The Best Linux Distro for You

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As you can tell, I'm not too passionate about telling other people what distro they should use. It's really all personal preference but I hope I shed some light on how to go about picking the right Linux Distro for you.
In short, I recommend Ubuntu (Debian-based). Or if you want an Arch Linux-based distro, then Manjaro. These are solid for beginners and experts alike. There are also a few distros I mentioned if you want the familiarity of Windows. Feel free to comment your recommendation below and why you recommend it for beginners.
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[@fknight]

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[@danyzmusic]

thats a nice trick

[@mariammageorge4316]

Nice indeed

[@michalski9141]

too bad this didn’t get more updates

[@arshiaaghaei]

*Laughs in dislike extensions*

[@sknfer]

respect

[@rentristandelacruz]

As the saying goes, the best Linux distros are the friends we find along the way.

[@micaiahflores1592]

FriendshipOS ❤️

[@muhammadnishal4106]

@@micaiahflores1592 I literally thought that was a distro and searched for it lmao

[@xathridtech727]

@@muhammadnishal4106 you never can be too sure

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Since I just want to use a distro but do not want to learn coding, guess that make me the enemy you will find along the way.

[@justsomerandomguy6042]

@@xathridtech727 he got a point, there's already linux mint and cinnamon, why not friendship? XD

[@inscrutablemungus4143]

As someone who has used most of the distros mentioned in the video: It doesn't matter. Seriously. Just pick a well supported distro unless you really know what you're doing and you'll be fine. All a distribution does is give you some flexibility with the combinations of core packages that it comes bundled with. Some distros like Arch allow you to customize your install more and allow you cherry pick the precise combination of packages you want. But once the install is done, there is nothing an Arch machine can do that an Ubuntu or Mint setup cannot. If you write code, you can compile your code just fine on any distro. If you know exactly what combination of packages you want, install arch and customize away. If not, pick from the top 3-4 distros and stick with the one that you think looks cool. It literally doesn't matter beyond that.

[@PantherJaguar]

Does it matter if I use Ubuntu or Mint to game on? I'm considering using Linux for my PC I'm building and I'm trying t figure out which distro to use. My understanding is some games require Windows to run and may not work very well with Linux.

[@inscrutablemungus4143]

@@PantherJaguar For some reason my earlier reply seems to have not gone through? So I'm typing this out again. "Does it matter if I use Ubuntu or Mint to game on?" It shouldn't. Mint is derived from Ubuntu and for the most part, packages that work on Ubuntu should run fine on Mint (they even install through the same package manager). If you're coming from Windows however, I would recommend choosing Mint over Ubuntu because the UI is more similar to Win10 and Mint's extremely stable. "I'm considering using Linux for my PC I'm building and I'm trying t figure out which distro to use. My understanding is some games require Windows to run and may not work very well with Linux." Put very simply, if a game is windows-only, you need a compatibility layer called wine to get it to run. When I first started porting windows games to linux 10-12ish years ago, wine was already pretty impressive, but you had to manually configure things following guides at winehq (I even maintained a couple of guides back in the day :-) ). I remember more or less writing my own mod-manager to get skyrim with mods to run on my linux box -- Skyrim itself ran really well, but neither NMM nor MO/MO2 worked. Gaming these days is a lot easier, particularly with Valve's custom fork of wine (called 'proton'). So, gaming on linux is a lot better today than it used to be 10, even 5 years ago. For a lot of steam games, playing on linux is literally as simple as enabling proton in the settings and clicking run. However, this doesn't mean that all games will work, particularly very new titles and those that need anti-cheat. I don't want to heavily influence your decision on which OS you want to install, but I would advise the following: If you're someone who doesn't like to tinker or fiddle with the command line to get things to work, I would recommend having windows at least dual-booted so that you can switch back to it when things really don't work. I personally enjoy getting games to run almost as much as playing the games themselves, but I fully appreciate that a lot of people just want something that works. Linux native games should run with almost no tinkering. However, for troublesome games, install them on windows and migrate them over time to linux. Maybe you're feeling inspired on a particular day to spend 10 minutes fiddling with linux -- this would be a good time to try porting that game. But the second you feel frustrated or annoyed, just switch back and play on windows. Once you get more used to the OS, you'll get better at getting things to work. There will come a time when basically everything runs on linux and you pretty much never log into windows -- at that point, go linux only. I genuinely think that a lot of frustration that people experience switching to linux comes from them migrating cold-turkey. I've always advocated a more gradual transition with windows as a backstop for when you just want to play your video game.

[@DaniloAlmeida-iq3si]

​​@@PantherJaguarUbuntu LTS updates every 2 years and mint is worse since when it updates, its pulling from the latest Ubuntu LTS. New drivers and kernels can bring performance improvements, so if you don't mind, you could use Pop_OS, Ubuntu Non-LTS, Fedora, Nobara, Manjaro, etc

[@naterest5033]

@@DaniloAlmeida-iq3si I wouldn't recommend Nobara. It is "user-friendly", but since it was made by Glorious Eggroll, for HIS DAD, and HIMSELF to play games on, it has very unstable compatibility with hardware, I've tried Nobara on a couple computers, all have different issues. It'd just cause A TON more headache than any other distro you listed. Manjaro isn't trustworthy anymore (look for more info yourself). I always recommend Fedora (KDE spin specifically), because it is almost as up to date as Arch (only a bit behind) and now it's very easy to setup in Fedora 39 as well. Surprisingly also has better gaming performance than most "gaming" oriented distros like Nobara etc. out-of-the-box pretty much even. EDIT: Also, I use Arch btw

[@sirpsychosexy]

I use Debaby Linux mostly because of how it goes "Les Goooooo" when it starts up

[@JR-ef3by]

I might actully make that

[@Crowborn]

@@JR-ef3by LES FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

[@JR-ef3by]

@@Crowborn just give me like a few months

[@JR-ef3by]

@@user-yk2pf9ih4g yeah I will I just have to finish the os I’m working on now then I’ll make the dababy os.I’m think of naming it dabuntu and I will give you guys updates on how close it is to being done.Give me suggestions on what I should put in it

[@JR-ef3by]

@@user-yk2pf9ih4g ok I don’t think it will take too long.I think a release dat of august 15th should be good

[@daffaharyadi9647]

The title : The Best Linux Distro for You arch user : well well well allow us to introduce ourselves

[@linuxsport]

Ah yes the Gentoo user of today.

[@churrosgratis]

I'm an Arch user btw

[@TheoParis]

@@churrosgratis same

[@amitbiswas2002]

I'm thinking to switch to Arch for many days. Basically for Manjaro and Garuda Distro. At this Time I'm testing Korun too much and First Distro I've started to use.

[@pakistanigamer6525]

Btw I use Arch

[@konstantinospascal1892]

Make a history video on Linux, GNU, GNU/Linux, all of 'em! There's a lot of stuff to touch on and it's very interesting imo.

[@JandyCZ]

I hate ads for other KZbinrs, but Fireship has a great video about GNU/Linux history.

[@JR-ef3by]

@@JandyCZ yes

[@leonbishop7404]

he did it!

[@fknight]

I did it

[@yassinethlija4839]

@@fknight What a fkn legend, you casually replied to a 2yrs old comment, just to notify him that his wish came to life, respect.

[@shinsoku9128]

temple os is really beginner friendly and is superior to other Linux distros because of the design. It's just plug and play and basicly installs itself on your pc without you having to do anything. Simply amazing

[@Eoghanlebar]

"2 weeks ago, 14 upvotes" (so, 1 a day), and i'm the first one who bothered to leave a response like "attention newbs! this is a *JOKE*. do *NOT* actually try to install templeOS!" xD (and also, AKCHUALLY, it's *NOT* even *unix*, let alone a linux distro xD )

[@byroncudworth6918]

🤣

[@psyopped]

@@Eoghanlebar what did you just make me read

[@agnosticmanquestionsall2409]

Its based on Fartch linux very nice 👍

[@edwardadelin689]

i do really use it

[@Darshil-P]

I used Ubuntu for a Year, then switched to Debian and realised distributions don't really make much difference (visually) except for package manager in some case, its the desktop Environment which really makes a significant difference. I liked Gnome but KDE gives more customization therefore I use Debian KDE. I wonder if a new Linux user would be able to spot the difference between Ubuntu and Debian Gnome or Kubuntu and Debian KDE. You should make a Video Explaining the Differences between Distributions (by itself) and make a separate video on Desktop Environments

[@brunochessking]

ubuntu is just a variant of debian

[@BlueRayofLight]

@@brunochessking well obviously there isn't much difference between Debian and Ubuntu because they use the same package manager, to me the most important difference between distros is stability and package manager (i.e rehl / fedora uses dnf, Debian/Ubuntu uses apt, arch/manjaro uses pacman and aur) and Debian and rhel based distros are usually the most stable but arch has the latest rolling release software

[@cpt.sl_pirate]

I used to use linux mint with cinnamon DE and actually fell in love with cinnamon. KDE is my 2nd favourite. Then I moved on to Arch and installed cinnamon on it. XD

[@Darshil-P]

@@cpt.sl_pirate lol, Nice

[@LordPhan]

@@cpt.sl_pirate Yeah I went from Mint with Cinnamon to Manjaro with Cinnamon. Have that on 2 computers right now. Also have a KDE computer on older hardware for my sons.

[@pyrosapience219]

I am in my sophomore year of my CS degree, I literally live off of these vids. Thanks Jesus

[@code4720]

can't wait to join uni.

[@brataccaskyne3586]

how did you decide between between cs and software engineering?

[@pyrosapience219]

@@brataccaskyne3586 This is a very interesting question. I don't think Jesus made a video on that, not yet at least. When I was a senior in high school, I knew that I wanted to go to college, with all that that entailed. However, when I did my research online, between the difference of CS and Software Engineering, is that SE is a field that is already included in CS. It's literally a sub-field of CS. I can confirm this, as I've had access to both curricula. I've compared and contrasted, and I don't regret my decision. I guess what I'm trying to say is that, why spend 4 to 5 years becoming an expert in a sub-field of CS and in CS itself? Of course, I know, college graduates don't have much work experience; but they most certainly have the tools to propel themselves forward and keep on learning. Ultimately, it's up to you. If you want to only know about software, such as OS, developing, etc.. Go for it. As CS is addresses computers as a whole, such as laptops, desktops, network devices, cables. All of that hardware part apart from the software (programming and coding) part. Hope this helped.

[@va9if]

@@code4720 it is kinda fun and kinda not

[@code4720]

@@va9if still, just can't wait

[@destroyonload3444]

The one that let's me say "I use Arch by the way"

[@pakistanigamer6525]

Btw I use Arch

[@nexus3756]

i use garuda linux which is arch based because it looks cool.

[@zaccstacc4568]

i use arch its the best linux i have ever used

[@blazkowicz666]

Debian is the best

[@LoganT547]

KDE Neon here

[@Bleeplo]

3:49 - Arch Linux 4:36 - Ubuntu 6:36 - Manjaro ( Arch Linux branch ) 4:45 - 3 recommended Distros for Windows Users +8:52 Kubuntu +9:02 Linux Mint +9:17 Zorin OS [edit: correcting spelling errors]

[@leafyclass]

zorin* :)

[@Bleeplo]

@@leafyclass thanks lol, didn't realize my error. I shall correct that now lol

[@leafyclass]

@@Bleeplo 5 months later, didn't know you'd actually correct it lol

[@Bleeplo]

@@leafyclass heh heh, i just got the notification. lol

[@Tezos1644]

👍

[@leoriso]

MF has a 2000 series GPU just sitting on a shelf, that's a hard flex

[@p3chv0gel22]

@@1BlueFunk tbf in our current market Situation, any GPU is a hard flex

[@fknight]

As you can tell, I'm not too passionate about telling other people what distro they should use. It's really all personal preference but I hope I shed some light on how to go about picking the right Linux Distro for you. In short, I recommend Ubuntu (Debian-based). Or if you want an Arch Linux-based distro, then Manjaro. These are solid for beginners and experts alike. There are also a few distros I mentioned if you want the familiarity of Windows. Feel free to comment your recommendation below and why you recommend it for beginners.

[@mattbass4807]

I use arch Edit: I hope people realize this was just a meme

[@qwerasdfhjkio]

@@mattbass4807 did you call me?

[@mattbass4807]

@@qwerasdfhjkio lol:D

[@lettuce7378]

For beginners: Linux Mint or Ubuntu for the amount of help online and software support For Intermediate users: Manjaro and Fedora for exploring Red Hat and Arch I'm not really an expert or anything lol but this is what i'd go for

[@eddieoconnor4466]

I dunno about the others?....but I don't believe real Linux users are "aggressive" to verbally "attack" anyone. We Linux users are the "Meh" crowd.......we don't really care, as long as we can use our favorite distro on our favorite hardware. I WILL point out this one thing...and don't think I'm being "highminded" or anything...but that graphic you showed at the beginning of the video?...a lot of those distros aren't in existence anymore...or have diminished. To see which ones are still "active"?...you could check their status on www.DistroWatch.com......just as an FYI. Oh..and I use Fedora...have been with them since 2003...and still with them today. I've tried a plethora of Linux distros..and there are varying levels of expertise that is required, I find Fedora simple enough to use as my daily driver on my Lenovo ThinkPad T-450...and my ThinkCentre M75s (AMD baby!!!) and there's NOTHING it can't handle. But I would always recommend a "User Friendly" distro for beginners...Linux Mint...Ubuntu....ZorinOS....ElementaryOS....Debian....Kubuntu...KDE Neon...these are simple.....easy to setup...and work without much issues. That's the best way to enter a new technology ecosystem...with minimal fuss and easy usage. Arch?...Gentoo?...Slackware?...LFS?...(L-inux F-rom S-cratch) are NOT for the beginner....no matter how many pundits say so!...

[@julienperrier657]

you deserve more subscribers... this is quality content. it’s about time that people in general become more educated on linux distros! also, never shave that stash off.

[@patrickgold3616]

Been trying to decide on where to start out, as I am procrastinating on finding my flash-drive to actually be able to install it. But now I am definitely going for the arch version that is noob-friendly. Build from there. Thanks Jesus.

[@RetosSpace]

Bang on Solid video and content, been a lifelong windows user and recently switched to Manjaro and loving it, its a learning curve but im enjoying the process! Also had a second old laptop lying around and installed Zorin XFCE and also loving this Linux thing and learning alot too!! Great channel!! Thanks

[@uzKantHarrison]

I have used nothing but Manjaro in the last 5 years. Never had serious issues with software updates that I couldn't solve in 10 minutes with the wiki. And the i3 flavour is just amazing

[@jesse7631]

I would love to see Serif, the makers of Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher create their products for Linux.

[@HickoryDickory86]

I have been pleading for this for years! To no avail. I think at one time one of the developers on the forum said they would have to make around $500k in sales on Linux in order to recoup the (projected) cost it would take to port and optimize just one of the programs to and for Linux. Honestly, I think they would recoup that easily, seeing as Linux is kind of starved of professional level software like Affinity. It is an untapped market that Serif would corner and dominate handedly if only they would take the chance. But, sadly, they and other companies like them are too risk averse for their (and Linux's) own good.

[@soundninja99]

Totally agree. I'm only dual booting for Affinity atm.

[@akshatsoni64]

Ubuntu is my first goto option whenever thinking of going away from windows! Very developer-friendly, you dont need to set path every single time you install any tool for dev. Also very convenient to use. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

[@kfp87]

I would add Fedora. It's rock solid, yet it has more updated packages than most point release distros. Fedora is now what was known as red hat linux, the workstation linux environment made by red hat, that later distributed it for free (as in beer, also) with the name Fedora, being maintained by RH and the Fedora community and it implements new tech and ideas before they bring them for red hat enterprise linux.

[@99joehogan]

Hey man great video. One Distro that you mentioned that I think is great to use especially when migrating to linux from windows is pop_os. The reason for this is that pop_os prepackages the NVIDIA drivers which if you are learning linux can be a pain to figure out how to install.

[@nasimulislam2377]

I use pop_os the reasons are simple, I use a laptop that has integrated and nvidia graphics, and I need something that I know won't have any issues with stability.

[@hannes4939]

I definitely agree with you here, it's just very straight forward and simple and the Pop!_shop is just a nice transition for windows users that aren't quite comfortable with the terminal in the beginning

[@MadMaxx.1977]

@@hannes4939You nailed it! I'm a Pop OS guy, too.

[@buddho1135]

Isn't pop os based on ubuntu

[@nasimulislam2377]

@@buddho1135 yes, but pop os basically has tools from system76 that works on most computers that allows you to switch the GPU you are using that is very easy to use.

[@Subuzgreatest]

@@nasimulislam2377 Will Nvidia GTX graphics be recognised by PopOS ? I'm thinking of switching to Linux from windows, but I'm a little hesitant about drivers & compatibility.

[@TopHatCat1989]

I actually started my Linux journey on Linux Mint Cinnamon, but it didn't have everything I needed as a gamer, and I was not willing to go back to W10, so I've been using Manjaro KDE for the last six months, mostly for the more updated kernel, but not so bleeding edge that it causes more headaches than necessary. So far it's been stable and any program that has stalled at least hasn't forced me to restart my computer.

[@Shagysami]

Hey ! I've been using Manjaro for a while but mostly for my professional work, I've never tried to play recent games on anything but W10. Are there any downsides playing on Manjaro ? Do you need to use wine ?

[@beaumanVienna]

Awesome that you mentioned Zorin! I tested many distros, and Zorin is working best for me, now for about two years on my work laptop and living room (=gaming console) desktop. I had Arch on two machines, always Ubuntu (since Hardy Heron), Mint, and Manjaro. I did the Gentoo challenge (which reminded me of Suse from the 90ies when it makes you compile your own Kernel). But Gentoo was too crazy for me. Arch and Manjaro I thought were impressive, with the AUR as you mentioned, always with brand new packages, everything so easy to install. But Arch and Manjaro had also much more updates and there were some hick-ups. So now I'm rocking Zorin, writing my own game engines in Vulkan and OpenGl, Steam/Proton work like a charm, all Snap apps I replaced with PPA-based installations (Snap never really worked for me), oh, and I also always liked Launchpad/having my own PPA.

[@quantumfate4677]

I actually use manjaro and I have barely one year of experience with linux in general. But so far, after using it for a few months, I have a really good experience. And trust me, I really install a lot of packages and play around with stuff to customize it and it is really stable. Just always make sure that you use at least a package helper like yay, when you are installing community packages. Because it will maintain the stability of you system as good as it can by automatically dealing with dependency conflicts etc. Also I don´t recommend to use other package managers like snap or flatpack that are outside of the arch universe because thats basically a threat to your stability. Obviously when you really need that one package from snap and there is no way around, sure, go ahead but avoid it if you can.

[@supersophisticated9943]

I first began with windowsfx 10, which is basically just an odd version of kubuntu/KDE Plasma from what I know, and I enjoyed it a bit more than Ubuntu or Linux Mint a little bit, so I was thinking about just using that again but without all the windowsfx skinning and mockup stuff. Hearing you mention it here has reaffirmed me, and I'm going to try it out. Fingers-crossed that I can make this transition. (I have autism so learning new stuff can either be easier than for others, or harder than for others. I hope it isn't the ladder.)

[@bkbrinton]

Thanks Forrest, I love your videos so much. I'm probably going to switch from Ubuntu to Manjaro. I've been thinking about it for a while

[@oldblood_eyes]

imo the best distro for me is linux mint cinnamon. it's what i used on my 2015 laptop which was my workhorse for making me graduate university with a cs degree. it's literally rock solid and the customization is on another level. plus, as you mentioned, if you are someone coming from windows, then it's the easiest way to transition into linux. i've tried other distros but always end up coming back to linux mint due to just how stable it is. absolutely love mint! now i am trying out cosmic pop os and am in love... might just be my main distro now but we'll see..

[@TheDanaYiShow]

Awesome of you to make a video on such a divisive topic (my goodness the Linux community is so divided/mean sometimes :( ), enjoyed it!

[@TAP7a]

Pop!_OS is a really good shout for users who want something noticeably different from both Windows and macOS but still provides a lot of support to the non-technical user. It takes care of hardware support essentially for you, it looks great, provides pretty decent features like the Pop shell for window management without throwing any of the GUI tools away, provides a reassuring software centre, has great customer support and a really active team behind it, the company ships computers with it preinstalled if installation isn't something the user is interested in and is very active in the FOSS community (most notably in the niche parts like LibreBoot and all the bits most users never even consider), I could go on. Plus, it provides a lot of support for gaming, one of the biggest areas where Windows users have very legitimate concerns about usability, right out of the box.

[@ListmasterPH]

Solid intro to Linux here! As a Linux newbie myself before, I started with Mint but I'm now on Debian

[@billbez7465]

I've been running Linux Mint for over a year and appreciate its ease of use and stability. I use it primarily for programming with clang or gcc and web browsing. I have two PCs in my office: one running Windows10 and the other Linux, however, I find myself using Linux more & more.

[@moendopi5430]

I've been using KDE Neon on an old laptop for a while as a secondary thing in my work room. It's basically Kubuntu, but directly from the KDE developers. You get the new stuff a a little earlier, if your into that. It's been stable and pretty good for the last two years(?) and I have had no complaints. I've distro hopped a bit and this one is just good.

[@ossamaettahery3286]

I'm actually looking forward to the video about the history of GNU and linux in general

[@MrAndrewiphone1]

Hi! I really enjoyed the video! I´d like to see a longer video where you talk in more depth about some linux distros and flavours and their differences. My linux experience begins and ends with ubuntu, so it´s really interesting to see how there are a lot of linux based OS

[@pw.70]

Thanks - really appreciate your view point. Coming from Windows (it's taken far too long!) and will be looking at all of those you recommended.

[@MustafaMustafa-oy2tj]

I moved from windows to manjaro.. Zero problem + so stable + high performance

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Pick the one with the best name, and configure it to fit you the best. For me, it's Arch btw. Though, I can imagine this to cause some issues like which package manager you prefer, and whether you like rolling release or stable.

[@sphor1004]

Nice video, Personally I tried (in this order) Solus, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Tails, Kali, back onto Solus, back onto Ubuntu, settled into Solus, partially moved to Ubuntu with a tripleboot because of an issue with Solus, moved fully back to Solus, then finally fully switched to Manjaro. All the above was to say that Solus Budgie is absolutely gorgeous, very intuitive, and gives you fewer options which makes it more beginner-friendly and easy to use. The issue was that sometimes I had certain problems I couldn't really sort out, the community was comparatively small, and I found some instances too difficult to fix, which made re-installing the OS a more viable solution that I eventually got tired of doing. Manjaro, on the other hand, has a much more populated community, but I found KDE overwhelming in its options, whereas Manjaro Gnome hit the sweetspot, being similar to Budgie in its settings menu, but having a more rounded, modern look. Overall, I do not regret at all haing used Solus, but I am also glad I found Manjaro Gnome next, and I believe this to be one of the best learning curves out there to get more accustomed to a different OS. But that's just me

[@MadMaxx.1977]

Glad I found your channel. Lots of great stuff! I'm a big fan of Pop OS and split my computer time between it and Win 10 Pro.

[@mixedmesh3404]

I've been using pop os for a month, its super stable. I love the battery optimization on this distro. Wish i could run adobe apps on it

[@kylelentz3801]

Have you tried using wine?

[@Qwarkeh]

I've daily driven Ubuntu, Arch, and Pop!_OS and all are really nice. I'd say for the people who want to play games with Nvidia graphics cards Pop!_OS is the easiest of the three to use out of the box. You can also easily toggle tiling windows on and off with the click of a mouse.

[@robertcorrales4774]

I started out using Linux with Kali and simply continue to use that because I guess that's where I developed my comfort. I'm now branching out to other distros and have used Ubuntu and am looking into arch or red hat now. Thank you for this vid

[@BrandonSpendlove]

I've been using Elementary OS 6, really nice slick design and I haven't got the chance yet to fully check it out because it's on my laptop (and I mainly use my desktop for majority of tasks)

[@ammaarshamail]

Damn!! i was waiting for u to make a Linux focused video... btw Mustache looks great 😂 p.s - please make a video on ur arch distro...

[@SupreetSinghsuppi]

This man gave very solid advice. I can vouch for PopOs. I started using GNU/Linux for programming because I started my programming degree two years ago and I have never looked back at Windows. I did what he said before he made this video, I used PopOs and then moved to Manjaro and probably I will move to Arch. I love PopOs and, man Manjaro is just fucking amazing. I love Manjaro.

[@zombiewafle502]

I really understand you, literally I'm using Manjaro as my main OS right now, but my favorite debian based distro is definitely PopOS.

[@SupreetSinghsuppi]

@@zombiewafle502 that is great man. PopOs is very dear to me too.

[@JohnSmith-wf1xq]

Why would you move from Manjaro to arch

[@shalomakolatse537]

@@JohnSmith-wf1xq I also would like to know

[@SupreetSinghsuppi]

@@JohnSmith-wf1xq I have heard a lot of things about Arch and I would like to check it out.

[@Xth3Z]

I've recently switched to Mint Debian (LMDE 4) and am really happy with it.

[@WPGinfo]

Solid advice for the beginner Linux user!👍I might add that users with 'old' hardware' might want to switch to a 'light' version of Linux distro you like, to revitalize their machines!

[@adjusted-bunny]

Linux Mint is very stable, customizable and like Windows 7. I think that's a good starting point. The graphical and guided installation takes about 10 minutes and you are ready to go. The cinnamon is their flagship version. For old hardware (3MB and less) XFCE is recommended.

[@abnormal010]

Did you mean 3 MB CPU Cache?

[@adjusted-bunny]

@@abnormal010 I think I meant 3 GB RAM.

[@DrathVader]

Fedora doesn't get nearly as much credit as it deserves. It's always been the distro to implement new technologies while still being stable. I switched from arch to fedora silverblue about a year ago and I've been really liking it, though learning curve of an OStree based distro can get steep sometimes.

[@jackieburkhart3268]

the thing about arch is that if you can't maintain it, it'll break. I've been on endeavouros with linux-zen kernel from last year and believe it or not but my debian install broke before endeavour. some dependency issue i has while installing some software and it just deleted critical packages for some reason. but then again i used Linux Mint for a year and it didn't break. it's pretty unpredictable, really. arch has truly been the best for me.

[@rafaelbrito1921]

bro, been subscriber for a long time but didn't watch your videos in a while. I'm glad your channel is growing and the quality of the videeoos DUDE IS ON POINT!

[@srdjanrudic]

My go to was Kubuntu, basically for the reason you mentioned. It is Ubuntu flavor, so basically everything that works on Ubuntu will work on Kubuntu, and well KDE. In my opinion KDE is just amazing.

[@BytebroUK]

Good video, and nicely balanced (for an Arch user!) My recommendation for someone looking for that 'Windows-look' would probably be to try Cinnamon Mint, then mess about with the themes and see what works for you.

[@WK-47]

Cinnamon is just great. It's traditional in many ways, for those who don't want something totally novel from their desktop, but highly configurable if you want to tweak that. It's not perfectly stable but is solid overall.

[@ozywozyroby]

Maybe unpopular but mint was recommended to me coming from windows and honestly I thought it was pretty trash. It looks like it's stuck in windows xp. The context menu is trash (come on, no display settings? I couldn't figure out how to set up my dual monitors the right way round) and everything about it feels clunky and or ugly. Manjaro and Ubuntu are ok, although I kept having issues that all the linux community said I wouldn't. Firefox kept crashing. Spotify missing the menu bar. Couldn't access my windows file server (not for lack of trying). Imo linux is ok if you can live with the downgrade in UI, features, and polish that it comes with. Only real benefit I can think of is lack of telemetry (which you can disable easily in windows anyway).

[@WK-47]

@@ozywozyroby I can understand if you were disappointed. I think Cinnamon actually aims to replicate the XP desktop metaphor, which some people miss (I'm one of them). If you want something different, there are other options. A lot of folk who don't like that kind of desktop find they do like KDE Plasma, which is much more modern. You were slightly misled if people said you definitely wouldn't have any problems. Individual hardware can affect even basic things like the desktop environment. You shouldn't EXPECT any issues, maybe, but there's always the possibility. Sounds like you don't have many reasons to leave Windows behind. That's also understandable. It's hard to justify spending hours experimenting with different distros if you don't have the motivation to. At the end of the day, what's best is whatever works for you.

[@ozywozyroby]

@@WK-47 Many very good points. I only really tried it out as a little experiment as I'm not fond of the direction windows is going, telemetry, no local accounts, forcing edge etc. I'm very glad I did try it out, but I couldn't use it to replace windows simply because of all the programs I use for uni/work that either don't have a great linux alternative or at least not one that I would be comfortable with. Despite this, I'd definitely consider installing manjaro KDE or Gnome or one of the flavours of ubuntu on a second pc (if I could figure out how to share files locally on a network, which I failed at miserably last time so gave up and installed windows lol). And if i were using an older/slower PC that only would be used for internet/office/music etc I'd 70% of the time install ubuntu unless I had some specific need for windows, as it seems to run much better on old hardware.

[@TheNoirKamui]

Linux Mint - I switched to it from windows a few years ago and never changed back or to other distros. I use it full-time even in my office on an office PC. It's probably the most reliable OS ever that you can use for almost any modern purpose. Plus it looks great and is extremely user-friendly.

[@markmanning2921]

linux mint is my goto for quit installs. hate ubuntu but mint does not give me that reaction :)

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

@nooooooooo Yet the interface is different. Ubuntu's interface was like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I would prefer to use Ubuntu if it wasn't so annoying to me. I will check it out again to see if I still have that reaction.

[@zaxiazer]

Very entertaining video, Forrest! Would love to see a linux history video as well. Much love!

[@hangingpuppetaudio]

Manjaro XFCE is my shiiiiiit. I love it so much, over 15 years of distro hopping has finally come to an end. Very good advice in this vid.

[@astolfo4848]

I switched from Windows to Arch. I took me a few days to get it running and to get used to it. It really is something very different and was worth the effort. When I tried Arch, I installed it on an external HDD, so I could learn everything I needed to know and I also tried whatever I want to run on my system. Windows really made me angry when I set up a new installation and saw the "privacy" options, so that was the first step ^^

[@astolfo4848]

@@planetary2180 No, I cannot know, because Windows is not open source.

[@astolfo4848]

@@planetary2180 you literally cannot. You do have the option to not send all data. -> not all besides, as long as you do not have the source code you have to trust microsoft to keep their word. You know, there has been many instances before when companies did not keep their word. Really, do try installing win10 right now. It is going to tell you that data will be sent no matter which options you choose

[@noTrenKing]

Dope video dude! Want to see the history video.

[@JerKKeR]

I've just started my Linux adventure yesterday. Dived head first blind into EndeavourOS which is arch-based. I might replace it with something Ubuntu or Debian based simply because a lot of the stuff I wanna do depend on AUR uploads of which many (such as Ryzen Controller, GUI for Ryzenadj) are currently broken. But for users who want to transition from windows, I would still recommend EndeavorOS for Arch-based and Mint for Ubuntu-basey distros, because of the Cinnamon Desktop Environment. What many people aren't told is that in Linux, the way everything looks can be up to you. But if you just freshly transitioned from Windows, a distro that has Cinnamon out of the box is going to make things easier for you. Cinnamon is very windows-like, Nemo (the name of the included file manager) is very close to Windows Explorer, so are the system settings. The start menu and taskbar as well as the applets and desklets. I would say it's basically a more customizable Windows 7, which was my favorite windows in terms of Desktop Environment. Just gotta let you know that while Cinnamon is the default desktop Environment for Mint, in endeavorOS it's one of many options. So make sure you select the right one

[@bartniaux8630]

From being a Windows and Mac user, I switch to Manjaro with ease. Then I installed MacOS Catalina using Kernel-based Virtual Machine, thanks to the assistance from some great videos available on Utube. The virtual MacOS is much more responsive than my old 2012 Macbook Pro. Manjaro for me was as easy to use as Ubunto. I tried Ubunto, Mint and PopOS on a USB stick, but enjoyed Manjaro the most. Thanks for a great video.

[@analisamelojete1966]

Would it be possible for you to make a video about writing quite readable code and how to improve code readability? I'd be quite nice to see what kind of guidelines or rules you follow when coding (say PEP 8 for python). Also, I'd be quite helpful to know to what extent do you find these set of rules useful. Kind regards, A.

[@junaidwali8938]

Even though Manjaro is a bit less "stable", in my experience it's the easiest to use. The package manager is so robust and God bless the AUR. I don't think I needed to open a terminal to install anmything. The package manager literally has everything and getting new apps is just one click away.

[@atiedebee1020]

Robust is the last thing I would describe manjaro as

[@jacobkrause5945]

Switched from Windows to Linux last year after being 100% windows only for over 20 years. First tried Ubuntu for a month or so and enjoyed it, but then switched to Manjaro and couldn't be happier with it!

[@salaheddinekharchi85]

I am Ubuntu user since 2013 and I'm thinking to switch to Manjaro ... Do you mean that Manjaro is better than Ubuntu ? Do you advise me to switch to Manjaro?

[@jacobkrause5945]

@@salaheddinekharchi85 I mainly switched because I found it after first using Ubuntu and really liked the look of the KDE version. Also I play a decent amount of PC games and Manjaro was a distro that came up as a good one for gaming. Also am getting a little better gaming performance out of it. Was at a time where I was really new to the Linux world and wanted to try different versions other than just the more common Ubuntu. Now I am still a Linux beginner so I can't really say it's better than Ubuntu but for me and my current level, Manjaro is fitting very well with me.

[@greenparksandblueskies9099]

Recently setup Zorin for my teenage son and his college work. It is very Windows-esque and stanle OS. Really happy with the choice we made.

[@jd31068]

Zorin OS has garnered a ton of momentum the last year to year and a half. Their highly anticipated update from v15.3 (Ubuntu 18.04) to v16 (20.04) has had some bumpy spots (see ALL major OS updates) but Zorin is haled as maybe the easiest switch from Windows to Linux (well it an Pop!_OS of course) it is certainly worth a look even if you're a seasoned Linux user, in my less than seasoned opinion 😏

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

I have never heard of it till this video, wrote it down for my next potential tinker in a VM its just a customized Ubuntu so I should 0 issues finding my way around it.

[@kiganjanico]

Happy to see programmer Jesus still making videos :)

[@yahiawalid188]

when I first started I didn't really get the concept of distros so whenever I looked for linux tutorials the guy in the video would be using ubuntu so I decided to go with it since I would find so much help whenever I need it

[@zakariamedjdoub6847]

Thanks for the help i've been using windows my hole life i know i decided to proceed with Ubuntu thanks to you recommendation ♥️

[@abhinavchavali1443]

Gentoo for ultimate customization but slow package installation, better for the power user; Arch just to get something minimal up and running quickly with relatively okay customization, better for beginners; Debian insanely stable distro with good customization, better for servers.

[@ahmedifhaam7266]

Can debain support Chaotic-AUR repo ? If so seems like a good option to me

[@azarmamiyev6122]

@@ahmedifhaam7266 aur is only for arch based distros i think

[@ahmedifhaam7266]

@@azarmamiyev6122 you can get AUR working on other distros, its just too much work and beyond me tbh to the point where its kind of pointless.. But out of the box AUR is so much it can defeat almost all other repos combined, its that good

[@skraegorn7317]

Gentoo is also good for putting Linux on anything; that can mean IOT devices, old machines, even video game consoles like the original Xbox.

[@aydencook03]

Manjaro. You get arch (less bloat, Pacman, AUR, rolling release), but it comes with a few extra tools for installing drivers and messing with kernels, etc.

[@alexandruionut3223]

You can make a video about Linux Essentials ? ( all the commands we need to know for this level) With examples in the Terminal. I started 6 weeks ago to learn about Linux. Great content bro.

[@Jagosix]

I started with Red hat back around 2000, took a break from Linux and later on went to PCLOS from that point went on to Ubuntu and Finally ended up on Linux Mint. Have been using mint for a few years now. Great OS. I do dabble in the other distros, just to try them out to see what I like.

[@jnguyen123]

Manjaro's great. I love their rolling updates, probably the best one if you want to jump on the Linux Kernel but also want something stable-ish

[@blackcitadel37]

Stable-ish indeed. Focus on the -ish part here. Specifically after you update your system.

[@_antoniolinhares]

Fedora 34 with Gnome 40 is quite simple and surprisingly friendly! You can even install Nvidia drivers at the Programs app (Gnome Software), without any need for terminal commands. 1:52 Give Davinci Resolve a try to edit your videos in Linux, it's also faster than Premiere :- )

[@ritwikraj9]

davinci is good but premiere is better tool overall! unless it's colour grading

[@_antoniolinhares]

I found Davinci excellent to do subtitling too, it makes the process very fast.

[@oswatch7224]

I started out with Ubuntu back in 2008. Also used Mint for a good few years. Now I'm more like an Arch fan, using Manjaro with xfce as my daily driver. I'm very happy with it. Stable, user friendly and fast.

[@MrCellularX]

I'm usually a MacOS user but this semester for my senior year at ODU in Computer Science I chose to switch to Ubuntu and only use it this semester. I have to say I don't think I can ever switch back from linux. For development it has been the most seamless and amazing experience. I refreshed an old computer with this one so I can't wait until the 3000 series cards are back so I can build a desktop. I will probably dual boot with Windows just for the games that won't run on Linux but man do I love it!

[@Chewy21414]

I dual booted my pc with linux mint just to start familiarizing myself with linux. It was a very simple process so I would definitely agree with try linux mint if you're a beginner like me.

[@STONE69_]

I have used linux mint for 11 years, its for all users of any skill, its a stable Distro and Arch is a rolling and unstable.

[@KingMasadaX]

If I may add on, based on my experience the distro is an extension of the user, if you're casual, not a keyboard warrior, just like playing games, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian, if you enjoy the terminal & love a challenge Arch or Gentoo, but personally while theres hundreds of Distros, I recommend sticking to the big 5, Gentoo, Arch, Debian, Fedora & Red Hat, the 5 all other Distros are based on, the reason I recommend those as opposed to Ubuntu or Mint, even Manjaro, is because they're not guaranteed to always be around, Distros come & go every so often, but the big 5 remain, they aren't going anywhere.

[@aperture0]

I just want to code. A distro that can just make my work easy.

[@aperture0]

So which one out of mint and ubuntu?

[@RyanPoehls]

I've tried Solus OS and it seem very solid also. Plus it was one of the few where my HP laptop wifi card worked out of the box. Ubuntu worked out of the Live OS on my HP laptop. Federa was also solid and working with the realtek wifi card in the live os.

[@CrypticSin]

Thanks bro, you made me decide which distro to go for. Im going with Manjaro.

[@dread69420]

Manjaro, just clean and pretty solid.

[@Breeegz]

I like that it does rolling updates, I installed it on my "play" ThinkPad T440s

[@osk4r99]

Idk manjaro has broken on me 3 times to the point where I cannot even startX randomly after updating

[@gbreuil1]

@@osk4r99 Did me that years ago, now 0 problem

[@osk4r99]

@@gbreuil1 well never had anything similar in Arch so I have stuck with that

[@redbark7770]

@@osk4r99 That's why Timeshift is a life saver. I had Manjaro and Arch break on me when I did some configuration, but luckily I could reverse it with Timeshift. It's a must have.

[@shrek_428]

I've run Zorin since late 2012, and overall, it's been a very good distro. I've tried others, but have always gone back to the big Z

[@user.fedorman]

The same thing happened to me, I try and continue to test distros and I always stay with Zorin

[@JDMorris81]

I chose it as my first distro and like it so much I've yet to try any others. How does it compare to Linux Mint?

[@gustavocdomingues3881]

So helpful video with lots of information, good content. Actually I started to use linux, of course I started with ubuntu, but after being convinced by a friend I just jumped to Manjaro, a good one for new linux users, and after see your video I know why I liked. OBS: Just ignore some grammatical errors, I'm not native speaker.

[@ThiagoLucioBittencourt]

I think your suggestions are very reasonable. Good sense.

[@twb0109]

I know my distros are Arch and Manjaro. Still gonna watch

[@awesomedavid2012]

Same

[@rychelman]

I was waiting for this video

[@ArturQML]

Just starting the "dev" journey myself and got sent to this video, really nice way of presenting infos man, I`m using windows still, just because I`m in the middle of my masters, there are a bunch of stuff that are happening and I don`t have the time to migrate and stabilize the stuff, but I`m using wsl to get used to ubuntu and it`s being a really nice journey of learning the cmds. I`m gonna sure test manjaro cause it sounded really cool, and using wsl the way I`m using is kind like arch I guess, I use the terminal and have so GUIs installed so that I can see some of my graphs and stuff, but really really cool intro, a lot of infos I didn`t knew. And now I`m thinking of full migration to manjaro or ubuntu. I`m doing full-stack dev stuff of quantum mechanics research, I`m kinda new to programming,(just did a few QM,Eletrodynamics and other physics simulations during my undergrad times, now at my masters I`m diving deep in these kind of stuffs and I`m finding a really nice community :D)

[@jameskeel]

THanks for sharing as i was curious about what other are looking at. I am and old UNIX hack using RHEL & CENTOS along many other older verons not listed. The nice thing anout UNIX is being able to switch different setup. Aganin thanks

[@doompenguin7453]

Honestly, I think arch is a good choice for beginners. Sure, the installation is pain, but everything else is easier because you have so much software you can install easily with pacman. The reason I stayed on Arch was because pacman is so much nicer to use than something like apt or dnf.

[@trajectoryunown]

I'm using Garuda on my desktop because it doesn't use that wretched dumpster fire called pulseaudio. Currently have Artix on my laptop. Switched from Void due to having more supported software and also having a build that uses runit. Base Arch is freaking horrible to install, and the community is full of pretentious pricks. "Read the Wiki." I did, that's why I have questions. The "guide," if you can even call it that, is just a series of general pointers and links to other pages. Closest I got with base Arch a partial installation with an empty boot folder. If you ever have problems with Arch, hope that you can find information through searches because any genuine inquiry will be met with mockery and scorn. Arch is pretty nice. The AUR is an amazing idea. The vocal portion of the community is a festering blister that needs popped and cauterized.

[@FahadUllahKhan-my9ze]

you can use a script called anarchy to make it easier for you, feels like installing windows xp though

[@patricioa5535]

"Gentoo" ... "Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time."

[@sherrilltechnology]

Man what a great video and Ubuntu is a very solid choice for sure. I also really like Zorin and PopOS but as you said Ubuntu is the most simple to get working. Great great video, you have another subscriber!

[@Trevorious2010]

I'm a windows user but has recently started down the programing journey and I'm considering trying out Ubuntu but I'm worried about nit being able to play all my games which I currently play on windows. I had a chance to switch to Ubuntu way back in 2006, and after installing Wine, I was able to play WoW on my potato a friend built for me. But it was short lived and I haven't touched Linux since. Now all these years later I'm ready to embrace my inner nerd and go Linux. Wish me luck!

[@vigotski]

I've used Linux Mint in an old notebook, worked great.

[@HamaadSiddiqui]

Manjaro + KDE Plasma = Windows like but with Arch :D

[@yoman9446]

KDE Plasma can be even made to look like MacOS or any other OS out there, it's pretty awesome

[@menschjanvv2500]

Manjaro is not Arch Linux.

[@imhemish]

@@menschjanvv2500 yeah. arch forums would beat you out if you spell that this issue came in manjaro and please help to fix

[@Aestareth_]

which kinda defeats the point of arch

[@stephenpendergrass9472]

Ive tested so many different distros and I think manjaro and ubuntu out of the box just work the best. Ive had some issues with linux mint and elementary os and such distros because it doesnt work with my nvidia gpu out of the box without adding the no modset option to the boot loader which is hard to do when it just displays green lines on the screen lol but ive had good experiences with those distros on other pc's. But pop os is also great and has a download available for nvidia gpus where the graphics driver is loaded from the install screen onwards making the chances of failure during the install next to none. Also one thing to keep in mind is not long ago there was a bug in ubuntu and some ubuntu based distributions where the nvidia driver would fail to install two thirds through the install process borking your install but I have not had this issue in months so it may be fixes by now. Great video btw I love to see people embracing linux and giving tips to those who are new to the platform.

[@robertthompson5908]

My first Linux distribution was TAMU in 1993. It came on 22 floppy disks and I turned my 486 machine into a dual boot system. I was one of the first people to get Xwindows running on it. I was 36 years old at the time. I’m currently using Fedora.

[@roline.8580]

cool dude. What version of Fedora are you using now?

[@noadevamshmanoj3618]

zorin os is awsome since it integrates smoothly with wine. the prob tho is that all packages are very outdated

[@bobstar2683]

As a windows user looking into "just dipping the toe" in, Mint is looking good.

[@_AndromedaGalaxy_]

i got 17.3 and hate it. i love windows 7. i would love to find a linux distro that is exactly like windows 7 and every bit as easy to use.

[@dicemahone]

@@_AndromedaGalaxy_ you can make kde look like windows 7

[@dnyalslg]

Puppy Linux for old PCs and laptops. The first ever computer that was kinda of my own was a second-hand 1998 PC I was given in 2010. Windows was crap on it. Installed Puppy Linux and it gave it a new life for a few more years until I got my own laptop. Thanks to Puppy, I learned about Linux.

[@Theineluctable_SOME_CANT]

Great video, brother! I just happen to use SolydX, a Dutch distro. It does not run Oracle virtual box. I also use Ubuntu Stoudio, Kali and Mint on a usb with persistence. My requirement is rock solid stability.