5 Linux Distros For Beginners

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► Chapters:
00:00 - Switching to Linux
00:30 - Pop!_OS, different, but familiar
02:27 - Linux Mint, the home for Windows users?
03:33 - Zorin OS, a sleek clean UI
04:32 - Ubuntu, the classic
05:43 - Fedora, a surprising experience
06:28 - Your choice, testing and installation tips
08:00 - Conclusion
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[@SeanKent69]

I just moved over to Linux myself and am very happy with pretty much everything. Nvidia drivers are a nightmare for most distros unless it comes with easy install methods (Ubuntu, mint, etc). I want to run Fedora but despite all the tutorials, I just could not get it to be stable. How about a video on getting this running for all the newbies out there like me 😉

[@hiru92]

because most of windows user dont know the concept of compile and install, that is why they cannot install nvdia drivers properly

[@henriquepicanco97]

Fedora can handle graphically now days (if you not have secure boot enable). In the GNOME Software, at the three dots, have an option for repositories. There the repository for NVIDIA is already set (but no enabled). Just enable it, reload the store and, in store, search for the driver. I think this is the most Fedora will go to provide NVIDIA drivers with ease without legal problems.

[@YavuzSelimErdem-gv4jy]

try nobara. Its fedora but makes easy to install drivers for nvidia.

[@m3kbeatz]

Have u tried Nobara?

[@Vinnie_PT]

I'm pretty sure if you enable 3rd party repos during the 1st launch (it asks you if you want to do this) you get access to the nvidia drivers. Fedora has the advantage of always having an up to date kernel (required for new hardware) and the 3D bits (required for games), unlike Ubuntu and it's derivatives. Stick to Flatpak applications as much as possible to avoid library conflicts and it's the most rock solid distro you'll ever use.

[@pascal831]

Thanks Michael! I downloaded KUBUNTU after having watched your video on how to install it! Thanks pal!

[@RajarshiKhatua100]

i am a beginner and i use arco linux. i started with fedora's plasma edition then switched to arco. and i started this month.

[@CommodoreFan64]

A distro is feel is very underrated for beginners, & those with older/weaker hardware is Solus w/Budgie DE, it has plenty of software in their repos, it's easy to use, it's rolling release ,so it's updated fairly regularly, but way less chance of something breaking like on vanilla Arch, it's not based on Ubuntu, it has a familiar layout for those coming from Windows, most hardware just works, & there's a solid team behind the dirsto, so you know it's got a good future ahead of it.

[@TommyViper]

I'm working on week 3 of daily driving Fedora 40 with KDE Plasma, I absolutely love it! It actually feels a lot better than being on Windows, surprisingly. I'm still getting used to Dolphin and how it works as I'm used to a My Computer and navigating around that way, rather than starting in the Home folder. But I'll get the hang of it!

[@YouTubdotCub]

It's worth noting that Linus Torvalds himself uses Fedora! It's beginner friendly, and Mr. Linux himself uses it! I've never distrohopped to it, but when I finally turn my windows 10 gaming partition into a Pop!_OS gaming partition, I might distrohop on my main partition to Nobara just to do side by side benchmark comparisons of games I like to play. If Nobara outperforms Pop!_OS, might have THAT be my gaming partition instead!

[@Novskyy621]

There shouldn't be any meaningful differences in performance between distros. People are so obsessed with it

[@YouTubdotCub]

@@Novskyy621 what is meaningful varies between people investing benchmarks with meaning, and it depends on their hardware, their use-cases, etc, so what isn't meaningful for you and your setup might be really meaningful for someone else with different hardware! upvoted you since I think you're making a fair point for you and many folks like you, but I also think it's not worthwhile to universalize your set of criteria for evaluating what is or isn't meaningful in benchmark differences onto people with different use-cases and hardware than you!

[@chickenbobbobba]

nobara is a seriously underrated distro, its not just for gaming. it comes with a faster kernel, more kernel patches (specifically for surface devices and asus laptops), and overall is super simple to use. also it comes with a custom version of kde, gnome, and stock kde. I very much reccommend it to beginners

[@davguev]

I've been using Nobara for almost two years and I love it. Never had problems with it. However, I'm not sure if I'd recommend it to a beginner. At least when it comes to upgrading versions because you have to run multiple commands and some beginners really don't like to do that. Also, when updating, I can see some beginners doing it from Discover instead of the Nobara updater, which is a baaad idea.

[@alicethegrinsecatz6011]

Unfortunately, it doesn't support Secure Boot or at least didn't when I used it. Also, an update fck with my Nvidia driver that much that I was forced to use the integrated Intel GPU A. :( Switched back to Fedora but I understand why people wanna use nobara. Another downside is that nobara doesn't support older GPUs.

[@mariniack]

Bro you can sign your kernel by yourself and turn on secureboot ​@@alicethegrinsecatz6011

[@adispenser]

@@alicethegrinsecatz6011 you can just disable secure boot

[@reksaiismaiwaifu578]

my new computer is coming with Nobara installed

[@NotLiamH]

I switched to kde fedora two weeks ago. So far I like it, there are some configuration and things I had to do but overall I like it. Installing things can either be very simple or very complicated.

[@lukas_ls]

I would always argue against using Fedora as a beginners Distro. In the long term it’s on of the most difficult to use/maintain for beginners.

[@Automata_Omega]

I think openSUSE is by far superior than Fedora, and its very underrated for whatever reason

[@xperience-evolution]

Agreed. It is way more stable and still way more recent and YAST is a GUI Powerhouse no other Distro provides.

[@Automata_Omega]

Exactly, yast is one of my favorite admin tool, its like a swiss army knife. And the other thing is the openQA automated testing so the snapshots will be stable. And oh btrfs snapper out of the box is just cherry on the cake :) Debian on the other hand, or mint, mx, are super bad

[@xperience-evolution]

@@Automata_Omega Yeah, snapper is awesome. And all out of the box. No need to set things up. It just works. The only thing is printer management (my printer does not work while it does on Ubuntu based distros). And I would love to see a minimal install. It is a pain in the ass to set up everything minimal, still get new packages that you benefit from but no programs that are not needed and you don't want. Debian is hell. Tried it many times. Mint though works perfect for my mother on a 12 year old Vaio Laptop. 2 Years ago I installed it and she never had any problems.

[@minecraftsteve2711]

One little note about 4:21, the template folder is indeed used for right click custom template files, so its not only on zorin os, but on any distros with any file manager that supports it (most of them)

[@boltez6507]

Ubuntu(MATE) is hella underrated, it's the only distro i stuck too,The mate DE uses almost the same amount of resources as xfce while appear quite better out of the box. It runs just fine (with zram enabled)on my old 2GB ram celeron 2955u dell inspiron 3537(yeah that purchase was downright bad,but i was an 8 year old back then).

[@bvd_vlvd]

Zorin gang, coolest first distro by far ⬇

[@SirCaco]

People talk about Mint a lot, and I did install that on an old laptop. Well, LMDE specifically. It really did a good job of reviving that old dinosaur. I've also been looking at Linux Lite. They just released Linux Lite 7.0 this month, got any thoughts on that?

[@MichaelNROH]

I need to take a look at it. I think I have heard of it before somewhere

[@SirCaco]

@@MichaelNROH Alright, thanks for replying.

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

One of the best lightweight distros in my opinion is Lubuntu, which is ubuntu with the very lightweight LxQt desktop environment. There is also Linux mint XFCE edition and Zorin OS lite.

[@vanthuanluong9398]

I like Ubuntu but it messes up my wifi adapter driver. What should I do

[@sky333suraj]

System update or search for Additional Softwares or Drivers in Softwares and Updates.

[@JohnFernau]

I still need Windows for a couple of things, so I am looking to leverage VMware Workstation, running a Nobara VM on top of Windows on my laptop, and a Win 11 VM on top of Nobara on my desktop. Only problem is Nobara/Fedora 40 currently has issues in Workstation. Once that works, I should be good to go. The main reason for Nobara on my desktop is for gaming. On the laptop, it’s just to be consistent with my desktop. I can back up and take snapshots of the VM and roll back or restore any time I want or need to.

[@user-ic6xf]

Zorin OS is amazing and way underrated. I just wish they did more frequent updates. I think then it would be close to perfect for most.

[@adispenser]

because it's just outdated ubuntu with a theme. you can make ubuntu look exactly like zorin os in about 5 minutes

[@50-50_Grind]

@@adispenser Not if you're a beginner that has no idea what the terminal is for. Then there's the support of multiple package formats out of the box and it runs windows executables by double clicking them (very familiar to Windows users).

[@Icemine]

@@adispenser how?

[@adispenser]

@@Icemine it depends on what layout you want as zorin has multiple, but for the default layout, install extension manager, disable the default extensions, then install the extensions arcmenu and dash to panel. You can even make zorin connect work by installing the gsconnect extension.

[@catto-from-heaven]

@@50-50_Grind If you don't know how to theme your desktop, just don't do it. Gnome is not supposed to be themed anyway

[@stufflike5844]

Any chance you could make a video for live audio effects routing from OBS to Discord on Linux? I switched to Fedora recently from Windows and I just can't seem to do it quite right with either Pulse Audio or Effects with qpwgraph

[@MichaelNROH]

From OBS to Discord? What would the use case be here?

[@MiScusi69]

Great video as always!

[@FuaadHersi]

What distro would you recommend for a mini PC that I want to plug into my main TV? No gaming expected just media consumption

[@MichaelNROH]

I personally setup a light distro flavour that uses something like XFCE and install Kodi onto it. I haven't looked much into it yet, but it seems like a "Smart TV" approach, yet you can always fall back to a Desktop. Which Distro in particular? Well, honestly just pick any with XFCE if you don't wanna fiddle with something like Debian

[@MegaManNeo]

I think Mint Debian is worth a special mention too since they basically have Mint based directly on Debian here which works on even older machines than Ubuntu does. And thanks to flatpaks, it is almost on par too.

[@MichaelNROH]

Yeah, but most don't click on the advanced stuff anyway. As long as the Debian based ISO is not properly recommended, I can't as well.

[@khlua4590]

Just used Debian 12 with kde for a week and im happy right now. Havent encountered any problem worth nothing yet. But i just used it for browsing internet, spreadsheet, and light gaming using steam. Its beginner alright i guess. As for terminal, "man man" is really my best friend.

[@tim.ushakow]

Debian 12 KDE too. Backported kernel 6.7. Very stable experience after Fedora 40.

[@LorenorSword]

Switched this week from Windows to Nobara and while i have a few problems the overall experience is great. No constant popups or programs that put my games out of focus, no ads whenever i open the start menu. Yes i do have to change a few settings to make some games run as good as on windows, but for 70% they just work fine.

[@antefizulic6851]

Thank you for narrowing my choice from 2 to 5.

[@avencores]

I would like to see a video of you trying to use Linux on an old Nvidia with a 340, 390 driver (this experience is much worse than on Windows)

[@skaltaccount]

After trying several distributions (Mint, Debian, Manjaro, Arch, EndeavourOS) Fedora is the one I've had the least amount of problems with, almost everything just worked out of the box without breaking and I didn't have to spend several hours on fixing a program.

[@HiFerch]

Does the docker can be set up permanent visible in the desktop on your current fedora distribution?

[@hundmann_ua]

@@HiFerch Gnome Extensions > Dash To Dock

[@Jopekos]

Great video! Will help new Linux users a lot.

[@MindCraftAcademy-my5fh]

for me i have 3 machines with linux installed, each individual has its own different experience especially when comes to driver compatibility and specs of the machine. For my old desktop PC using Linux Lite , Laptop using Linux Mint XFCE, and my tablet / Laptop using Fedora. It's best that you try all of them that suit your needs and which is better experience for your machine.

[@carpentb17]

big fan of popOS it works great with steam and its pretty polished and easy to use and install and a wide variety of hardware. The only time i had issues was when trying to install on an old chromebook. I am trying not to be a fan boy of the OS but is nice to use and has given me little trouble as a daily driver

[@m4rt_]

I use Arch (btw), so that I can make it exactly how I want it from the get go, and I have the latest versions of the software I use.

[@Maisonier]

Linux Mint is the best for everyone who just want to use the computer and so regular stuff.

[@junaidahmedkhan1574]

Is is user friendly for those who use Windows OS?

[@volkansalman2197]

Hey which distro is best for 5400 rpm hdd?

[@lowstaar]

Linux Mint, so far it's amazing. Ubuntu was a pain in the ass to use, and last time I tried the installer failed, and that was when I gave up on Ubuntu.

[@BrianStephen-ku6vs]

I have moved to Linux completely, more specific to Fedora OS and I can't imagine move to windows again 😁

[@amigaworkbench720]

Xubuntu for old machines, Linux Mint for the rest! So, I installed Windows 10 on my sixty-year-old neighbour's laptop, and it didn't last a week before issues appeared! Then I installed Xubuntu, and it worked without updates for two years without any issues!

[@berendberend887]

Damn that's an OLD laptop

[@amigaworkbench720]

@@berendberend887 :D

[@brianclarke8503]

Currently running Fedora 40 KDE, the best Linux experience i've ever had as someone who has used Windows primarily for years. However, the linux ecosystem still needs better App support and definitely still has a few quirks to work out. For example, was trying to use gnome-network-display to mirror something to a tv, and it just didn't work. Would have never had the same issue with Windows, where miracast just works, even Mac OS works flawlessly. It's seemingly small inconveniences like that which continue to make it a niche/undesirable desktop experience.

[@EHKvlogs]

debian is also great for beginners, only installation can be little tricky though.

[@Weyoun359]

I just moved to Fedora 40(KDE). My only issue so far is the sound, i cant seem to get the system to use my on board sound. Its using the display port one. Other than that, nothing that Timeshift and back in time can't fix 😁

[@iijawadm]

i have gt 520 didint work i used arch and fedora and sooo many tut didont work

[@mjuaji476]

This guy convinced me to switch to Linux from Windows. It has been a month of using Debian 12. Some of the challenges I have faced are downloading Nvidia drivers, and screen sharing features since Debian 12 uses Wayland by default. Overall, it's a nice distro on a nice OS.

[@juliennelap6595]

What are the main cause to install on USB linux????????

[@moh.anifyuliansyah9863]

I glad you to try DIY distro for experiment in virtual machine, hahaha 😅

[@bilmem69377]

hi i have a question, linux mint and arch linux have the same gaming performance?

[@MichaelNROH]

Practically yes. There are very minimal differences due to different kernel and driver versions, but we are usually talking 5-10 fps at most, and also for games that perform well anyway (CS2, Apex, etc.).

[@JuanCAraujoS]

I can put my past couple-of-yeras experience in a nutshell: For old Apple hardware, the best is Ubuntu. For the rest, Fedora.

[@user-uc8zb3hq1y]

My problem about Nvidia drivers is that old cards especially the gt800m serie isn''t supported well even on Windows

[@brads2041]

I would also say zorin but I personally don't like how slow they are at updates, especially the underlying distro. I'm currently using kde neon

[@tridens6708]

I Fedora I couldn't do auto login option how to enable Automatic login?

[@abhishekbhattacharya6785]

hello i am confused between fedora ubuntu manjaro and mint . please solve i am a window user

[@enderpirate9887]

Are you ever going to look at Fedora Atomic Desktop? I would love to see what you think of Bazzite!

[@MichaelNROH]

I don't recommend immutable distros for daily use. If something were to break, then all standard guides are useless and only fixable until an update reverts everything. They are great for devices with a dedicated use case like a game console, a Rasperry Pi controller, etc., but there are many workarounds that users might need to take

[@ZenkiKong]

How many linux beginner videos do you need to make? YES

[@welinsonabreu3362]

Thanks for video!

[@MichaelNROH]

You are welcome

[@fergus247]

i installed fedora on a older laptop with a AMD 4500u processor. I installed steam and was happy with the performance. then i tried to install starcraft 2 using steam/proton and was amazed? it was running at 150 fps, full screen, low settings. how? old proccesor, starcraft 2 being emulated, 150 fps? not mad

[@emiidodo]

I recently donwloaded PopOs after distrohopping, but its so unstable. Im using an nvidia card, and eveytime i try to game, after about 20 minutes my entire system crashes and feezes this happened in every other distro i tried (mint, debian, steam os, bazzite). I also have windows on a second drive. And that works perfectly. I really dont know what the issue is

[@30rjAlessandro]

I will tell you what’s the issue.. Linux + Nvidia = Problem Try AMD mate

[@xgui4-studios]

@@30rjAlessandro laptop user like me; but we cannot change the gpu, the gpu is soldered to the motherboard in most recent gaming laptop ...

[@Rudraiya]

I'm planning to move to Linux but my biggest fear is software Compatablity I do gaming and use FL studio will those softwares support on Linux and does using emulator to run those softwares affectes the performance of the software and hardware?? Plz somebody let me know

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

With games, it depends on what you're playing. Pretty much everything except online-games-as-a-service-with-Windows-only-anti-cheat tend to be fine, but you might need to use Bottles/Lutris/Wine for non-Steam games. If you're playing popular online games with strict Windows-only anti-cheat, those probably won't work. For specific software like FL Studio, just do a search online to see what you find. Seems like it's doable at first glance with wine, but it's not officially supported with a native release.

[@EasyGameEh]

"pretty much everything tend to" is like today's asmongold's "I'm 100% sure it's probable". or 50/50 chance, but only 10% of time from naked gun. which is doublethink and or cope.

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

@@EasyGameEh It's been more than a year and I haven't come across a game that I wanted to play but could not. The only games I actively avoid are the online service junk that people tend to complain about as their reason to keep using Windows. Those people deserve what they get.

[@Xaito]

I've switched last year to 100% linux. Here are my tips from software compatibility side of things: Try Nobara - it's set up out of the box for gaming and windows compatibility. It comes preinstalled with the Glorious Eggroll (GE) branch of Wine/Proton. It generally tends to work with most things I throw at it. Gaming works fairly well. If you play on Steam, you can expect anything to run that doesn't have some kind of extra prohibitive anti cheat tool. But even then, Helldivers 2 works despite having a kernel level anti cheat solution. These days I've stopped checking if a game is compatible before bying it - so far never ran into a game I couldn't play. You might have to familiarise yourself with tools like Wine or Bottles if you have some special needs like running something with Japanese locale or something exotic like that. Many things just work out of the box without any tinkering. Can't speak for FL studio though. Regarding performance: Wine / Proton are just bridging the API between windows and Linux - it's not emulation, so there generally should be no noticeable performance difference. If you have a high end Nvidia GPU you might not be able to use some of it's performance enhancements like DLSS though. Here's hoping Nvidia, being the most valuable company in the world, might find it within their means to hire a Linux maintainer for their drivers one of these days. 😅

[@alexunder3165]

This youtube video c6YDQobJbLc talks about FL studio on linux about 10 minutes in.

[@Chareidos]

Thinking of changing to Linux this year (rather sooner than later). I am interested in Hardware and broad Software support and I am at home in Steam. Though I am not play as much as I did in the past, I am a gamer at heart! But I am troubling with a decision which one would fit for me the best. Since I got an Nvidia GPU I would prefer one that does not need me to do so much research! Wanna just rock and load! I also wanna work with Blender and Godot. What is the best recommendation for me?

[@bejoalan]

I switched to Linux Mint from Fedora because my laptop is having difficulties connecting the Wi-Fi. I prefer Gnome DE though, so I immediately switched Linux Mint DE to Gnome after installation.

[@MichaelNROH]

Interesting. I think not many do this

[@tridens6708]

LMDE Kde or Cinamon or Gnome 😊

[@twest3686]

Running Linux mint for 6 months, NP. downloaded nvidia updates with hdmi and lost all the sound, tried to download a fix and now system won't even boot. Starting over again. This is the second time with nivdia drivers.

[@kevinsteinman8967]

Here is where "Timeshift" can be your friend to always use when you are doing stuff messing with Nvidia. I consider myself a pro at linux and I use it when I am toying around. If you think you are going to do something nasty with the box do a create a timeshift backup.

[@twest3686]

@@kevinsteinman8967 Reinstalled and learned that lesson the hard way, thanks. One thing reboot with usb (where and when) does it ask for the backup. I just reinstalled everything. First thing I did was check video drivers and sure enough it defaults to an open video driver and it fails.

[@danielpetre3574]

in my opinion, Linux Mint cinnamon should be a very good choice, it looks good, the menu is well thought out, it receives updates quite frequently, it is not very fast, but hey, in the end, what does speed or stability matter?! I'm installing ubuntu 24.04 but I'm waiting for the first major update that I don't know when it will come but I'm waiting for it as it is now, I had some inconveniences during the installation and after.

[@DraXaly]

I found open suse to be pretty good. The pre configured rollbacks are great

[@Thoughtlesskyle]

I just really need a company with a UX designer to come in and make a Linux distro that looks refined. I know people are going to make suggestions as responsible to this but I've tried a bunch and specifically the file explorer. Some themes help but idk it needs a ground up

[@erixIsOffline]

Question: Is AMD Radeon cards supported on linux? And if so can i run it without problems cause' im curious is it wirth buying them for my new pc im kinda rookie and wanna make sure cause i heard amd has good support but i cannot really find answer is it easier to make it run than NVIDIA

[@erixIsOffline]

Also is there any distro like mint and pops but with arch like customizable features?

[@MichaelNROH]

AMD has much better support than NVDIA, since they directly contribute to the Open Source library MESA. If you however use it professionally then some programs prefer CUDA rather than AMD's OpenCL

[@erixIsOffline]

@@MichaelNROH Thank you for answering me ❤️

[@gregj1241]

Yes I have Mint on s old laptop with AMD radeon

[@captainwasel8377]

I've been using Linux Mint on my main PC for almost a month now.

[@pl2040]

I don't like gnome but for work, popshell makes life so much easier. No other tiler can stack windows so well. On my home pc I use kde

[@nemowei5553]

Can you tell me, why Ubuntu 24.04 is snappier and faster than Fedora 40? Normally Fedora was faster in the past.

[@Software-sb1gx]

the fedora media writer always messes up my USB. it makes it unreadable and splits its name into 2 drive paths (like j: and k:). it hasn't worked one time without the error :(

[@MichaelNROH]

It makes it unreadable because of the fileystems that Windows cannot read. If you plug it in, and open the Writer again, you should be able to revert it

[@davemeech]

Having tried a bunch of flavors so far, I give the most points to the distro that makes it as easy as possible to be set up with my nvidia optimus GPU using nvidia closed source drivers. So far, Kubuntu and Fedora have been overall the most painless. Debian for some reason was an absolute nightmare, and I have demonstrated to myself that I am not at all ready for Arch. On Fedora currently as I'm trying to get myself familiar with a workflow that's very much not Windows, and I romantically like the idea of adapting to the noise minimizing workflow pure gnome talks about. That combined with trying to function more overall on the keyboard and less on the mouse, so far so good, albeit with some growing pains.

[@a.lawrence4969]

Fedora is one of the best Linux distros around but like Arch may not be for newer users. Same for Debian. Mint, MX-Linux, Lubuntu, Zorin and more are fantastic places to start. While all can dual boot with Windows. I think its wise to install Linux on a second non production computer with Thinkpads being great.

[@frecio231]

I don't know why but I haven't been able to install fedora ever, idk why but nobara worked, I think is the installer.

[@ShiiRukii]

Finally, the video I need, I can finally switch to Linux-Distro., I like Mint, but I want some of the part of Ubuntu, and some part of POP, I still can't decide. I think choosing the Distro is the hardest part. and for choosing a flavor I still go for BEST recommendation. which is I don't know.

[@Custmzir]

Im still waiting for pop os to update their distribution. I'm not staying with the 22.04 version. After they release the new version with cosmic I will install it, kind of tired with fedora

[@D.von.N]

How ironic that along your video the power usage went through the roof on my Windows device. I am deciding for the beginner's distro. How about LMDE 6 Mint, cutting out the middle man Ubuntu, based directly on Debian? Debian has the largest repository of apps. That is attractive to me.

[@MichaelNROH]

I'm not sure how up to date LMDE is at the moment, but sure, why not?

[@advaitBA]

Zorin OS. Absolutely fantastic. I mean really really fantastic.

[@centy64]

I went with Zorin straight from windows thinking I'd just test it out, ended up using it for 2 years.

[@rumplin]

I outgrew Zorin OS after a month, went for Kubuntu instead. Just fits my workflow better.

[@Linuxgymrat]

And old.

[@SudeepaKathriarachchi]

I used zorin but it kept stuttering i thought it was my system but a lot of people seem to be having the same issue so i moved to fedora and its been great

[@centy64]

@@SudeepaKathriarachchi That's what I like about Linux if one doesn't work or suit you there's another one to try.

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

@MichaelNROH I tried to install my Nvidia GFX driver on fedora for 2 straight weeks following a whole bunch of YT how too's and the result was either outdated commands and videos focusing on OLDER distro versions which no longer worked on the current Ferdora(40) or had me jumping through so many hoops and one line of commands to the next, including going down to the level 3 and trying to compile and install drivers that I just got tired of trying to be frank. The one time I did get it right, the very next day an update came along and messed everything up..... I work on my PC and can not afford to have to run system repairs every time a kernel update decides to mess things up.... I'm on Ubuntu now, still not just click click click, but I am fine with doing terminal commands as long as they are well explained and I can start getting to grips with the terminal... And how to work in it.... People like yourself that have been working in these environments for a while forget what it is like to have to try and start over and learn a new thing, then when asked for some help we lowly windows users get smug comments that do not help us and just further put us off of trying to use some Linux or Debian distro's..... You forget one thing..... Easy for someone who is terminal literate or terminal savvy is NOT easy for someone who is just coming over to a Linux or Debian distro from windows. I do not expect my hardware to "just work" without installing the needed drivers, I do however expect to be able to install my hardwares drivers with a well explained and well set out set of terminal commands. Terminal commands that are maintained and or how too's who's terminal commands are at the very least updated with current installs of the distro's, to make it easier for, lets be frank, windows users, to be able to adopt Linux or Debian distro's.... Working in terminal is not the issue, it is the commands not being set out or specified correctly that put off windows users, eg. Linux terminal telling you it can't install something because something else is missing, now, you go down another rabbit whole trying to figure out how to install the missing item, only to find that the missing item is no longer maintained and you can not install what you need to because the original item needs those libraries or dependencies but terminal just tells you that the current version is newer, then terminal does not install the NEEDED file, kernel or dependency..... Not only that, if you do manage to install what is needed something else will now not work because you broke a dependency or installed a library that it does not like....... 👆 This, for windows users..... This is the issue,.....

[@notjustforhackers4252]

"I tried to install my Nvidia GFX driver on fedora for 2 straight weeks following a whole....". Install Fedora, ENABLE third party repos when you set up your user account. Update and reboot. Open the software store and type in NVIDIA, click install driver, wait for that to happen, reboot. DONE. That's how you do it, you're probably overthinking it. "...can not afford to have to run system repairs every time a kernel update..." If your system is breaking after a simple Kernel update I suspect you've not been installing display drivers properly, see above. This should not be happening. "I do not expect my hardware to "just work" without installing the needed drivers, I do however expect to be able to install my hardwares drivers with a well explained and well set out set of terminal commands"..... this is how Windows works, not Linux ( with the exception of NVIDIA ). ALL supported hardware in Linux is plug and play. The drivers are in the Linux Kernel. The newer your hardware the newer the Kernel you will need IF that hardware is supported. End of conversation... plug and play. If your hardware isn't working its not supported, end of conversation. There are few reasons to be using the Terminal at all these days. In many, but not all, cases there's no reasons to use it at all, but its great knowing and understanding it, like powershell is on Windows. I hope you consider this comment helpful, it was the intention, because if you conceive it as "smug" I'm afraid you'll never listen to anyone trying to do the same.

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

Well, ☝️ THIS is what a usefull comment looks like, but this kind of answer I am affraid IS NOT the usual kind of answer I or others tend to get. Assuming that I do not listen to anyone is not fair. The smug answers are a VERY REAL AND VERY COMMON occurrence and why I pointed it out. Because, near on 75% of comments I have read all state in one form or another that if you do not use the terminal, and, if you do not magically know the correct syntax you do not deserve to be running any Linux or Debian distro. Unfortuanatly, this is a very common answer toward users such as myself coming from windows. And again why I pointed it out.... I will go back and try your suggestions possibly this evevning or this weekend. On one of linux entertainments videos, I was told point blank, "if you do not use the terminal you will never swtich to Fedora, Fedora is FOSS driven and you will have to live with that or go back to windows, there are enough explanations on youtube where your hand is held, follow those or go back to windows and stop complaining... " Does that seem like a "helpful" comment to you? That is the kind of comment I am refering to, and there are a lot of those kind of comments..... Answers like yours are VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, and that is the truth. I will admit this though, the Fedora forum has one of the most helpful and posotive responding folks I have come across compared to other linux forums... And that is the truth. My detail above is how windows users are treated in general when it comes to the terminal..... And that is also the truth....

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@GapRecordingsNamibia "you will never swtich to Fedora, Fedora is FOSS driven"...... It ships with a FOSS user space, but not Kernel. ENABLE third party repo's and you can then add NVIDIA and Media Codec's ( you'll need the latter, I usually just install VLC ). My advise regarding people, because that's what they are..... and this applies with anything in life.... ignore the idiots. Stick to a distro's website and their own forums if you need help. Good luck.

[@krishivgupta27]

Hello 👋 What is your primary linux distro and linux environment?

[@MichaelNROH]

05:43

[@SheKonfusion]

how did you know I failed a gentoo install 30 mins ago lol

[@arthurrock4979]

The best distro is definitely Gecko, btw. SUSE too, but out of the box, Gecko takes the cake. Linux developers seriously have to do something with the constant password inputing and need of terminal use. This is for nerds who have nothing better to do. 90% of people are normal, and prefer paying for Windows to not have to deal with this crap, and the pain in the ass it causes.

[@AlphanPeter]

Peppermint Linux works great on old laptop nice light.

[@pouyamahmoudi]

What about MX Linux and Elementary OS?

[@swagmuffin9000]

there absolutely IS a best lynux distro. ask yourself what you need in a desktop. whatever you say, there will be something that is perfect for you. glad you mentioned the ubuntu flavors. if someone really wants ubuntu, i tell them to try kubuntu, cinnamon and budgy along with the flagship. i usually see people float to kubuntu or cinnamon.

[@abhishekbhattacharya6785]

what about manjaro . i want a permanent solution for a linux distro . cant hop one another . as i am using windows since 1991 DOS . so i want a linux distro whom i can trust and want it for years

[@nicksonpinto2074]

I have always preferred kde neon or ubuntu kde.

[@tedzards509]

6:36 I wouldnt say Linux Mint offers great hardware support unless you specifically mention the Edge version.

[@MichaelNROH]

Great hardware support does not automatically mean supporting the latest and greatest, but also to support a lot of hardware. If something is not baked in the kernel anymore or the distro does not maintain third party drivers anymore than this is also not great

[@tedzards509]

@@MichaelNROH However great hardware support certainly includes supporting newer hardware, alongside a wide range of older hardware and accessories. Thereby I would argue that great hardware support does automatically mean supporting the latest hardware. Which of course Linux Mint does when using the Edge version but I think mentioning it at that point in the conclusion is important context.

[@tridens6708]

Open Suse Cinamon

[@ecu4321]

No mention of Debian 12? Its a very good, stable and easy to install and use distro

[@MichaelNROH]

Debian 12 is not as easy to install as many think. A while back I let someone try to install it and it was just question after question. Especially tough parts were what to enter for the Network-Proxy (nothing to be precise), what partitions are and what they should choose, and what an apt mirror is. Stuff like this needs to be hidden from beginners, but definitely kept if you know what these are. The Debian installer is probably my favourite one, but I can't recommend it lightly to anyone outside of IT

[@tridens6708]

I install DE it No problems as a beginner straight forward setup

[@jpedrothejo]

ubuntu just crashes on you sometimes, not good

[@Mattytdawgmang]

Hey mate, Love your videos! Does Kubuntu get wrapped up in the Ubuntu controversies? I like Kubuntu but dont want to be associated with the Ubuntu drama. Cheers!

[@MichaelNROH]

It's still Ubuntu, but with a different Desktop Environment so yes. The whole snap controversies generally affect all distros ending with -buntu

[@Dobaspl]

Cinnamon reminds me rather an upgrade from Windows XP. It's ok but a bit archaic.

[@CommodoreFan64]

I agree with you on Cinnamon where I can live with, but I'm not fully happy with it, Having said that, you might like Gnome, or Gnome with the traditional layout that gives you a taskbar(what I use on my main systems running Manjaro), or something like Budgie running on Solus Linux(what I use on my older systems that aren't as powerful, or need something simple for a family member/client).

[@awaiswasi354]

@@CommodoreFan64 think you might like KDE, provides best customization out of the box, and does look way better than any desktop environment. Gnome is too basic imho

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@awaiswasi354 I've tried KDE, and have found it to be more heavy on resources, than Gnome, or Budgie, & the look of the latest plasma is not for me. Also I find Gnome plenty customizable on Manjaro with different layout options, and Budgie just works really well on lower end/older hardware using Solus.

[@Dobaspl]

@@CommodoreFan64 Yes, I like Gnome. It would be very easy to list its flaws, but it is comfortable to use and stable. Sometimes I miss KDE, but the reasons I no longer use it are still valid.

[@Amit-hb9ex]

I am learning android dev suggest me a good Linux distro other than Ubuntu I am not a beginner using linux for the past 5 years Also please tell that what I should be using desktop environment or windows manager

[@PihkalTheTihkal]

There actually is a website that helps you pick your "best" distro based on your answers on their questionnaire, google "Distrochooser" . Is their suggestion really the best distro for you? Only you can tell.... I've been using Arch + KDE for some time now, why? Because I like the concept of always having the latest and greatest packages and like KDE as a DE, is it for you? Again, that's up to you to decide. I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner but since you're using Linux for 5 years, you should be fine with it, assuming you're able to troubleshoot potential issues.

[@someone01233]

Try fedora

[@ratatatuff]

You claim to have been using Linux for the past 5 years but you have to ask for a distro other than Ubuntu? And you do that in the comment section of a video that highlights 4 distros that are not Ubuntu? 🤦 As a sidenote, you should really work on your English skills and learn about the value of punctuation.

[@Amit-hb9ex]

​@@ratatatuffokay (English is not my first language) and you need to start helping others or start talking politely instead of giving taunt

[@MichaelNROH]

Fedora, OpenSUSE, Manjaro or if you are feeling more adventurous, Arch or Debian

[@AliNajafies]

I myself prefer rolling releases, and after about ten years of Ubuntu, switched to Manjaro. I guess it could be listed too. It’s more user-friendly and GUI-oriented than Ubuntu.

[@JTCPingas]

I'm more of a Solus enjoyer, but Fedora is still awesome.

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

I have two issues in Linux. 1. Audio is slightly worse. (Is it possible to copy settings from windows?) 2. Hotspot speed is capped to 3MB/s. (Doesn't happen on windows)(Distro universal)(Same issue doesn't occur with a router)

[@Durayne]

1. what do you mean with worse? Are you using pipewire ? 2. What hotspot? Wifi Hotspot? At least to my WLAN I connect with 600 mbit (wifi 5).

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@Durayne 1. Other than some dedicated sound cards like my old ASUS Xonar DGX, and a few bluetooth adapters, audio has been fine for me in just about every modern distro I've tried. So I'm wondering what's up with that myself? 2. Far as Hotspot, do they mean WiFi connected a network period, or a portable hotspot device? because there are some Realtek chipsets that don't work as well, and if it's a laptop with a replaceable WiFi mini PCI-e card, then switching to an intel based one can usually fix it(did that in my old ASUS laptop, doubled my speed, and fixed the bluetooth on Solus Linux), or getting a cheap TP-Link USB adapter can work as well(not all USB WiFi adapters work well, or at all on Linux, & sometimes it's kernel dependent).

[@bvd_vlvd]

Bump, my audio is a little weird as well. Hopefully someone knows why

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

​@@Duraynewifi hotspot. A smartphone's wifi hotspot.

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

​@@Durayneyes, I use pipewire because pulseaudio refuses to run properly. Plus pipewire is new technology.

[@2amv685]

I recommend Anix for 32bit machines

[@offertunatea]

Wait, no distro with KDE???

[@NotLiamH]

kde gang rise! I'm a kde plasma fedora user btw

[@xgui4-studios]

@@NotLiamH i still use windows cause i dont feel today to play with os and driver today btw

[@MichaelNROH]

Not many come with it by default unfortunately. It's mostly just spins and flavours

[@mohamad20zx34]

What an amazing Chad like to yet again recommend Linux for newbies and never shy from Microsoft fanboys hate speechs

[@henlopo]

can my 2gb ram laptop can run linux ubuntu?

[@louispalomino7660]

Definitely, you might want to check on the different versions of Ubuntu though. Even though they are all light, try finding one that does not require too many installations. All in all, the choice is there, the community is helpful, and you will surely find a version of linux that will fit your laptop perfectly

[@BitsOfTruth]

And you will only like it when you find the one that does what you want it to do without a lot of hassle. For me..... Linux Mint.

[@martineyles]

I wouldn't touch pop os with a bargepole after the non-linux-linus linux incident. In fact I would ideally avoid any distro that shared the same bug preventing steam from being installed. I don't know which distros that covers.

[@Durayne]

Uff, errors happen. Microsoft also shipped packages which broke some maschines. When you even get a command prompt like: "Only do this if you know exactly what you are doing!" and even gives you a different prompt from your usualy y/n with asking you to type a complete sentence with "Yes, do as I say!" , what more can you do to warn people. Except making the prompt red in the terminal. What happened was, that something, i think it was the DE, used some older or newer library than steam, and with overwriting the library the DE did not start anymore. That would have also been fixable, but on a freshly setup maschine with no customizations, reinstalling at that point would have probably been the same amount of effort.

[@UnderdogFr0g]

the disto ive had the least problems n smoothest experience is fedora .

[@hami2171]

I trust you man

[@damadorpl]

Arch - seriously :) Garuda or EndeavourOS with KDE for desktop