this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
237 points (80.5% liked)
linuxmemes
21281 readers
266 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
- These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudo
in Windows.
- No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't fork-bomb your computer.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Linux Mint should be the default answer for newbies. Tech savvy users can probably find "the right distro" themselves.
But not only for newbies, just to add.
Yeah, I used Linux Mint when I started using Linux in 2021, and I would definitely still use it if I didn't prefer rolling release.
What does rolling release get a user if they're not tinkering with hardware all the time?
To me? I use a laptop and don't really tinker with my hardware at all, the benefits for me is I get the latest-ish versions of software (including user applications), and there isn't this big jump between new versions