Beginner's Guide

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This guide has an aim to provide easy-to-access solution for learning and understanding GNU/Linux as a desktop operating system. This section as its final should answer some of the most common questions amongst people trying out Linux for the first time.

Glossary

For glossary, please refer to 🔗 glossary reference page

What Distro should I use?

NOTE: “Distro” just means a Linux distribution, which is a modification of GNU/Linux, tailored to a philosophy, use-case, or more.

Choosing the right distro for you can be hard, so for the sake of this guide, we advise you to use Linux Mint: an Ubuntu-based distro that is perfect for beginners, and free from Ubuntu’s parent company’s questionable choices.

After you finish this guide and feel comfortable with your knowledge of Linux, you can switch to another distro here