Any Suggestions for a Linux distro?

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I just took a look around and my head is spinning. New! Shiny!

I guess my question is, what would an old Slacker be happy with? I imagine I'll need a GUI for these modern programs to run. Which of these companies hasn't gone the way of Microsoft?

This is for a well spec'd AMD machine with a Nvidia 1060 GPU, 32gigs of memory and a 2T SSD. Not a laptop. No internet, just for measurements and recording.
 
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gkterry said:
Linux Mint is a good beginner distro too.

myself, I run Debian because it is stable and they do a good job of backporting fixes but it may not be the one I would recommend for someone starting out with Linux
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I have to confess that Mint appealed to me when I grew tired of the command line and surrendered to the GUI. Laziness. Pure laziness.
 
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I'll cast another vote for Ubuntu. I've used various versions of it for years, and it was always (in my experience) the easiest the use for daily computer needs. The learning curve isn't too steep for any just getting into using Linux.
 
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I've been a Suse user since ~1998, and I have reservations about recommending their 'Tumbleweed' variant. Endless ruddy updates!
They offer a 'Leaf' variant, which isn't quite as bleeding edge. Suse's 'Yast' package is worth the price of admission though.

On another machine, I have Lubuntu. For a beginner in the world of Linux, I'd recommend Lubuntu or Ubuntu over Suse in a heartbeat.
 
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gkterry said:
Linux Mint is a good beginner distro too.

myself, I run Debian because it is stable and they do a good job of backporting fixes but it may not be the one I would recommend for someone starting out with Linux
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Would you recommend it to someone who started with Slackware when it was still on floppies?

Mind you, I could still read 20 years ago. Things are fuzzier now. But mostly, I'm looking for stability and the ability to read the code.
 
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Swirling Snow said:
Would you recommend it to someone who started with Slackware when it was still on floppies?

Mind you, I could still read 20 years ago. Things are fuzzier now. But mostly, I'm looking for stability and the ability to read the code.
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Mint is really just an overlay on top of Debian and Ubuntu. What you know about those distributions carries into Mint. It's a thing of beauty.

Home - Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.
linuxmint.com linuxmint.com

I started with Slack when it was on floppies. I remember the day I achieved a working X11. Amazing!
 
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gkterry said:
Fedora is very easy to install and is fully featured. You can download a live cd version to try. It will not make any changes to your system until you tell it to do so. It was recently voted the best distro of 2022.
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It's also like and related to software used in enterprises. That can mean good support, compatibility, stability and portable knowledge or skills.
 
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I tried a few - really liked the look of Deepin - but always go back to Ubuntu because, basically, more things work)
 
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