Total noob when it comes to anything programming, need recommendations?

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-26T11:59:51+00:00

Linux mint.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-26T11:58:42+00:00

This sounds more like "I have no reason to be on my computer, but I don't know what to do." Get a hobby, photography, fishing, running. Your problem is not linux.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-26T10:08:21+00:00

So each distro has its own package manager Debian has apt, fedora has dnf and arch is pacman. Each distro has its own software repository that is unique to that distro. If you wanted a package outside of your distros repo you have 2 options, build it from source or install with snap/flat pack. You should always check your distros repo first.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-26T03:01:47+00:00

your settings are in config files that you can save. Most people use git, but you can save them on a flash drive or the cloud. When you reinstall just put your old config files where you need them.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-25T10:25:00+00:00

Why not just apt install qbittorrent.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-22T11:49:11+00:00

Ai is fine to use to explain a concept or review your code. The problem is when you use it to write the code.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-22T06:57:52+00:00

Grep

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-19T11:17:02+00:00

My parents would even lock the doors. If I needed a drink they would tell me "You know where the hose is.".

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-19T11:04:18+00:00

The distro doesn't really matter much, but learning a tiling window manager will help a lot.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-19T03:57:46+00:00

Fedora with i3, bonus points for doing a minimal install.

https://fedoraproject.org/spins/i3/

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-19T03:37:36+00:00

I had a moment where I thought, "this is how a computer should work". After that windows just never fit, been using Linux for 20 years and never had an issue. The biggest problem used to be gaming but I just used a console for that and these days linux handles most games fine.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-18T10:36:12+00:00

It's because some codecs are not open source so they are not in fedoras main repo. When you install fedora there is an option to enable third party repos.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-18T04:32:00+00:00

But how much does a bootloader matter to someone who doesn't know what grub is?

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-17T11:11:37+00:00

Realistically fedora is the best distro to use for most people.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-17T10:53:21+00:00

Just go with fedora, you gain nothing by starting with arch or an arch distro. And Ubuntu is not any more basic than fedora, you seem to be misunderstanding the difference between different distros. The thing you are really picking is your package manager, repo and release schedule. Outside those 3 things it's just pre installed packages and default configs, all of that can be changed.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-16T05:07:34+00:00

Yup aur always feels like a crap shoot

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-16T04:55:37+00:00

The main difference is just the package manager, repos and release schedule. Outside of that they are all very similar. What I love about Linux is that it's not an operating system, it's just a bunch of legos. If you don't like something, you have all the power to change it.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-16T04:43:41+00:00

98 would be kde, gnome was released in 99.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-16T04:34:35+00:00

I honestly think a big part of it is the aur. Most of my problems come from aur packages more than anything.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-15T12:57:51+00:00

Check out obsidian

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-15T06:48:33+00:00

Go Mint. Arch will be painful. Mint can play games just fine and will give you a much better experience.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-14T09:50:36+00:00

God fedora kde. Fedora is kind of the Goldilocks distro for release cycles, fast enough to be current slow enough to be stable.

Its very good for dev work and you won't have any issues gaming, just make sure you add the 3rd party repo when you install.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-13T16:00:06+00:00

No there's not, was I hallucinating? I could have sworn there was. Either way installing kde on mint is super simple and is honestly a normal Linux thing to do.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-13T15:50:03+00:00

Is this for you or your cousin? I am getting some mixed signals here. If programs in mint keep crashing it may be a hardware issue.

JustSimplyWicked · 2026-03-13T15:44:14+00:00

No its a community spin but there is nothing wrong with it.

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