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@PurpleJillybeans And don't suggest they use another distro, unless they picked something utterly terrible for a beginner, like Gentoo. Most likely they won't try another distro, they will just lose interest.
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@georgramer @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans I mean, if they aren't building #LFS from within #wsl are they even real Linux users? All jokes aside, https://www.linuxcommand.org/ is great for those wanting "more" than just the pretty GUI stuff we all love. We should also make sure to indoctrinate them into the #gnome & #kde wars for sure!!! If that gets too boring, there are always #Wayland or #x11 debates to be had!!! @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans Because after all, any distro they choose is a big step regardless, and one more linux user in the os market share :02_nod: @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans Live USB images were how I dipped my toes into Linux and built my understanding of what was possible with the OS. Based on my own experience, I always suggest newbies learn to use BalenaEtcher and explore a few different distros. It’s fascinating to look at a distro like TAILS and see the variety of ways in which your device is screaming its identity across the web, even as compared to Ubuntu.  @eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans yea, live discs/USB is definitely the way to go on finding out about linux. Unfortunately some new laptops throw an absolute fit trying to boot from a usb drive. Had a non-tech-savvy co-worker who was interested in linux but his asus laptop had all kinds of win11/bitlocker windows/warnings/errors when he tried to boot from a livedrive and unless I was there every step of the way he was terrified he was going to break his computer. @eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans I was making a live USB recently and went back to my old trusted Universal USB/Linux Installer (I forget which one goes in the middle), and I was very impressed. It now installs a barebones system in the stick and you can simply copy a bunch of ISOs in the data partition. On boot up, you can select the OS you want to try. And you no longer need to reburn the stick. I think it's a great tool for anyone who wants to try several distros. @thylacoleo @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans If you’re talking about the PenDriveLinux one, that’s super cool and new to me. Direct link for those interested: https://pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ @eccentric_econ @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans Yup, that's the one! Blew my mind the other day when I saw how it works now. (Thanks for sharing the link, I'm on mobile right now and it's a bit complicated.) @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans b-b-but gentoo was my first and it was really effective… @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans (honestly the best thing about gentoo was that the people in that irc channel did *not* tell me to install something else. they were happy to have me and to explain to me what a kernel is while i was struggling to menuconfig it into something that boots. it was glorious. i guess the moral of the story is, find out what a person is actually trying to do for before giving any sort of advice :D) @skye @thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans openbsd folks read the OP’s toot and negated it back in the day. I nope’d out and never looked back. |
@thebluemarble @PurpleJillybeans I think Kali would be THE worst distro to start with that nevertheless attracts newbies.