Linux

49865 readers

1053 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Upgrade to Linux (www.upgradetolinux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

28 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Resources to test, install, and run your first instances of Linux and open source software.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

I highly discourage dual booting as a novice.

Back when I dual booted I had so many issues and things to look out for not to break the system, and distro hopping is difficult etc.. just get rid of windows

try Ubuntu, Mint, or Pop!_OS.

Mint and pop are basically ubuntu. For the end user, especially a beginner, there's 0 difference between them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Mint and pop are basically ubuntu.

Big difference: Pop, at least, does not push Canonical's proprietary "Snap" nonsense. You can use it if you really want, but it's not installed by default. No snapd on my system, thanks.

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

Fair point, but that probably wouldn't be a "big difference" for a first time user.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, but if I were recommending a Linux OS to a first-time user, I wouldn't recommend today's Ubuntu as it is likely to lock them into a proprietary single-vendor system, which is contrary to one of the main points of promoting free software.

The first-time user might not immediately notice the difference, but it's (unfortunately) bad for free software to have more new users starting on today's Ubuntu.

This is pretty sad because Ubuntu used to be the obvious choice to recommend to new users.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (11 replies)