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posted by janrinok on Saturday March 24 2018, @06:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the why-change dept.

If you have gained some Linux skills after using Ubuntu for some time, you may try switching to these distributions to explore the world of Linux distributions further.

Ubuntu is one of the best Linux distributions for beginners. It's an excellent platform for people new to Linux. It is easy to install, has tons of free resources available along with a massive list of applications available for it. https://itsfoss.com/distribution-after-ubuntu/


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 25 2018, @12:53AM (5 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday March 25 2018, @12:53AM (#657726) Journal

    1999 was fun with red hat (5.2?ish)...delving into Xorg to feck around and get X going, but sooo much fun! RPM hell!!! :)

    That's the thing about distro hopping: its fun, usually. LFS/BLFS was interesting, but I couldn't see having the time EVER to maintain it.

    Tried Gentoo but jumped when it fell apart for a while.

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday March 25 2018, @01:40AM (4 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Sunday March 25 2018, @01:40AM (#657746)

    1999 I all but hated RedHat, for many reasons, certainly didn't like rpm. But I've always said one of the most important things for Linux distros is package management.

    Fast forward to 2009+, kind of fell into rpm world (CentOS), the GUI apps are horrible and horribly broken, found yum, yumex, etc., thought I had found nirvana (it's been rock-solid stable), and RedHat goes all systemd on me. Still running 6 and looking for a new distro.

    Lots of great systemd-less distros out there, but I hate learning package management the hard way. As stated elsewhere, Alpine has been awesome but the package manager is lacking. For example, every time I run it (apk), it completes but always with an error, and never tells me exactly what's wrong.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 25 2018, @10:14AM (3 children)

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday March 25 2018, @10:14AM (#657847) Journal

      The ONLY thing I don't like about Manjaro(arch) is the systemd thing.
      Might check out void if I ever get time, but for now.....

      ....I just love Manjaro!

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