I know Arch has an installer now but I'd probably still say that just because of how much you need to fidget with it. Though since it's been a while that may have changed
I'll be the first to admit that it might be bias on my part.
With the ubiquity of Ubuntu and Debian, the vast majority of searchable content seems oriented around .deb packages and getting Ubuntu or Debian set up to do a task.
I'm mildly surprised to see pacman mentioned in step-by-step instructions, startled if I see a dnf command.
For one of the big three distro styles, which would probably pull in a beginner with the promise of ease, there seems a minority of content.
I can't comment about most distros but modern Debian is easy compared with pre Sarge Debian, so I assume other distros have become massively easier in the last decade too.
However at the same time I think most Windows and Mac users have become less technical so that counts against them when they jump ships...
Any that installs loads of software that you donβt ever need, donβt know what it does, or donβt know itβs installed; then you break your system when you try βcleaning things outβ. Hold on, that all of them, right? Oh, except Alpine Linux.
On the other hand ... if you're able to go through this, you'll end up having a pretty good understanding of what makes an OS run and how the desktop plugs into the stack.
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Gentoo might not be too easy, dpending on how motivated to learn you are
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All you need to do is ./configure; make; make install ;)
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I'll be the first to admit that it might be bias on my part.
With the ubiquity of Ubuntu and Debian, the vast majority of searchable content seems oriented around .deb packages and getting Ubuntu or Debian set up to do a task.
I'm mildly surprised to see pacman mentioned in step-by-step instructions, startled if I see a dnf command.
For one of the big three distro styles, which would probably pull in a beginner with the promise of ease, there seems a minority of content.
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in reply to nixCraft π§ • • •depends where they are starting from.
I can't comment about most distros but modern Debian is easy compared with pre Sarge Debian, so I assume other distros have become massively easier in the last decade too.
However at the same time I think most Windows and Mac users have become less technical so that counts against them when they jump ships...
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On the other hand ... if you're able to go through this, you'll end up having a pretty good understanding of what makes an OS run and how the desktop plugs into the stack.
Welcome to Linux From Scratch!
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But for the modern generation, itβs ubuntu. Snaps are soooooo slow, imagine what this attention deprived generation would do.
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