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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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Will I survive the Linux CLI if I only switch because I'm a student and Arch distro speed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm not a computer expert or planning to be. I'm just a computer user, a coder, a gamer, and I think I will get the opportunity to afford cheaper PCs if I use the Arch distro from Linux which is very lightweight and fast. I've heard Microsoft forces you to bloat your PC with win11.

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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, Arch is a pretty nice place to start for someone who is interested in understanding how the system works and to get a glimpse of what is system administration. But if that is not the objective, and the person just wants to use the pc normally, then I guess any other distribution will be fine. At this point I feel there really is no point to all these different distributions. When Ubuntu came out it was the great new thing simple to use and friendly to new users. When Mint came out it was the brand new Ubuntu even better than before. But at this point... Pretty much any distribution is usable, do we really need so many?

There's some 5 arch based that came out past year, God knows how many Debian based and so on. I feel this has become futile. Just pick any distribution, it will be fine: arch may break a bit more often than the other ones, provided you can set it up; pick any derivative if you don't want to spend time setting it up. Debian may have packages that are a bit outdated, pick any derivative if you want a bit newer packages. Fedora will be in between. Suse will also be in between.

That's pretty much it: do you want something extremely stable? Debian. Do you want the latest update few hours after they've been pushed by dev? Arch. None of these constraints? Literally any other distribution.

[–] fozid@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That was a bit off piste wasn't it!

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago

Yes, I'm tired of all this distro thing. Let's stop giving distro advice to new users. Tell them to just pick any as it doesn't influence their experience in the slightest.