Which Distro is the one to go with If one has never dabbled in Linux. Keeping in mind that once I do get the hang of it I can always upgrade to something more advanced. but for now I want to learn which would mean something that is more straight forward and easy to grasp.
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spikeb
5 years 34 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago
I'd have to go with fedora or ubuntu.
spikeb
5 years 34 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago
the only real gripe I have with
the only real gripe I have with recommending fedora to newbies or the like is that it is a pain in the butt to upgrade
dehumanizer
5 years 34 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware! Did
Slackware, Slackware, Slackware!
Did I mention Slackware? :-)
saftaplan
5 years 34 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago
You can get more advanced with
You can get more advanced with pretty much any distro. I would advise Ubuntu, and if you think you're confident enough with it, try installing Debian, or maybe Gentoo (it's really not that hard if you don't mind reading much).
spikeb
5 years 34 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago
you have an excellent point. gentoo
you have an excellent point. gentoo is not hard at all if you don't mind reading the documentation - it's very very well documented.