Honestly I'm becoming more and more interested in trying out #Linux lately. I've asked about it in a Discord server and I was recommended #PopOS. I think I might try installing it in #virtualbox and see how it goes. I guess I'm mainly held back by the learning curve and the fact that I wanna learn about a bunch of other tech stuff, so adding a whole new operating system might be pretty overwhelming.
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@Nyla_Smokeyface even if it might be a bit much to digest, i'd start with something more basic like debian, arch, gentoo, slackware (i learned from all of those!).
you really learn more about the system with them. which is otherwise hidden from you by layers of GUIs.
second tip would be to do a real install on e.g. an old laptop. VMs are nice, but it's just not the same as real hardware.
@bonifartius @Nyla_Smokeyface Not everybody is ready for such a steep learning curve. I got into the "under-the-hood"-stuff after a while as well, but for me, and I think many more people new to Linux as well, it is essential to expierience themself at first, that Linux is usable without lots of knowledge about it.
Once someone is comfortable with Linux, nothing stops him from looking under the hood. So I don't see the point of recommending to start in hard mode right away.
@65536 sure, i'd recommend a bit of distro hopping anyway :)
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@bonifartius @Nyla_Smokeyface
My expierience is a different one on that, but might be like that for some people.
By the way, I myself don't recommend "bells and whistles" Distros like PopOS, Mint or Manjaro to beginners, but rather basic ones like Fedora or even Debian. These two in my expierience can be used without learning tons of commands, but also do not throw tons of extra utilities at the user.
Slackware and Arch are the ones that I consider "advanced users only" area.