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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Could we add "Distrochooser" to the sidebar? (distrochooser.de)

submitted 10 months ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Quite a few posts about selecting a distro to use. Maybe it's time to make that link a little more prominent?

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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of us could probably put that together pretty quickly lol

But if we did want to build a new distro recommender... Maybe there are like 5 or so questions that would be relevant.

Just off the top of my head some possibilities:

If you're a beginner, Mint is a good choice. One could argue Ubuntu (noobs don't gaf about snap if they even know what it is). I think noobs would want good GUI tools and a very popular, very polished distro. So issues are infrequent but finding answers is easy.

Into gaming? There's a few distros that come up like Nobara. (I've seen Manjaro mentioned but idk).

If you want something that looks kinda like macos there's Endeavor. Does anyone recommend that one these days? I don't usually see it mentioned.

Idk.

You're probably right, an rng that chooses between a few distros might be better lol

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You mixed up Endeavor with Elementary OS, Endeavpr is an arch based distro that you can choose several DE's or WM's witj

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah right. I'm an idiot.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

mistakes happen :)