How to Choose a Linux Distribution

I’ve always recommended arch. It’s just so easy once you figure out git and the basics of Pacman. I’ve had absolutely 0 issues with arch. Unlike the complete opposite experience with ubuntu, pop, and Manjaro.

Tried many but end up with Ubuntu Variant Kubuntu/Mate. Diss virus infected windows forever.

Hi Dave I started watching the videos like a couple of days ago I really like them I like this stuff on a task manager I love windows task manager as well and they tarry stuff I really just like all your stuff and I totally have some ideas for you too and thank you.

Chris, since Centos will not be supported soon, what you think is the best option for a server in a business environment, debian or ubuntu-server? Thank you

I have watched many of your videos and certainly a great source of information and knowledge. I was greatly disappointed when I was ready to install LINUX and really like LINUX Mint and did all the necessary installation, my hard drive desk top PC just crashed and died. I gave up as it left a bitter after taste. I am now with APPLE and certainly a vast improvement and even better than MICROSOFT.

Thanks for the info

My answer: That's the neat part, you don't!

Thank you so much chris for clearing the air and doubt. I am using linux for near some time, but always get confused with so many distros. so restricted myself to a few.

I honestly also recommend Zorin OS.

I have a 6/7-year-old laptop
which have core i5 5th gen with 512 GB of SSD
8 GB ram with a shared GPU of 4 GB.
Currently, running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.

Trying to switch to Linux. Which Linux distro is best for this config ?

My work on laptop is mainly torrenting, office application (Libra office) and web browsing and watching movie.
Which distro in best for my old laptop, based on my configuration and work ?
Thanks in advance

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build it yourself?

marketing concern is sell things usually you don't need to make more profits, your intro not convincing at all.

Excellent breakdown, very thoughtful and sensible.

When i learned about desktop environments, i was running ubuntu 16.10 and i installed and messed with so many of them that when i tried to uninstall the ones i didnt want, i bricked my pc lmao
After that, i realized i had no idea how to actually use apt, and i didnt understand it
Couple years later, i tried out manjaro and a few more desktops. I liked pacman a ton, and grew to like kde plasma the most.
After the manjaro drama recently, i moved to EndeavourOS, and im all settled in with the kde there.
Pick a package manager, pick a desktop, customize it to your liking. Easy peasy.
(And yes i tried fedora but it didnt like my wifi card, and i did install vanilla arch twice. Was fun, helped me learn a lot)
My oldest linux install is a chromebook from way back, running ubuntu xfce 14.04. I havent updated it mainly because i couldnt find the charger for it.
I love linux, so fun and versatile c:

I love Garuda Dragonized. Just for the design :)

Cheat sheet.

-Advanced: Anything with Arch in the name, or based on Arch, Gentoo, LFS
-Intermediate: Void, openSUSE, Slackware
-Noob: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint.

The top of the mountain is 2 parties, For Bleeding Edge and the newest & best packages, Arch Linux. If you want stability more than new stuff, Gentoo.

I't sNOT hard to explan--- LINUX is 4000 separate RECIPES everyone uses to cime up with the SAME DAMN CAKE" plain and simple.

I really love the UI of Zorin OS and the selection of programs it comes with but in my VM it was very sluggish and a bit buggy. Maybe it just needs to run directly on the hardware.

Thank you very much for this video.

I think my first Linux I tried was Ubuntu. I wasn't crazy about the UI because of the application menu. I like the KDE desktop better because it's got an application menu with categories.

I think I'm just gonna stick with what my systems came with. Windows 10 on my laptop (works great now that I modified it, ShutUp10 and ClassicShell), Android on my smartphone, FireOS on my tablet, Linux Ubuntu with XFCE on my VPS. Don't see the point in installing new OSs on my devices. I have tried out other OSs in VirtualBox as VMs. And I do really like my WindowsXP virtual machine with this old fun set of games "Windows Entertainment Pack" (I think it came out durring Windows 95 error).

I'm just starting to look into Linux and some of the terminologies you use could be broken down better if you would show pictures of what you're talking about. "Distributions" for instance should have a picture showing what this means. Your scrolling through distributions was far too fast so it really didn't tell me a whole lot about the subject. Your videos should be geared more towards the visual person, your explanations are fine but you don't have anything supporting your flood of information.

I don't write, nor do I program however I am pretty savy when it comes to loading and fixing PC and laptop issues...

I choosing Linux without systemd

I just bought a cheap HP AMD PC to practice installing Linux and using it. My main PC has an NVidia GPU and I am not willing to mess with it yet or ever. For some reason, Win 11 uninstalls every time with my main PC, but I haven't figured that out yet.

I installed Arch Linux on a Sandy bridge Lenovo PC and I have very little Linux experience. If I can do it 95% of you can do it.

That's a really easy question.
You pick Gentoo

I prefer LMDE5--- MINT-- without the UBUNTU... but works, looks, feels and operates the SAME. but faster.

I'm like a french maid-- I DON"T DO WINDOWS-- but I do have 19-20 Distros on a VENTOY usb and can switch around any time (i use SSD for operating system ONLY- and my data stays on a separate 2T hard drive..(that I do NOT auto mount)..

FEDORA is CRAP..... I installed it twice- and had issues both times-- it renumbered my drives so nothing- none of my ventoy or anything else booted until i FIXED the bootloader etc.. and I just don't LIKE it-- looks too much like windows and I just DO NOT LIKE THAT TRASH..

How do I get out of workshop mode in Fedora I am disabled I am a home user

Pop OS can't download a single game it runs out of room

Fedora was for people home users but went business

Once you use Linux, you will be tempted to distro hop. It is a natural behavior among Linux users.

In the end, you will finally choose one pragmatically: which distro is most stable, provides a lot of repository, and works best in any hardware.

Based on my experience, ubuntu and debian family are always the best option. Opensuse the 2nd. Followed by fedora family.

The Linux community for the third decade has failed to understand that the user wants to use the PC for everyday tasks, not digging through configuration files and reading giant manuals written by boneheaded geeks. For those who don't like Ubuntu, I highly recommend using Slackware for at least a week. I'll see what you all say when you have to specify all dependencies manually during package installation.

Thanks to you, I've learned a great deal from watching your videos. When I first started following you, I was solely relying on the Windows operating system and its graphical user interface to install my applications. However, your content has inspired me to switch to Ubuntu Linux. I've come to appreciate the power and efficiency of using the terminal in Linux, as well as the improved experience with PowerShell in Windows 11. Your insightful tutorials and demonstrations have been instrumental in expanding my knowledge and helping me embrace these new tools.

Im new to Linux and im going with EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma 5

I used to use Manjaro but it became very disappointing with all the issues that the dev team kept messing up with. For people curious about Manjaro, EndeavourOS is a much better Arch distro and is just as user friendly as Manjaro is.

literally the second distro i tired was arch and its really not very hard to install with a gui. i would say just do what you feel like and test stuff in a virtual machine.
also now after watching this i want to try out fedora since its so stable and im not the sharpest so i know i will break arch at one point

Use Debian or derivative. Debian is the most popular stable thing ever. It works. Arch and arch-based systems break, just by themselves, in months or in a year, they will always break.
Use KDE Plasma. It's the nicest. Has many system settings, almost like Windows. Use XFCE, LXQT, LXDE if you want something less intensive.

Switched from Ubuntu to Debian KDE. Never looked back

Debian for me