I have been using Windows my entire life, but since I got my Steam Deck I’ve been considering trying to get into Linux.

I obviously don’t have much of an idea where to begin, other than that I’m currently also trying to learn Javascript. I’d like a basic workstation I can code on and mess with, that doesn’t run more than a couple hundred. Could use some recommendations for hardware plus where to begin.

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    This happens on Ubuntu too. Just that there the best tip will be “try reinstalling the system”, because traditional distros are so unmanaged, that they pile up unused files and packages over time, and simply random things happen.

    Believe me, I broke Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Manjaro, Fedora. MXLinux was so old that I my Nextcloud was not compatible. I was a beginner and every Distro sucked.

    If i would have just learned any of the managed Distro models (rpm-ostree, A/B root, transactional-update, NixOS, …) I wouldnt have needed to switch

    Distrohopping makes no sense, you should try Desktops but the Distro should just work.