Where would i go to get Liniux?

[Von-Reaper]

I'm wanting to know for futrue tense when i do get around to building a new pc and or rewiring a laptop away from the dreaded win10 OS, I'm not exactly shure where to find it.

[Dank Kitty the Dog Slayer]

www.linux.org

[6809e]

If you're just starting with Linux,

Use Ubuntu (ubuntu.com)

The steam client is in the repos by default ...

Hardware support is easier (Especialy if you get NVidia hardware for graphics)

Then once you are comfortable with the Linux ecosystem you can experiment...

[squark]

I can recommend Ubuntu as well. You'll want to probably install it on a USB or DVD (plenty of guides on the internet), and then install from there.
Ubuntu is especially great since it has a massive community, and you can find pretty much any problem you run into on AskUbuntu[askubuntu.com]. Plus, it's not necessarily a newbie distro like many people will say it is. It's easy to use, but nothing's holding you back from experimenting.
Wayland with Nvidia is a pain in the neck, though....

[Cat on Linux]

go for Debian. it does not uses Wayland :)

[cedara2]

Also reccing Ubuntu.

[Marlock]

For people coming from Windows, I always recommend Linux Mint:
https://linuxmint.com/

They have just published a new *very* detailed step-by-step install guide here:
http://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

And you can use a usb pendrive to liveboot Linux Mint (also Ubuntu, Solus and many other distros) from there. Creating a liveboot pendrive is all you will need to test if a distro works on a computer before nuking Windows from it. You will also be able to use it to install the new OS if you want to. You can create a liveboot pendrive for most linux distros from windows right now using this:
http://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html

Finally, if you want to get Linux now but don't want to kill Windows yet, you can set them up as dual-boot:
http://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/multiboot.html

That way you will have time to get used to things while still having windows around as a fallback for anything you can't yet do on Linux.

PS: setting up dual-boot is kind of tricky if done with partitions on the same drive. Windows does not like it much, especially Win8 and Win10, so I recommend using different physical drives on the same system for that if you can.

[Chief]

@Marlock

Thanks for your contribution to your fellow Steam community users :)

[Philister101]

dont use a ♥♥♥♥ distribution....i try alot of distribution to find something i like and , Ubuntu is a ♥♥♥♥ dont use that first . steamos i the same, DISTRIBUTION whit long time as be create are good only for work not for gaming or using news software of evrything because the packages have old depencies causing many problemes. The performance is important anyway ( MANJARO XFCE ) is archlinux derivatives is the best for evryone. ARCHLINUX but its for advanced linux user. Linux mint is good but again its baser on ubuntu , thats mean another ♥♥♥♥

[ack0329]

VonReaper, I guess you have figured it out ....
ALL Linux distros (except Redhat Server and MAC - and here comes all the arguments woohoo!) are free online to download - PERIOD.

9/10 people would say Ubuntu or one of its' offsprings are great. Like Linux Mint. Done.

[Von-Reaper]

Originally posted by ack0329:

VonReaper, I guess you have figured it out ....
ALL Linux distros (except Redhat Server and MAC - and here comes all the arguments woohoo!) are free online to download - PERIOD.

9/10 people would say Ubuntu or one of its' offsprings are great. Like Linux Mint. Done.

I've known about win10 for ages and why i despise it so much, and im not yet moving to liniux YET but i will as for my new rig im planning i got about 120$ saved up for parts and the laptop secanairo (which may or may not happen soon depends on a 3rd party) most laptop i see have win10 already and ew.

But Thanks.

[./.]

SuSE is a great first time Linux experince as it has apps to do most all system configurations operations. It's one of the longest running distros. It was my OS for years but have since switched to Debian for it's flexability. Grab a few live CD verisons and burn them to disk or USB for a try out. You can run linux this way for ever if you like. Puppy linux live is a great choice for older PC and needs not be installed but runs root which makes for a good rescue distro.

[Cat on Linux]

Originally posted by DOG:

Puppy linux live is a great choice for older PC and needs not be installed but runs root which makes for a good rescue distro.

there's much solid distro for old PCs based on Debian, with up to date apps - Antix. From what I recall it's Debian based and fetaures customized lightweight apps for video, youtube, browsing, etc. Used it once for very old PC to make multimedia center. Poppy is really small but it lacks support for up to date apps, which is not the case in Antix
http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

[./.]

Havnt played with antix but always have a Puppy drive ready for repairs/data recovery. Cycles are long and there is no system update. Although I just downloaded Kali and Parrot to try out in live mode. They have some interesting tools.