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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.

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

I recognize that, having used Linux almost exclusively for 20 years, my perspective on these things is not objective. EndeavourOS seems pretty new-user-friendly, though, doesn't it?

[-] Chobbes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Could be, but I don’t know anything about it! Of course there are distributions based on Arch (like SteamOS) and Gentoo (like ChromeOS) that can be perfectly usable for beginners to the Linux world. In general, though, I’d probably recommend using something common, and not using a rolling release distro as a beginner.

Realistically, though, the distro probably doesn’t matter too much for a first install, as long as you pick one where you get a reasonably well featured desktop environment out of the box. Beyond that the biggest difference between most distros is the package repository and package manager… You’ll probably pick up pretty quickly that you need to use dnf or yum or whatever on something like Fedora vs the apt suite on something like mint. It’s also kind of a time honoured tradition to do some distro hopping when dipping your toes in Linux, which I think is a good idea because you’ll learn about some of the different things that are available :). It’s not even too big of a deal if you preserve your home partition between installs (have a backup if you mess this up, though).

I’ve been in Unix land pretty much my whole life and I’ve been on Gentoo and NixOS for a long time so I’m not totally up to date on the beginner friendly distros either haha. Frankly, as long as you pick something with a short and simple install process (which most distros have) you’ll be fine in my opinion.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm running Endeavour right now o a desktop, bit mostly for the simplified install. After trying one of the GTK desktops for a few minutes, I realized I hate anything that isn't a tiling WM. I was pretty sure, though, that I saw a GUI tool for updating and installing software, but I've gotten a lot of replies saying EndeavourOS is still heavily terminal dependent. So, there that is.

I think you were mainly addressing OP and not me, though.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. Assuming they aren't terrified of the command line. It's actually quite easy. Updating everything on the system just requires you to open a terminal and type in "yay". As far as Arch goes it is one of the simpler ones.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I thought Endeavour had a GUI system update tool. Is there no GUI software catalog?

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think you can install the arch gui. I've never done it myself. By default Endeavor OS is designed to be easily administered from a simple command line.

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Endeavour is very terminal centric. I’d recommend first something with an app gui

[-] NathanUp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say so - it requires terminal use.

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