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JWJones 04-14-2020 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by RickDeckard (Post 6111636)
That being said, why not Ubuntu for software development?

Visual Studio Code (if you can get past the ick factor of having anything Microsoft-related on your system) is a very well-thought-out and pleasing IDE for which I do believe C# extensions are available. Jupyter Notebook is available via snap, and Anaconda is installable via pip.

Ubuntu may not be a "base" distro in the truest sense of the word - it being a fork of Debian - but it's more likely to make someone who is coming from LM feel at home.
That's a good point. Ubuntu is very popular with developers, and the tools are all readily available. Plus, the support network is top-notch.

However, if he is bored with Mint, he may very soon become bored with Ubuntu as well, haha. Gentoo is GUARANTEED to spice up your life! :D

whois1230 04-14-2020 02:19 PM
At first I wanted to switch to Ubuntu, but then I started looking online for other alternatives and there is a lot of conflicting information. Right now I have limited bandwith, but in a few days I will have DSL and will by then decide which distro to download. Thank you all for the helpful information

JWJones 04-14-2020 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by whois1230 (Post 6111652)
At first I wanted to switch to Ubuntu, but then I started looking online for other alternatives and there is a lot of conflicting information.
In my experience Ubuntu MATE is the money distro in the Ubuntu family: fast, stable, solid, great configuration options, etc. openSUSE has been my go-to lately, however, with Xfce desktop.

whois1230 04-17-2020 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JWJones (Post 6111618)
Stick with a base distro: Arch, Debian, Fedora/CentOS, Gentoo, Slackware, openSUSE. I personally prefer Slackware and openSUSE.
Are those the only base distros available, or are there more? If so, which ones are the other base distros?

JWJones 04-17-2020 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by whois1230 (Post 6112778)
Are those the only base distros available, or are there more? If so, which ones are the other base distros?
That's pretty much it. There are a few independents such as Solus, Void, and CRUX, but everything is more or less based on the ones I listed. For more info, go to Distrowatch.

whois1230 04-24-2020 07:38 AM
I tried Manjaro but didn't like it. After updating it froze after grub. I reinstalled it and it started freezing on the login screen. I chose Ubuntu 18.04 and am using it without a problem.

rabidlinux 08-07-2020 09:41 AM
EndeavourOS is a easy way to use Arch. It installs as easy as Manjaro


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