegoManiac04

skymover1239 wrote:
Another great one you could try is Garuda Linux. It is based on Arch Linux, so you might expect it to be hard to use, but actually it is quite user-friendly.
I would recommend using either the KDE or GNOME version.

I've heard EndeavourOS is a pretty good Arch-based one too.

Last edited by LegoManiac04 (July 29, 2021 22:18:19)

GoboSnack

debian 1.0

GoboSnack

LegoManiac04 wrote:
Just a word of advice, try a few out, really. Each distro has different things to offer, so whether it's on your device, or its through something like VirtualBox, I would recommend to just try a bunch out! :)

Have no shame in distro-hopping!

Get VMware. 299$ ads and closed source. cool, isn't it?

dhuls

GoboSnack wrote:
debian 1.0

Yeah, right.

The best Linux distro is obviously Windows 12 Lite :)

kccuber

GoboSnack wrote:
Get VMware. 299$ ads and closed source. cool, isn't it?

no. i'm preparing to get r/wooooshed right now.

Discuss Scratch