I second this. People usually recommend Ubuntu for beginners which I can somewhat understand because it’s super easy to get started. But the downside is that you’ll most likely stay a beginner and don’t understand the absolute basics of a Linux based OS because, well, most of the time you don’t have to. Then you make a beginner’s mistake once and there you go.
I don’t get why people even recommend Ubuntu anymore. There’s other beginner friendly distros like Mint that don’t have a company behind them that develops proprietary software no one wants and then tries to get everyone to use it.
That is not true. Getting into literally any Linux distro, unless it is a Fisher Price kiosk, allows you to learn plenty. My entry point was the legendary Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 6 years ago. If some elitist or horrible teacher or idiot told me to use Arch, Gentoo, or their favourite BS distro, I would have stayed a Windows NPC forever. Clearly, if you look at my knowledge, I would not have deserved it.
Ubuntu has the greatest community support, supports all kinds of install packages and has extremely good security and update support. It is the best entry point distro, and even Mint is harder than Ubuntu, since any distro that requires you to do anything undocumented or hardly documented is a turn off for beginner.
I have a Linux/Windows computing guide aimed at transitioning and/or dual boot usage with experience of almost 2 decades. https://lemmy.ml/post/511377
They are, if they recommend things to beginners without considering their perspective. Their own perspective on matters simply does not matter. This is why elitists and horrible teachers exist.
I second this. People usually recommend Ubuntu for beginners which I can somewhat understand because it’s super easy to get started. But the downside is that you’ll most likely stay a beginner and don’t understand the absolute basics of a Linux based OS because, well, most of the time you don’t have to. Then you make a beginner’s mistake once and there you go.
Slowly the trend of recommending Ubuntu to beginners is declining
I don’t get why people even recommend Ubuntu anymore. There’s other beginner friendly distros like Mint that don’t have a company behind them that develops proprietary software no one wants and then tries to get everyone to use it.
That is not true. Getting into literally any Linux distro, unless it is a Fisher Price kiosk, allows you to learn plenty. My entry point was the legendary Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 6 years ago. If some elitist or horrible teacher or idiot told me to use Arch, Gentoo, or their favourite BS distro, I would have stayed a Windows NPC forever. Clearly, if you look at my knowledge, I would not have deserved it.
Ubuntu has the greatest community support, supports all kinds of install packages and has extremely good security and update support. It is the best entry point distro, and even Mint is harder than Ubuntu, since any distro that requires you to do anything undocumented or hardly documented is a turn off for beginner.
I have a Linux/Windows computing guide aimed at transitioning and/or dual boot usage with experience of almost 2 decades. https://lemmy.ml/post/511377
while I agree with you, calling people who recommend other distro elitists, horrible teachers, and idiots is pretty combative and rude.
They are, if they recommend things to beginners without considering their perspective. Their own perspective on matters simply does not matter. This is why elitists and horrible teachers exist.