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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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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Which OS am I talking about? Hell, I have no idea. Fedora? Maybe Vanilla 2 when it comes out? Certainly nothing Arch based (sorry, guys, I love arch too but it's not for beginners...).

I honestly think it's Ubuntu. If we put aside the biases many of us "experienced" users have against Ubuntu/Canonical/snaps, Ubuntu seems like the best choice. Well supported, wide community, sane defaults.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I'd agree if it weren't for the Snaps bullshit. Because of that, I don't want to recommend it to anyone because I don't want to encourage Canonical.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    If I'm looking it from a new user's perspective, snaps offer an easy way to install many apps. If people actually care about their downsides they will eventually find out and stop using them on their own.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah, I'm not talking about the technical issues. Those are just growing pains. Snap is really no better or worse than, say, Flatpak. I don't like dealing with it, but that's not why I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu.

    It's stuff like redirecting apt installs to snaps. It's Canonical I have issue with, not Ubuntu itself.

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