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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux distro for noob (lemmy.pt)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by arya@lemmy.pt to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a laptop from 2014 and I'm thinking of installing Kubuntu or Arch. I don't know much about linux but the computer is not important and is damaged so I can screw it What would you recommend? I'm thinking of something customizable (Arch) but easy to use (so Kubuntu is a good option)

If the English is not good, blame the translator 😃👍

I have the minimum requirements for both.

Edit: The computer isn't suposed for be a daily driver. And thanks for the replies.

Edit 2: I use Kubuntu btw

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[–] procapra@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Anyone suggesting a rolling release distro to you is setting you up for failure, especially on a 2014 laptop that will absolutely not benefit from it.

Use Linux Mint. It's still Linux, you can still ~~break it~~ customize it as much as you want.

edit: Y'all are absolutely insane to downvote this when we are talking about a NEW linux user using a 11 year old laptop.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

I agree, without know how OP wants to customize, I'm assuming they want to customize the desktop GUI. If that's the case, anything KDE will be a good starting place. They also implied they don't mind if they mess something up, so the specs probably don't matter for being the most resource efficient. It just needs to be hand-holdy enough to help get a little experience for them, then they can jump into a more hands on distro

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

I think it's more about the specsheet than anything else. If Mint works, great! I'm just not too sure how well it will work (It should work well, but is it the best option?).