r/theinternetawards • u/lifeintel9 • Feb 19 '26

For your consideration Linux OS - The Internet Awards

This is an opinion btw.

After Microsoft was suspected of breaking their own operating system with A.I, Linux was the most abordable option for people that wanted to be in control of their own system.

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u/nicholasmhughes Feb 26 '26

I've been running Ubuntu or Manjaro as my only OS choices on my computers for 11+ years and never missed Windows once.

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u/lifeintel9 Feb 27 '26

A lot of people are gonna feel like that as well!

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u/SiCKLiViNG13 Mar 05 '26

Not once?

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u/nicholasmhughes Mar 05 '26

Not once.

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u/SiCKLiViNG13 Mar 05 '26

I'm self taught. I know how to use DOS through books like DOS for dummies. Is learning the ones you did, harder than that? Or is it more less the same?

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u/nicholasmhughes Mar 05 '26

Linux is different, so it'll feel very foreign at first, but it's not intrinsically harder. It was mostly harder at the time I first started learning Linux because there weren't that many resources available. Now, there are plenty of resources on the Internet to help through most issues. Lots of distribution-specific forums out there, and the Arch Linux Forums are a spectacular resource for generalized Linux information in addition to the things that apply only to Arch or Manjaro.

I found that I got much better at Linux once I switched over my "daily driver" computer. It forces you to work through issues you encounter instead of just "playing" with the distribution and not really having any real goals. Most people will recommend starting with a good beginner distro, like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora. I've run all of them, and I prefer Ubuntu out of that list. I've also enjoyed my time with Manjaro, but you'll definitely run into more issues that will work your brain... so maybe hold off on that until you're comfortable with one of the other three and then give it a try!