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PSA: When people ask you "What distro should I use?", try pointing them here (distrochooser.de)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I found this site a while back - basically it will ask you a bunch of questions on your usage of your PC, and will came out with a list of recommended distros, and a list of reasons why YOU could like or not like it.

https://distrochooser.de/

There are some similar sites to this one, but since I'm not familiar with them, I won't post them. They are simply DuckDuckGo-able though.

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[–] 115 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I appreciate distro chooser but I'd never recommend a newbie to use it. This just increases their choice paralysis, I chose beginner options and got recommended: Linux Mint, ZorinOS, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, elementary OS, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Pop!_OS...

And all of them had pretty much the same check marks. They're good recommendations but this doesn't answer the question, people will just look at the list and say "Okay... Which distro do I choose?"

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Yep, this was me when I first started out. The chooser was cool but didn't really answer the question of which one I should use first.

    I eventually settled on Mint. Cinnamon left a lot to be desired imo, but otherwise it worked quite well and I'd recommend it as a first distro.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Showing all results it's fine IMO, they just need to make obvious the results are ranked with the "best match" at the top, so if the user doesn't know better or doesn't have any objections, they'll pick the top one.

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