Which linux distro is better for beginners?

[ThePH30N1X]

Why doesn't anyone ever mention Gentoo?

[TheWormKill]

Why doesn't anyone ever mention Gentoo?

Some consider it a broken system: http://linux.die.net/man/7/urxvt (see the second paragraph in the FAQ).
I for one can't say anything about the system, but I guess you're right: it's worth mentioning, no matter what
is said. In any case it's a better choice than all those "fancy" distros.

[cyberdrifter]

Some consider it a broken system: http://linux.die.net/man/7/urxvt (see the second paragraph in the FAQ).

Wow... that was one hell of a nerd slap.

[TheWormKill]

Wow... that was one hell of a nerd slap.

What do you mean? I just said what I knew. Am I missing something?

[cyberdrifter]

What do you mean? I just said what I knew. Am I missing something?

Not what you said, I meant this was a nerdslap:

There are three big problems with Gentoo Linux: first of all, most if not all Gentoo systems are completely broken (missing or mismatched header files, broken compiler etc. are just the tip of the iceberg); secondly, the Gentoo maintainer thinks it is a good idea to add broken patches to the code; and lastly, it should be called Gentoo GNU/Linux.
For these reasons, it is impossible to support rxvt-unicode on Gentoo. Problems appearing on Gentoo systems will usually simply be ignored unless they can be reproduced on non-Gentoo systems.

[TheWormKill]

Yep, that's true. But my guess wold be that the author has some reason to say that, although it is a bit harsh criticism.

[L0aD1nG]

Why doesn't anyone ever mention Gentoo?

Because he asked for a distro suitable for starters?
I guess so...

Some consider it a broken system: http://linux.die.net/man/7/urxvt (see the second paragraph in the FAQ).

Yep, that's true. But my guess wold be that the author has some reason to say that, although it is a bit harsh criticism.

Actually he either joking or thrash posting... This is absolutely lies, Gentoo compilers are working efficiently it is actually a "compiled from the source" distro. This couldn't even be funny as a joke really. And of course urxvt are available and working efficiently, you can test it yourself...

Either way Gentoo is a great system. Those rumours that Gentoo is corrupted and many things break etc could apply in any distro which adopts to the philosophy of "compile from the source" and are absolutely thrash talking. The fact that the distro give you the ability to customize everything is not a proof that it is corrupted or unstable distro. Distros like Gentoo, Slackware, FreeBSD etc are totally depended on the hands of the guy who maintain them. So they can either be corrupt-unstable (on a bad use) or even stabler than the ones that claim to be stable enough by default (on a proper use). Its all about skills and experience.

So please don't reproduce this...

[Syntax990]

I use ______ because it's way better than _______ .

[cyberdrifter]

-------Arch Linux---------------------------Everything

I use ____________ because it's way better than ____________ .

[iTpHo3NiX]

-------Arch Linux---------------------------Everything

I use ______ because it's way better than _______ .

*linux everything

There I fixed it for you.

All Linux is beautiful

[cyberdrifter]

All Linux is beautiful

Proof that you're very... VERY wrong...


http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/index.html




Even Linus Disagrees with you

[TheWormKill]

Proof that you're very... VERY wrong...


http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/index.html




Even Linus Disagrees with you

Well, it includes systemd, KDE, Hannah Montana themes and everything Ubuntu brings to your system. That's basically every kind of bloat I could think of during my nightmares.

[iTpHo3NiX]

OMFG thank you for the link!!! Downloading!!! I fucking LOVE Hannah Montana!!! She lives two lives its sooooo crazy!!!

[cyberdrifter]

Everything ubuntu brings?

Clearly you have no idea what you're saying and probably just never had the capacity to use your own Arch system. Or you'd know better.

Well, it includes systemd, KDE, Hannah Montana themes and everything Ubuntu brings to your system. That's basically every kind of bloat I could think of during my nightmares.

[Intel]

Depends what you're going for really, if you're wanting to have a huge learning curve then I'd suggest Arch.


If you're wanting something to use to replace Windows as a workplace I'd use Fedora. Then again it's all personal preference aswell, what I did when I first started using Linux was try as many distro's as possible and familiarise yourself with different types such as Gnome, KDE, Mate etc.. Then decide which you like best.