I've decided to finally learn Linux and give it a shot. I plan on duel booting it on my spare HDD. I'm starting to use cryptocurrency again and prefer something more secure than windows. As new user, where would be a good OS to start?
>>54581939
Fedora or ubuntu because justwerks
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>>54582068
This, but get the XFCE spin of Fedora.
Depends on what your intentions are. If you want to learn you want a distro that is not based on anything (debian, gentoo/funtoo, slackware, arch, fedora,...) because the documentation is usually better. If you want it to just werk and be secure ootb I think fedora is the one for you but it doesn't have the amount of packages debian for example offers.
>>54581939
Xubuntu is what I use and I can definitely recommend it, but I guess Ubuntu proper would be the best choice for an absolute beginner (haven't used any of the Unity versions myself though) just because it's supposed to be the most noob-friendly. If you don't like the interface - I encourage you to change shit around, and possibly delve into terminal along the way. Good luck, man
Which is the most """user friendly""". I don't mind and will learn it, I just don't want to be lost in an abyss from the start.
>>54582586
Well yeah, trying any distro for the first time people eventually tend to go through a phase of installing the many desktops/WMs
>>54582681
Ubuntu and Fedora hold your hand pretty tight. They're designed to work as desktop operating systems that can work completely straight after the installation.
Sometimes they can require a little configuration or have annoyances (the latest ubuntu with AMD GPUs for example) but they generally tend to be pretty easy to set up.
Also if you're new: don't get hung up on what desktop is installed by default. You can install, remove and reinstall desktops as needed. People love their flamewars about the flaws in gnome/KDE/xfce/unity/lxde/i3/whatever, but they are all functional and usable. In the end it's just a matter of opinion and personal preference.
>>54582972
Thanks, you've all been a ton of help. Will 10gb be enough to play around dual booting?
>>54582992
>>54582992
you need 6.1 gb to install ubuntu 15.xx
so i think you should be fine
>>54582992
It will be enough if you don't install all desktop environments at once but for really testing I think 20gb would be better.
>>54581939
Most people will say fedora and Ubuntu, those are good. But if you want something a little more fully featured and similar to Windows, give openSUSE a try
>>54583292
can you explain what you mean by "fully featured"?
>>54583348
When you go to upload an image in 4chan do you want to thumbnails of your images so that you can see what you're doing? That's a feature. OpenSUSE uses KDE Plasma 5, which has more features
>>54583393
>>54583393
I suppose I do but I'd be using windows for daily stuff. I don't see why I'd use linux for casual 4chan browsing. It would be nice to have but I don't know if that makes it preferable to the others.
Do yo have another example?
>>54583393
Not him but I was gonna agree until you posted this bullshit. The reason why you could call opensuse full featured is YAST.
>>54583467
GNU/Linux is far superior for 4chan browsing because open with mpv+always on top and bash aliasrs for wget scripts to download threads and stuff.
Can someone give me a rundown between Fedora and ubuntu?
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