Should all new Linux users get through 10 distros and years of trial and error, before settling for one they like the most?
Imagine you want to leave MS and windows behind and are greeted by comments of your caliber. Then please provide an alternative starting point, elaborate, be helpful.
I find that’s very unhelpful to potential Linux converts. They will quickly find out that there are infinite flavors of Linux, become overwhelmed, and give up.
When you are introducing newcomers to Linux, it’s best to make specific suggestions.
Try just telling someone that they need to switch to Linux with no other details. They’ll either get confused/overwhelmed by choice, or possibly choose one that isn’t user friendly and hate it.
People have to start somewhere, and I see no issue with recommending user friendly distros to get them going.
You could just say Linux, lol.
We gotta stop upvoting distro-shilling.
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I feel bad for the people that get herded by shills.
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Because you people don’t actually care about helping others, just shilling what you personally like.
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Are you ok?
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Do you really think a good idea is letting a newcomer try Gentoo?
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Should all new Linux users get through 10 distros and years of trial and error, before settling for one they like the most?
Imagine you want to leave MS and windows behind and are greeted by comments of your caliber. Then please provide an alternative starting point, elaborate, be helpful.
This is just passive aggressive my dude.
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Maybe when you’re older you’ll understand.
If you go through your entire life without getting it, then that’s sad.
At this point I expect the latter to occur.
Keep your secrets sensei. You get no more attention from me. Happy gatekeeping, or trolling or whatever this supposed to be.
Thank god.
They are probably the best distros for newcomers. I think its an absolutely valid comment.
Yeah, but which one? There are hundreds of distros. There’s nothing wrong giving some pointers to begginers out there.
GNU / Linux :)
Or GNU plus Linux, as I’ve recently taken to calling it
I find that’s very unhelpful to potential Linux converts. They will quickly find out that there are infinite flavors of Linux, become overwhelmed, and give up.
When you are introducing newcomers to Linux, it’s best to make specific suggestions.
Try just telling someone that they need to switch to Linux with no other details. They’ll either get confused/overwhelmed by choice, or possibly choose one that isn’t user friendly and hate it.
People have to start somewhere, and I see no issue with recommending user friendly distros to get them going.