First time Linux noob, which distro?

Phate · 8 Nov 2016 at 09:00

Hi all,

Have never really had much more experience than booting Linux off a USB stick to recover data. It's something I have always been curious about.

So, I've got the spare resources. I want to run a virtual machine with Linux of some description and begin using it daily. Experimenting with software installs. General daily use etc. With the hopes of becoming much more familiar with it and eventually being able to administer and troubleshoot it.

Any recommendations with a distro to try? On USB I've been using Ubuntu. Any others worth a look?

TIA

Jake

Phate · 8 Nov 2016 at 10:26

Beerbaron said:
Gentoo, jump in the deep end

Why do I have a feeling that I would regret listening to you?

Phate · 8 Nov 2016 at 13:05

Solus looks quite nice.

Question and apologies in advance for the ignorance. Are they all fundamentally the same but have different looks and behaviours?

Phate · 9 Nov 2016 at 15:18

Thanks all for the helpful info. I am sure there will be more questions soon!

stopper said:
The only real difference between all distro's is the package managers. But they are all the very same system.
Package managers will soon be a thing of the past though, developers will eventually start building for the new universal package manager.

Can someone tell me the definition of the package manager? What does this mean? Thank you

Phate · 9 Nov 2016 at 16:25

Thanks, that makes sense

Got my laptop back now (gf was using it for work) so should be able to give this a go, hopefully over the weekend!