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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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Blogpost: Actually Good Distro Recomendations for Beginners (reggie.re)

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

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I grew tired of shitty "Top 10 Linux distros in ${CURRENT_YEAR}" articles so I wrote a blogpost, that I would personally consider helpful when I was starting out, so I can simply link it to people when they ask my opinion on a beginner distro.

Objective criticism is welcome and encouraged.

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

Very nice. I like how you went about telling the user how to make a decision and provided and their various options rather than just spitting out a list of distros you like without telling the user why you did so. One thing I would bring up though, depending on whether you want it to be closer to a one stop shop or a springboard to further research, would be that for a new user touching a few pros/cons of the various aspects you mentioned (e.g. stable vs rolling releases) to maybe point them towards what would be a good fit for them. But that's more so depending on what your philosophy is on the "what's good" vs "how to find what's good" slider of things.

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

Good point about the "stable vs rolling release". I will add a section about that once I have time.