I have tried to learn Linux for ages, and have experimented with installing Arch and Ubuntu. Usually something goes wrong when I try to set up a desktop environment after installing Arch in VirtualBox. KDE gave me a problem where I couldn’t log in after getting to the point where my username was displayed in a similar format to how it is for Windows. My end use case is to help keep my workflow more organized than haphazardly throwing files somewhere on my desktop or in a folder nested somewhere that I’ll just inevitably lose :(

Somehow after all this time, I feel like I actually understand less about my computer and what I need to understand regarding its facets. Is it an unrealistic goal to want to eventually run a computer with coreboot and a more cybersecurity heavy emphasis? I’m still a noob at this and any advice would be appreciated!

  • whoami
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    1 year ago

    use linux mint, xubuntu, or maybe pclinuxos

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      1 year ago

      I convinced my friend to try out Mint on his laptop a year ago. He fell in love with it almost instantly and have been using it ever since.

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        1 year ago

        it’s good for first timers, or for people who are just less interested in the command line and configuring everything