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[-] poinck@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I never used a spin-off of a unique distribution of GNU/Linux on my own computer, except the dark Ubuntu times. It seemed right at the time.

Now, I don't see why I should recommend a distro that tries to be easier on new users when the original has sane defaults and is closer to upstream regarding all the tools and software bundled with it.

Here are my recommendations for new users in that order (regardless of their computer knowledge): Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Arch, Slackware, LFS. Friends can help with the installation and should consider easy maintainability when dealing with users who just want to use it.

My personal preferences are Gentoo and Debian.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I haven't used Mint in years, but back in the day downstream distros from Debian often worked better for desktop users than Debian itself.

This is because of Debian's 'stability' philosophy. This meant that bugs could stick around for years in Debian stable after being fixed upstream.

Of course, with each new stable release, there should be fewer bugs so this problem should become less over time.

I've considered switching from Manjaro to Debian on my laptop, but then I think about how great the AUR is. That's pretty much the main appeal for Manjaro over Debian, for me.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Before switching to LMDE, I did try just using Debian with Cinnamon, thinking it would be pretty much the same experience. I did not really enjoy the experience. There were too many niceties missing that I had taken for granted with Mint. I wasn't interested in spending my time hunting down all the tweaks and packages to make those changes.

[-] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yea Gentoo is the go-to for new users. Are you from the last millenium?

[-] poinck@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed, but what has this to do with my recommendation? ^^

It clearly depends on what the new wants to get in to. Gentoo is a smart way to learn a lot while installing it. I mean it; this is no joke!

[-] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Its common sense to learn new stuff going to most complex way. But enough sarcasm for today.

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