The best way to install Linux is to ask your buddy who knows Linux, they have been waiting for this question for years
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2024
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Just dont ask which distro your buddy thinks is the best. Thats some Matrix level red pill bullshit you are not ready for.
We all know black-pilled Linux from scratch is the best. Gentoo is just a bit too bloated.
You self host your own Lemmy instance? Pfft, I self host my own package repository.
THE TIME AS COMTH THE GREAT PROPHETCEY HAS BEEN FUFILLED
GIMME 20MINS I GOTTA GO GET MY VENTOY DRIVE WITH 200 ISO'S ON IT!!!!!
What if we kissed while Gentoo compiles? 👉👈 Haha, jk... Unless?
That's a long kiss 😳 N-not like I mind..
Absolutely.
But giving advice with Linux is hard. There are so many options.
Like
- do I recommend Linux mint, where the packages are rock solid and tested, and upgrades work pretty well, but it is also very outdated, limited and relies on XOrg?
- or Fedora Atomic Desktops, where there are some presets I would always need to change, and where I would always need to layer packages to have a base OS that I can live with? Which is rock solid and great, but the packages are still often too new, online tutorials will often be useless, and you may have some missing package support (okay Distrobox)
- or traditional Fedora, which also has often unstable packages, dnf is often unusable, but it is more versatile and supports dual-booting (with Windows)
- or Ubuntu, which is very opinionated and I would run unsnap and more, deviate from the defaults, but have more tested packages, I hope? But there will be no chance for a no-snap atomic/image-based variant?
or traditional Fedora, which also has often unstable packages, dnf is often unusable
My experience with dnf is that it's slow as molasses but your average computer user isn't gonna install 10 new CLI apps per day /j
I've used Discover (dnf or flatpack backend) and you can install just about any software with 1 click. It takes a minute to install but that's fine.
My experience with dnf is that it’s slow as molasses
Zypper: hold my beer (it will be warm and flat by the time I'm done)
Can't wait for Rypper, the drop-in Zypper replacement written in Rust
Avoid Ubuntu.
Fake.
The graph they used is actually the one for "CrowdStrike"
I just thought it was a joke. I never thought the graph was real.
sadly completely fake https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=how%20to%20install%20linux
Looks like it was originally a search for "Crowdstrike":
Have been wanting to freshen up my laptop and did it yesterday wiping W11 out and installing Kubuntu 24.
Have been using Linux for years but I know MSF will track how this mess compelled people to switch, so I did my tiny but meaningful part.