Hello, I got almost for free a Lenovo laptop: CPU Intel i3 8130, 4Gb RAM. I would like to use It to learn Linux. I saw some people using Arch to learn the inside out of Linux, but I’m afraid It could be to challenging. What do you suggest? What Is the best way to learn? Thank you. Edit: First of all I thank you all for your suggestions, I think that this is what makes this community special. I installed Fedora Xfce for now and I worked all evening to male it work and customize it. I’m learning a lot already. I’ll move to Arch as soon I’ll feel comfortable with Fedora. Thank you all again.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Meaning as vanilla/neutral as you can get from the stock packages and configurations.

    • Ubuntu has become a slop of Canonical choices and ads for services everywhere.
    • Mint does a lot of non-standard stuff, which is fine if you want to use Cinnamon.
    • PopOS has a bunch of custom tooling

    And so on.

    If OP just wants to get on board at a base level without a HUGE amount of edge-cases or one-off customizations, Fedora is the way to go.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      I get your meaning, but there are other “unpolluted” distros where the theming and arbitrary package selection is kept at a minimum. Debian comes to mind.

      In fact, Fedora does take liberties with non-free drivers and configs for the sake of a sane and usable quality of life.

      I’m not trying to start a pissing contest here, just highlighting that there’s a Linux for everyone, and that is the great thing about Linux.