Ubuntu’s popularity often makes it the default choice for new Linux users. But there are tons of other Linux operating systems that deserve your attention. As such, I’ve highlighted some Ubuntu alternatives so you can choose based on your needs and requirements—because conformity is boring.

  • @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
    10•1 year ago

    Debian is in many ways the “deep end”. A big part of its development philosophy is prioritizing their weirdly rigid definition of Free Software and making it hard to install anything that doesn’t fit that. I’m not saying it’s not a good distro, but IDK if it’s beginner friendly.

    • @ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
      -4•1 year ago

      Debian is in many ways the “deep end”.

      The first time I tried Debian was when I was new to Linux, on a laptop with both the Ethernet and Wi-Fi unsupported. On top of which, it had an nVidia GPU. It was hard.

      Now I know much more about Linux and checked the Motherboard for Linux support before buying it. Debian works pretty well.

      So, it’s beginner friendly as long as someone helps you out with the installation after checking up on all the stuff you will need to run.

      • @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
        10•1 year ago

        So, it’s beginner friendly as long as someone helps you out with the installation after checking up on all the stuff you will need to run.

        In other words, it’s not beginner-friendly

        • @laverabe@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I’ve only recently switched to Debian after a couple decades with Ubuntu (because snaps) and I had a few issues during installation.

          The net install failed to configure my wifi so I had to download the DVD/CD install. That worked but then I had to manually nano several config files to fix about 5 broken things for some reason.

          I installed it recently on a different system, and went with the Live option (gnome) and it installed 10x easier and smoother than Ubuntu. It installed in about 4 minutes (on a new/fast computer).

          So I would say Debian Live is VERY beginner friendly, but the other install methods are all messed up for some reason. Ubuntu’s default option is the Live option so I think that if Debian just kinda hid the other options on their website it would be 100% beginner friendly…