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Old 01-28-2016, 09:58 AM   #1
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What is the best Linux OS for newbies

Hello,

I want to know the best Linux OS for new desktop user.
 
Old 01-28-2016, 10:03 AM   #2
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Why do soooo many people ask this same question on a forum? You can just do a Google search and you'll find hundreds of threads that ask the same exact question and they all get pretty much the same kind of answers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Old 01-28-2016, 10:33 AM   #3
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I see your last post was about Chromoum crashing on Ubuntu. Did you ever get that solved? Have you just decided that you'll give up, or is it just that you don't like Ubuntu?

I've reviewed over 100 distros across the years, and I'd say the best for the ordinary home user are Mint, PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE, Salix, and Manjaro. All are easy to use, reliable, and (vital for the beginner!) they have documentation understandable by ordinary humans.
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Old 01-28-2016, 10:40 AM   #4
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MINT...
 
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Old 01-28-2016, 11:06 AM   #5
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Hi.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4/#post5049376

http://distrowatch.com/search.php?os...&status=Active

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Why do soooo many people ask this same question on a forum? ...
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47077

Best wishes and have fun!
 
Old 01-28-2016, 11:22 AM   #6
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Hello,

I want to know the best Linux OS for new desktop user.
Windows.
 
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Old 01-28-2016, 11:27 AM   #7
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Booooo!
 
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Old 01-28-2016, 11:52 AM   #8
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Windows.
haha that was my first thought ... LoL
 
Old 01-28-2016, 12:01 PM   #9
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Rough crowd
Fools go bravely where angels fear to tread.
 
Old 01-28-2016, 12:10 PM   #10
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post5488722
 
Old 01-28-2016, 12:44 PM   #11
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Ubuntu.
 
Old 01-28-2016, 12:48 PM   #12
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Ubuntu.
Noooo!!!!!! ..... well maybe... I started with that then quickly left it... I wanted to learn linux and not how to make Ubunttututut work
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Old 01-28-2016, 12:56 PM   #13
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I used Ubuntu for a while (way better than microcoughed) solid distro with a good name, tho I prefer to cut out any middle persons and just make it the way I want it with a netinst.
 
Old 01-28-2016, 01:29 PM   #14
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Windows.
And yet you post on a Linux newsgroup and use Linux. :-)

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Linux Puppy and their variants are much better than Mint.
 
Old 01-28-2016, 01:33 PM   #15
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