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Favorite Distros? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@discuss.tchncs.de

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I'm thinking of switching to linux and I'm looking for a lighter weight easy starter distro. Any tips or recommendations?

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[–] teri@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not really a 'starter'. I started with Ubuntu (long time ago), then used Fedora, then Arch Linux and now I settled on Debian. You can install Debian very light for example without graphical desktop or a minimal one like i3. The installation holds for a long time. No need to be scared every 6 month that a major update will break something. It does not always ship bleeding-edge software. But often that's for good.

There's a graphical installer. Setup usually goes quite smooth.