Recently, I have had my eye on Linux, as a complete new OS that remains unexplored to me. I'm using PC with Windows and have an Apple phone, so I know bits of every of the two; although I've been with Windows longer than with Apple OS. I started seeing some "flaws" in Windows, googled them and found out many of those are "fixed" or easily accessible on a Linux distro. So I have a few questions for Linux users; firstly, what is most "beginner friendly" distro you'd recommend for a newbie? What should I watch out for? And, as this is TI site, I'd like to ask if there's any torrent site that has good / great books to get you started and more in Linux? Thank you!

hey you can start with Ubuntu, it has a friendly interface and can basically go all our basic needs. Variety of software are available for it, some offer package installers (.deb like .exe for windows).

Once you familiar your self with Linux through Ubuntu then you can go for the others based on your interest. (Basically if you know MAC then your good).


ALso, many public and easy to join private trackers have unlimited supply of Linux books and tutorials, you just have to find the one that is easy to understand and work with.

Thank You for your input on the topic! I recently joined a forum about Linux, and they told me "Mint" was the best for the beginners, although I do take every bit of info I can get so I can analyse it myself. Really appreciate your time and will to help.

You should check out fedora. It s very bleeding edge and easy to use. The interface looks similar to MAC.

But i would just recommend going with a Ubuntu LTS version aka 18.04 because it s probably more stable. For learning purpose there is nothing better than this because you will find for every problem you seek a 1:1 copyable solution. This might not be the case with other Linux distributions even tho it might look very very similar as a newbie still confusing.

Basically you can try out every linux system you want there are just some you ll want to avoid like Qubes(very sexy due to the security and the virtual machines style but not mainstream so full of bugs and not really getting a funding soooo.....) or Arch Linux ( empty lightweight system)

I ve tried Mint and tbh if i had Mint from the beginning i would probably dislike Linux due to the way it looks and reacts.

Conclusion : Go with Ubuntu or Fedora because they have the most active community. If you are looking to learn probably Ubuntu. If you are just about to browse and do some random normal average user stuff you can flip a coin between fedora and Ubuntu. If you r very heavy oriented on learning and finding fast a solution in the internet most likely Ubuntu.

Fact is you can do nothing really wrong by choosing Fedora or Ubuntu.