Beginner Friendly Linus Distro

Vultra · 07-28-2018, 04:20 AM

Suicide linux is super friendly @"Skullmeat" haha.
In my personal thought, Arch linux XFCE but, does need to be setup via the command line.

Ubuntu would be a personal suggestion.

LaunchedFireFly · 07-28-2018, 04:23 AM

I got Debian with XFCE a while back and whenever I used LibreOffice there were occasional issues of the file not saving properly and reverting back to a previous version. The OS is great but just have her be cautious with her work just in case.

mothered · 07-28-2018, 04:51 AM

First and foremost, Is she familiar with using an OS other than Windows? Also, what're the lappy's specs?

Windows 7 minimum requirements for the 32 bit architecture Is 1GB of Ram and given her requirements will be much the same (minimal usage), unless the laptop has 512MB of Ram (which I highly doubt) It will suffice.

zorrophreak · 07-30-2018, 03:51 AM

(07-28-2018, 12:28 AM)Ender Wrote: Ubuntu and Mint are great until it breaks and you realize it's shit. I'd honestly rather use Windows 10 than an Ubuntu distro. Also, Ubuntu has privacy issues.

I freaking hate stock Ubuntu, hence why I used Xubuntu. Although the idea of using Debian with XFCE could work. Ubuntu has never been flawless its never given me anything other than problems.

Vultra · 07-30-2018, 05:04 AM

(07-30-2018, 03:51 AM)zorrophreak Wrote:
(07-28-2018, 12:28 AM)Ender Wrote: Ubuntu and Mint are great until it breaks and you realize it's shit. I'd honestly rather use Windows 10 than an Ubuntu distro. Also, Ubuntu has privacy issues.

I freaking hate stock Ubuntu, hence why I used Xubuntu. Although the idea of using Debian with XFCE could work. Ubuntu has never been flawless its never given me anything other than problems.

Hands down, xubuntu is the top. I totally forgot about that.

Blink · 07-30-2018, 06:22 AM

(07-30-2018, 03:51 AM)zorrophreak Wrote:
(07-28-2018, 12:28 AM)Ender Wrote: Ubuntu and Mint are great until it breaks and you realize it's shit. I'd honestly rather use Windows 10 than an Ubuntu distro. Also, Ubuntu has privacy issues.

I freaking hate stock Ubuntu, hence why I used Xubuntu. Although the idea of using Debian with XFCE could work. Ubuntu has never been flawless its never given me anything other than problems.

No like...
I hate all Ubuntu-based distros. Stock or not. Ubuntu is a sad destroyed version of Debain that spies on you while you sleep

zorrophreak · 07-30-2018, 08:00 AM

(07-30-2018, 06:22 AM)Ender Wrote:
(07-30-2018, 03:51 AM)zorrophreak Wrote:
(07-28-2018, 12:28 AM)Ender Wrote: Ubuntu and Mint are great until it breaks and you realize it's shit. I'd honestly rather use Windows 10 than an Ubuntu distro. Also, Ubuntu has privacy issues.

I freaking hate stock Ubuntu, hence why I used Xubuntu. Although the idea of using Debian with XFCE could work. Ubuntu has never been flawless its never given me anything other than problems.

No like...
I hate all Ubuntu-based distros. Stock or not. Ubuntu is a sad destroyed version of Debain that spies on you while you sleep

No don't get me wrong. I do too. Although I find Xubuntu to run better than Ubuntu. They both suck ass.

chesterbeatdeath · 08-16-2018, 02:42 AM

I happen to like xububtu. It does what I ask it to. Everything works right with very few pieces of hardware needing any driver installation. I like that it is just about as easy to use as Windows but has the power of the terminal. There's nothing wrong with wanting user friendliness in your system.
I'm doing my first Arch build tonight and hope to look learn a bit more about Linux from it.

Hoss · 08-16-2018, 03:10 AM

Didn't read what anyone else said, but for someone new to Linux and might not want to worry about the internals or configuring random shit, definitely go with Linux Mint.

d4kota · 08-29-2018, 01:31 PM

Check out https://distrowatch.com/ , its got rankings, links to distros, reviews, etc.

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