[Cytax]

I know this isn't quite a question you guys can really answer because I know there isn't really one version better than the other. That being said, I am asking which distribution would you guys recommend if I was going to be using Linux for daily tasks and switching over to that rather than windows. I think I want to take the leap to Linux to force myself to learn. Thanks!

[Faith Connors]

Elementary is what i use on a day to day basis.
Ubuntu is good but i just dont like gnome that much.
Debian also
Mint for babbys first loonix
Anything debian based tbh.

[Cytax]

Elementary is what i use on a day to day basis.
Ubuntu is good but i just dont like gnome that much.
Debian also
Mint for babbys first loonix
Anything debian based tbh.

Thanks for the reply man, I'll look into them.

[Deany]

Elementary is what i use on a day to day basis.
Ubuntu is good but i just dont like gnome that much.
Debian also
Mint for babbys first loonix
Anything debian based tbh.

bruh mint is good it's win7 clone

[THC]

I've always had issues with elementary installation, even though its a fucking beautiful linux distro.
I would recommend Ubuntu for now, super simple and clean. Good for a beginner. I use Ubuntu as my main OS currently with my other hard drive running windows (have not booted into windows in a couple months). If you have some usb drives laying around you can always create a handful of liveboot usbs to try out different distros, or create a couple VMs before you decide.
Check out...
Elementary
Mint
Ubuntu
Arch
opensuse

[Asdethprime]

Ubuntu for me. It's stable, been using it for nearly 2 years now. Never had a problem.

Super friendly for beginner.

[allhellno]

I know this isn't quite a question you guys can really answer because I know there isn't really one version better than the other. That being said, I am asking which distribution would you guys recommend if I was going to be using Linux for daily tasks and switching over to that rather than windows. I think I want to take the leap to Linux to force myself to learn. Thanks!

If your goal is simply to learn/familiarize yourself with linux one option you could consider is the Windows Subsystem for Linux that can be enabled on Windows 10. This would provide you with a decent learning environment without going through the hassle of installing a new OS. Not to mention you get to keep your Windows installation which I would say hands down is more of a ''daily task" OS than any linux distro. That being said Ubuntu is not a bad option either, but I've never really used linux as a desktop OS so I'm definitely no expert on which flavor is the best.

[mstrmnn]

It wasn't intended for daily use but I'm using Kali with non root user also for non pentesting tasks and it's working fine.

[IonnyBeGude]

Ubuntu because any question you have about it or issue, you will find it answered somewhere on Stack overflow or Ubuntu Forums.

[Asdethprime]

For the record, I use ubuntu for day to day operation. Being doing the same for 2 years now.

It's has OpenOffice where you can create MSOFFICE documents, it has built in Transmission (bit torrent) and has built in browser (firefox).

Personally, I did not quite like firefox so if you are like me try the following (once you install ubuntu)

Code

sudo apt purge firefox
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt install chromium-browser

[GlycoL]

Your reason for using Ubuntu is literally for software available in all major distributions. All versions of Linux are easy to use, that's why man pages exist. Check them out yourself. Most of the major distributions are the same except the package manager.

[Faith Connors]

Your reason for using Ubuntu is literally for software available in all major distributions. All versions of Linux are easy to use, that's why man pages exist. Check them out yourself. Most of the major distributions are the same except the package manager.

>Never heard of hardware compatability/support
Sorry to say that ubuntu just werks, while youll spend a week getting your sound to work on arch.

Also obligatory "mom, cancel my meetings, pacman fucked up my xorg.conf again!"

[GlycoL]

Tell me any major distribution that has problems with hardware compatibility please.
Links with info will suffice.

[Faith Connors]

Tell me any major distribution that has problems with hardware compatibility please.
Links with info will suffice.

Major distributions admittedly arent that bad, but there are always issues with not widely used hardware, for instance I have an archer t8 wireless adapter with a bcm4360 chipset. Despite having b43 and wl drivers available, they rarely just werk™ and it took me a while with reinstalling and reconfiguring it all to work. Not to mention b43 isnt usually installed by default.

To anyone with experience with linux that doesnt sound too bad but for a beginner theyll get scared and shy away if they have to spend more time getting it to work than actually using it for daily tasks. Ubuntu has a bigger community as well making it easier to find answers to specific questions on their forum.

[Shoe]

If your goal is simply to learn/familiarize yourself with linux one option you could consider is the Windows Subsystem for Linux that can be enabled on Windows 10. This would provide you with a decent learning environment without going through the hassle of installing a new OS. Not to mention you get to keep your Windows installation which I would say hands down is more of a ''daily task" OS than any linux distro. That being said Ubuntu is not a bad option either, but I've never really used linux as a desktop OS so I'm definitely no expert on which flavor is the best.

Nope. Malware escapes that subsystem so easily. Let's stray away from Bash on Windows 10. At this point you may as well pop a Linux distro into a VM.