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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).

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thinking of trying linux, (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My current issue is i see you guys constantly having issues, editing files etc.

Is it not stable?

Can you not set it up and then not have ongoing issues?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Linux Mint (I'd recomment Debian edition, LMDE) is basically what you want to try out. I've set up a PC with it for my stepfather that hasn't used Linux at all and he's happy with it. It's designed to be as newbie-friendly as possible. You won't have more issues with it than you'll already have using Windows.

Then if you feel unsatisfied with anything about it, you can go looking for other linux distributions (distros) because you have a general idea what's happening.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You won't have more issues with it than you'll already have using Windows.

You absolutely will, and the ones you get will be harder to solve. It's far more useable than it used to be, but the overall experience with Windows is still easier.

BUT it probably is quite usable for you overall. Just don't go into it expecting nothing but smooth sailing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

IMO and maybe a wrong one, issues tend to happen for four reasons:

incompatible hardware
hardware failure
update breaks everything
I wanna do a cool thing from the internet

I'll say that the third one is very rarely occurring in Mint, and I wouldn't say it's not happening in Windows.

The first one is in my experience the most common, though less frequent than it was some time ago.

The last one is the reason you see many posts around here :)