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PSA: When people ask you "What distro should I use?", try pointing them here (distrochooser.de)
submitted 1 year ago by JokaJukka@lemmy.world 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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[–] flit@guild.pmdcollab.org 12 points 1 year ago

Yep, this was me when I first started out. The chooser was cool but didn't really answer the question of which one I should use first.

I eventually settled on Mint. Cinnamon left a lot to be desired imo, but otherwise it worked quite well and I'd recommend it as a first distro.