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New to Linux which OS to use? (lemdro.id)

submitted 2 days ago by TheMilk@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev

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Finally making the transition from Windows to a Linux. I'm pretty sure it's been asked several times but which Linux OS would you recommend a beginner to use? I've seen Ubuntu and Mint as a good start. Not looking to do much. Game here and there (not too worried about Linux compatibility), streaming, editing videos. If I break any rules. I'm sorry.

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[–] imecth@fedia.io 1 points 20 hours ago

Downstream distros are a bit of a special case, as they don't really test these packages so much as inherit them from upstream, so what you're actually getting is ubuntu's and debian's version of GNOME in Mint for example. If you're going to do that, I'd just cut out the middleman and go upstream here as Mint isn't bringing anything of value, worse it's just another vector for untested bugs.