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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I had a dream about windows and have decided to setup Linux on my laptop. What distro should I use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I used Ubuntu once a few years ago but had compatability issues so I went back to windows. Not a great programmer but I'd like to learn. I'm not looking to do much gaming beyond DOOM2 and factorio. Mostly looking for privacy and a way to get back into programming (I have this pipe dream of learning Assembly). I'm not to particular on UI, I can use whatever.

Edit: https://distrochooser.de for anyone who stumbles upon this post with the same question

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

https://distrochooser.de

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome! I hope it was useful.

[–] Grass 1 points 1 year ago

I tried this for the hell of it and it suggested almost every distro I have ever tried, close enough to the order of how long I have used each. Didn't suggest kinoite and similar which I have some variant of on all my old people's computers and several of my own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird, it's telling me to get OpenSuse and in never heard of it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's also a way to discover distros :) Depends on what you entered, but OpenSuse isn't a bad distro, that's for sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dog I just told it I wanna game and have game Dev supported distro. Guess what? OpenSUSE, Zorin, and every flavor of Ubuntu. I was assuming it would tell me Fedora/Nobara, Ubuntu, and Debian Stable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can game on OpenSuse... never tried Zorin, and every flavor of Ubuntu is good for gaming (or has been in my experience 🤷 ).