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Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start?

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.linux
Subject Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start?
Date 2026-03-24 12:52 +0100
Message-ID <fhaa9mxp9f.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References <10p98oo$23mht$1@dont-email.me> <distro-20260316170559@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <537ace9b-a345-4db3-c483-712740f8260e@hotmail.com> <op.3mb49yk0a3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <10pdr41$3n4ph$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2026-03-18 10:26, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 18/03/2026 2:28 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:27:33 -0400, Oguz Kaan Ocal 
>> <oguzkaanocal3169@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16.03.2026 19:06, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>> Oguz Kaan Ocal <oguzkaanocal3169@hotmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>>>>> I haven’t used Linux since I got a computer. I’m thinking of 
>>>>> switching to Linux. Which distro should I use?
>>>>
>>>> Want that Windows vibe? Go with Linux Mint or Zorin OS. Need the 
>>>> most community support? Ubuntu is where you want to be. Looking to 
>>>> lock in stability and wrap your head around Linux fundamentals? 
>>>> Debian is the call. Into gaming or dealing with NVIDIA cards? Pop! 
>>>> _OS is the way to go.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> For any new linux user, they should find someone they can contact when 
>> they can't get the system to boot.
>>
>> The distro the new user should use is the one recommended by the 
>> person they will turn to for help.
> 
> WOW!! What an amazingly, LOGICAL, piece of advise for a Beginner .... 
> for a beginner at anything!!

I just thought that the friendly support might be using a complex distro.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Oguz Kaan Ocal <oguzkaanocal3169@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-16 18:48 +0300
  Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-03-16 16:06 +0000
    Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Oguz Kaan Ocal <oguzkaanocal3169@hotmail.com> - 2026-03-17 08:27 +0300
      Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-03-17 11:28 -0400
        Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-17 22:02 +0100
        Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-03-18 20:26 +1100
          Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-03-20 12:57 +0000
            Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-21 00:24 +0000
              Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-03-23 12:03 +0000
                Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-03-24 19:38 +1100
          Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-03-24 12:52 +0100
    Re: First time Linux user – Best distro to start? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-03-17 12:03 +0000
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