Which Linux Is Right for You?
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Lots of people want to use Linux, but they get confused about where to begin in terms of distributions. This video is meant to help dispel the confusion wrought by the stir of options, and hopefully give some insight as to help you make your decision!
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If you guys have any tips for beginners in terms of distro-choosing, put them down here! A nice long list of your personal fuck ups will serve well in informing people of what not to do!
in the first part of the video UA-cam removed the bad word... "If you guys have any tips for beginners in terms of distro-choosing, put them down here! A nice long list of your personal fuck ups will serve well in informing people of what not to do! " Well really not much. (Yea i put the f-word because they putted)
I personally think that 1 should pick fedora with kde for future and second thing is instead of manjaro I suggest to use cachyos for a few reasons like manjaro community has agreed that manjaro is not arch because manjaro is unstable and instead of using pacman it uses pamac which is weird
my fuck ups, trying arch, its hell
I am recommending Fedora
@@slayparaderredhat spyware
Thanks I choose hannah montana linux
excellency.
AmogOS
still better than windows
@@icantcomeupwithnames469 of course
No redstar is better
a couple of notes:
while most distros will have a certain desktop environment preinstalled, you can install any desktop on any distro. even if you keep the same one, most desktops have insane customisabilty when compared to windows so you can change the way they look drastically just from the settings gui. don't let the way a a distro looks influence your choice
also, dont pick some super obscure distro that no one's heard about as your first daily driver. make sure to pick something well documented so you can find help if you need it. I would personally recommend something debian based for first distro. debian and all its derivatives are well documented and well talked about.
lastly, a tip I have is if you have picked something debian based (ubuntu, mint, PopOS, kali, parrot, etc) and you run into the problem, fixes for any of these other distros will likely work for you too. I daily drive debian and usually find more help from ask ubuntu threads than I do the actual docs.
oh wait one final point. you don't have to go arch based if you want a rolling release distro. debian has an unstable branch called sid. its almost impossible to find the ISO on their website though
Debian website is an example of anti-userfriendly interface and website.
I quite enjoyed OpenSUSE Tumbleweed when I used it a few years back on my desktop. It's a nice rolling release that isn't tied to Arch
@@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 exactly. it almost feels deliberately frustrating to use
@@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 they started to improve it little by little. Now the download button from the mainpage gives you the net installer with non-free-firmware. In deb 11 the download brings you to a installer page with a bunch of links with non-free-firmware hidden. If you have an issue with their website you could always contribute
@@MrGriefCreep void linux is another cool independent rolling release distro, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it to newbies. its the same difficulty as arch, except without the wiki
My journey went like
- mint - crazy stable, got bored of it because everything was too simple and windows like
- arch - tried it on my old laptop and it was way too problematic when it came to intel graphics (laptop at fault, not the os)
- endeavour os - solved all my arch issues while keeping what I liked about it, my current daily driver and true love
Holy shit I used mint and now I'm using arch, what a coincidence
I had the same journey with linux, the only difference is that instead of intel graphics screwing me over it was nvidia.
Debian to Arch here. So far the AUR has everything under the sun so I'm liking it.
However I am interested in going even more lightweight with Alpine on another machine. I'll probably still run Arch using distrobox inside it but yeah.
AmogOS - just works
@@IndigoVoltage 📕
Instructions unclear, installed Temple OS
Getting the whispers of god yet?
Thank you so much for your content! When starting in Linux there’s always a lack of content specifically aimed at new comers. I remember watching videos where they would try and help newcomers but wouldn’t go in to details about what a package manager or a desktop environment are. And honestly, when you come from win/mac, just knowing what a desktop environment is can help a lot.
thank you! more to come
should i use Redstar OS ?
not a great choice for privacy, i'd recommend you use fedora instead since redstar is influenced by it
Yep, of course!
You should already be using
Yes of course
Manjaro is not a great choice, Endeavour and Garuda are way better in every single way, and Manjaro has a ton of extra issues
I used Manjaro for over 2 years, switched kernels, used AUR packages normal ones and outdated ones, had multiple DE's and a tiling manager and it never broke on me. I haven't used the other two so i can't say anything. Now i use Arch Linux because Manjaro managed to teach me everything i wanted on my journey towards Arch. So no complaints from me.
I respect your opinion but i disagree, Manjaro is an option if you want an "easier" Arch Linux. But I'd love to recommend anything to checkout the Endeavour project and the Arco Project
My mess of a Linux journey over the course of about 2 months
1: Pop!_OS
2: Cried and crawled back to windows
3: Ubuntu for exactly 6 days
4: Windows once again
5: Aight imma give Mint a try
6: Got the random urge to learn Arch (big mistake)
7: KDE neon for 3 days until I realized I actually like Gnome better
8: Fedora bc I wanted gnome until I realized half the things I wanted for some reason only came as .deb
9: God damnit I’ll just settle on Debian (I hope)
I settled on Debian until airplane mode broke my wifi entirely
"Ubuntu for exactly six days." Hilarious.
Mint mate tho
My linux journey
1 ubuntu (2 years ago))
2 went to back windows for a long while
3 now using linux mint (kinda bored now, might try out pop or go on to fedora/nobara to really try out gnome (also impressed in general with how far linux has come in terms of ease of use and features)
Btw great channel! You are funny as hell
Nobara now uses KDE plasma
TempleOS best no question asked
that's not linux
TempleOS can be anything it wants to he
My opinion: Arch/Debian
Tbh for the end user, Debian isn't a great choice. Having good apps pre installed is what most people expect. Distros like endeavor for arch and mint for Debian are the best for less technical people imo
@@spoobspoob2270 Disagree with endeavor, I believe you shouldn't try to use arch until you actually understand your system, as it doesn't hold your hand like Debian or mint, endeavor tries to do that but, fails, since most people are going to run into an issue and break their system, if that's by installing a lot of packages from the AUR, in mint this process is a lot more unavoidable, it's better for newer users to use mint and load up a vm and use arch, and slowly learn it from there.
@@spoobspoob2270 I am a technical person so I would say it depends on what use for Debian or Arch you have in my use case it fits well and work great :)
Would you recommend ZorinOS ?
My journey was:
Ubuntu
Mint
Ubuntu
Fedora
Arch (i'm not smart enough for arch)
Fedora
Well, at least you get to say "I _used_ Arch btw".
I used endeavouros and it was pretty simple. But I moved to Fedora because I didnt really want to rely on the AUR. Cant be bothered to vet every user package I use and many things are officially checked and included in Fedora.
I am wanting on mint 22 stable to drop for my switch to linux
i borked my windows when trying to rebuild a boot drive to recover my data, but it didn't quite complete for some reason, so it fucked up my main windows aswell. I managed to fix that after hours of hair pulling, but now it won't update, and i really don't want to reinstall it all over again, so i might be switching to Linux soon... iwas eyeing Garuda for a while now, how good is it?
Also, i don't have good wifi right now, will Linux recognize the games that are installed on my harddrives? i don't wanna have to redownload everything, especially genshin...
Genshin Impact doesn't work on linux, even with Wine
I use Arch, BTW!!!
This channel is really good.
thank you, i try.
I used Arch (btw) briefly but found that the system performance drifted between reboots. Things would act differently or weird despite there having been no update, and often that would result in things like no sound, being booted back to the GRUB rescue shell, or garbled graphics. It's too unstable for me to consider wanting to use it as a primary driver, I'd have to wake up and worry if I'd have to spend half an hour fixing something on my Saturday morning. Armchair warriors will say it was a skill issue but I've managed Linux servers for multiple years now and completed Gentoo and LFS installs. I use Fedora now.
Mint and Zorin if you're a beginner.
which distro do you use
i use Gentoo
Linux mint -> lubuntu -> Arch , now Arch only just changing desktop environment/window manager 😂
Switched my family's general purpose PC to Mint yesterday, going pretty good!
Probably switching my gaming PC when Windows 10 stops getting security updates (october 2025) but maybe earlier.
Fedora stable release next to Mint? ... what?
whats wrong with that?
My journey for choosing a noob-friendly distro was in this exact order :
- Ubuntu
- Zorin
- Mint
- Nobara
- Zorin
Finally realised that Ubuntu based distro were not for me.
- Solus and never switched ever since.
Mine went like this:
Ubuntu
Mint
Manjaro
Arch (still using Arch years later btw)
My journey cuz i was introduced to linux cuz i wanted to learn cybersec
- ParrotSec
- Kali
- AthenaOS (blackarch but user friendly for pentesting)
Then after that i was like yea imma jus use vm for pentesting tools with kali and use linux as my main operating system then it goes like
- Kubuntu
- Arch with KDE (but used archinstall script so was having multiple problems)
- Fedora with KDE
- Fedora with Gnome
- Ubuntu
- Arch full hard mode install (been on it for years)
Ubuntu, silverblue, popos, Debian. I like being on Debian stable. Things don’t change so much and I can focus on work
Ubuntu, Manjaro (broke everything), Debian (couldn't get stuff working cuz Nvidia drivers), then finally arch. Arch solved every issue I had simply by being up to date. I love the customizability too.
@@spoobspoob2270 Yeah, that's also a big thing to consider. That's one of the reason why i moved to Solus instead of staying on Zorin/Mint that are often recommended to beginner (for good reason). They are really stable but not really up to date (can't have everything). Solus is semi-rolling release which mean they cherry-pick to avoid the typical "new update broke everything and you have to fix it".
I think it's a good compromise.
Maybe one day i'll move to Arch-based distro (Cachy OS seems pretty interesting) but i'm not ready and not confident enough + learning how your machine work takes time i don't currently have.
My linux journey in order(while dualbooting with windows):
-Linux Mint in a vm
-Debian on a vm
-Debian on hardware
-Break apt and go back to just windows 11
-Arch on a vm
-Arch on hardware(I use arch btw)(without archinstall)
Really hoping I don't break arch because it looks like the perfect distro for me.
I wanted to install arch ever since I got fully interested in linux
Fedora for my Laptop. Ubuntu for my desktop because I need deb compatibility. Ubuntu for my server because I'm not distro hopping my server. Bazzite for my media center.
Guys guys do not be decieved do not listen to the propaganda, Linux will waste so much of your time, if you're happy with Windows just stay with Windows, there are so many issues with everything on Linux and you will spend so much of your time troubleshooting things *door opens* WAIT NO, DON'T DO THIS TO ME NO AAAA-
🐧
I wouldn't call it propaganda - there's no agenda here except to offer an alternative to the glorified spyware that is Windows. You are right in that the most simple of things (that are done for you automatically in Windows) can be a major pia to achieve but there is always help out there. It's a learning curve that does require some commitment in exchange for a privacy centric OS. Windows is basically out of control now..
the tux got to bro.
@@BeTechAware Me when I stand up:
I spend less time messing with Arch than I did with Windows, because with Arch I don't have to fight the computer to get it to do as I say.
@@icantcomeupwithnames469 You spend less time configuring and sometimes more time troubleshooting on Arch because it's bleeding edge
Thank you. Im gonna use temple OS.
Information unclear, Installed FreeBSD on PS3
Edit: A more serious note, I tried Mint but had to reformat because technical reasons it gave me, switched to Fedora and have been happy since. I did consider hopping to Nobara but currently fine as it is with Fedora.
Yeah i would probably stick with Fedora if thats what your happy with really the only stuff that makes nobara stand out is it having more out of the box things like Nvdia drivers and third party property software like Davinci Resolve which can be a pain on other linux distros luckily it comes with all the dependencies so you can download it like normal
I chose Zorin OS because it looks good and friendly :)
too late, i already installed KDE neon
My linux journey
1. Starts with linux mint cinnamon
2. Gets random urge to try debian
3. Gets pissed off because a game doesn't run and tries pop_os
4. Dual boots windows and finds out it is a gpu problem
5. Tries to install arch and fucks up computer (rookie mistake)
6. Clears drive and dual boots windows and linux mint xfce
I feel comfortable enough with linux mint, don't rly have any problems with it so i probably wont distrohop for a while
I use mint
I'm a weird case.
Ubuntu on 2011 or 12 then back to windows.
This year back to Linux in this order.
Vanilla Arch + KDE. (Yup. I know, but I did it anyway)
Fedora + KDE.
Debian and Ubuntu on all desktop flavors. Mint, Zorin, and Pop OS included. This is where I said no to gnome and cinnamon.
Void Linux + KDE.
Tumbleweed + KDE.
Back to vanilla Arch + KDE. Haven't moved now.
Arch works incredible well for me. Kinda wanna try more, but at the same time I'm learning to settle down for now. I know how to fix things better on Arch than other distros, plus it's easier for me to know which apps and what package manager to use. I could achieve the same on Tumpleweed and Void, if I need to give em another try. Fedora is ok, but in the long run I'm not entirely sold for it. As for the Debian forks, I don't trust the snaps in the future. Don't wanna commit if things are going to be like the Ubuntu way of doing things.
Manajro with KDE is good for basically everyone. just not people who install stuff from the AUR Religiously
Garuda make my computers inusable twice (two different computers), some packages have release at git commit level so can break more easily. I recommend an arch installation with the archinstall script, less problematic for your computers.
3:36 that sentence hurt my soul
why? 🤣
@@_Learnix Probably the "most famously Linux Mint" part makes Debian uses cringe.
Even though I use arch I would like to say that for the future 1 should install fedora and for desktop environment I think kde would be pretty good considering the fact that dnf5 would be faster fedora is getting AI and kde is being the most customisable de ever
i think i'll start my linux journey with Arch linux, aight?
crystal is the best distro for literally any user
First Linux journey
Linux mint for 3days
Switch to Arch btw AUR package sold me
ngl arch linux with archinstall is easy after installing it for the 9th time
Since everyone else is posting the distros they used:
Ubuntu (random, inconsistent between 2017 and 2019, few days in 2020)
Debian (servers, from 2023)
Ubuntu Budgie (early 2024)
Fedora Linux (KDE Spin, mid 2024)
Fedora Server (servers, current)
Gentoo Linux (current)
1:03 Fedora - yum
Yeah okay grandpa
didn't see that on the image 😅
LOVE your channel, i use debian and it never breaks, desktop is kde plasma and its okaay
thank you :)
debian is completely impenetrable.
@@_Learnix yeah i just closed every port that i had and disabled some services
@@litheha_prog yeah you're completely protected LMAO
@@_Learnix love your content, i try to spread it, please make more videos about cybersecurity and vulnerabilities, i would also love more shorts(if any:))and also would enjoy more videos teaching linux commands and .bat or bash scripts
@@_Learnix sorry, i dindnt see your video about discord, its so good:D
Ngl i think i will use linux when app support becomes better
I think kali is good for me
Which linux is best for you? Common if you even ask this question than best linux for you is windows
I use arch btw
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
I was not aware! Thanks !
laughs in alpine
@@rerereuj"I use Linux as my operating system," I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. "Actually", he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!' I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "I use Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. It's Linux, but it's not GNU+Linux."
The smile quickly drops from the man's face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Coolly, I reply "If windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt his response with "-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even you were correct, you wont be for long."
With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained him to death.
In all the years I've been on UA-cam-- no, the Web-- no, the Internet itself-- I have never before come across a post that was so obviously a copy/paste job. What do you keep this in your clipboard history at the ready, or do you have something sitting in Emacs labeled "Pedantry"?
@@MSThalamus-gj9oi this itself feels like a copypasta
Oh no gentoo took 24 hours to compile kde plasma
edit make.conf:
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--getbinpkg"
FEATURES="getbinpkg binpkg-request-signature"
run getuto then emerge plasma-meta and enjoy not waiting 24 hours.
0:31 is hilarious
ios is a very good linux distribution and am really beginner friendly
The answer is Zorin OS, if you know it better, you would not ask😅
0:56 FreeBSD = GNU/Linux ?🤨
fault of the image, lol
Great video, but we all know Slackware is best distro.
arch ❤
Nobara
Btw i use arch linux
Ngl, you should've recommended CachyOS over Garuda, it's better for the purpose of gaming and up-to-date hardware.
For general usage, I recommend 3 Distros, these take care of your security, are well known and have sane defaults:
LTS:
Ubuntu / Kubuntu, or maby some of it's clones like Mint or Pop, but I don't like, that they are based on Ubuntu and Ubuntu is already based on Debian ...
Semi Rolling:
Fedora Workstation / Atomic
Rolling:
openSUSE Tumbleweed / Slowroll
Void is void! 🕳️
Freebsd is linux? Dude...
That intro lol 😆
Which ever one is the most stable. I used Mint, it broke. Used MX Linux, it broke. Used Debian, it broke too. Now I’m on Gentoo and if it breaks then I’m going 100% OpenBSD
what are you doing with your linux?
@@napuzu
Nothing complicated just everyday things! Browsing the web, watching Netflix/UA-cam, running video game emulators such as the PS2 and N64. Last time I ran Mupen64 on Debian my whole system broke because certain programs would not shut down.
With MX Linux I ran an update via the MX Linux updater and that took out my wi-fi card.
On my mini PC I was running Mint and it would crash at least once a day if I was watching UA-cam or testing out my GPU.
All these distros probably work flawlessly on your machines but not on mine.
Fedora KDE spin. Best. no more talking.
Not to flex but my mom uses Xubuntu
I use arch tho
(btw)
Bro recommended Manjaro lol
I have to stay on Windows because logitech and razet dont make software for Linux!!!
there are FOSS alternatives, i can't speak to their efficacy, however.
openrazer and gHub-GUI, I found these with 1 search on google, don't be lazy
Hi
hi!
windows isnt easy.
windows is the hardest OS i ever used in my entire life.
i cant do shit on windows
I use among os (yep im sus)
Arch Linux is the best! If you can read and understand English, you should be able to install and use it daily. Seriously, you'd have to be completely clueless not to nail it!
Nah id use femboyOS
yeah every linux is the same go choose nixos
there's a thing that everybody says about linux "its to hard" or "its to confusing" well of course linux has a little bump on the learning spectrum but the only thing hard is not the distros or linux's fault its just not for u (only the terminal and maybe the installation is a bit hard )
I would recommend Gentoo or LFS for beginners.
Dude rolling releases != Arch Linux. You cant just list all bad things of rolling releases and are actually talking about issues with Arch Linux specifically in the end.
Red Star >>>>
Linux mint on a vm
windows
Why?
Windows is the goat
LONG LIVE WIN32 😎
🤮enjoy your glorified spyware!
@@baribari1000 enjoy your unstable trash , i used linux ( mint and kubuntu ) for a year and it's a trash experience , old games compatiblity is trash and ultrakill runs like garbage , everything on linux is unfinished , why should i leave a stable good os that does what i need for a fucked up system , " spyware " you use google and facebook and these services and they take your data , it's the exact same , i use tiny 10 with telemetry off with a third party anti virus , it's perfectly good and safe , i have been using it for 2 years , FAAAAAR better then your trash linux
@@baribari1000 clown
Danm Small Linux is the one for me 🤏