Distro doesn't matter that much, and Ubuntu is decent for learning Linux just due to the amount of random tutorials that people make for it. That's a pretty neat SBC.

@2FA but... but... arch

@LukeSavenije LFS or nothing

@2FA Ah ok sweet  and Thank you! I feel like such a Linux Noob currently. I'm just in the process of making a bootable USB-Drive haha

I'm a fellow Linux noobie as well and, from my limited experience, it does matter what distro you choose. 

Or rather, what the distro is based on.

As far as I know, Ubuntu is the most supported and noob friendly and Manjaro is based on Arch so, if you need to mess with something then, you'll more then likely have to go into the console/terminal which can be a pain of you don't have experience with all that. 

@2FA

are you challenging me?

in ONE try

@Cyberspirit well... i have something with both

ubuntu drops active 32 bit support

and i've had problems with manjaro recently, hence I installed arch yesterday

@Cyberspirit 

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I'm a fellow Linux noobie as well

Glad to know I'm not the only one whilst writing this  hahaha

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Manjaro is based on Arch

Yeah, someone told Me this last week but I wasn't sure whether they were correct or not. I dunno if this matters to Me personally.

well... manjaro is as close to arch as ubuntu to debian

it's based off, but completely different in many things

@LukeSavenije I'm calling you out, LFS in one try.

@2FA ehm... no thanks... i'm fine with arch for now

i'd challenge sauron (but i won't tag him this time)

I heard it has an M.2 NVMe slot  

• https://www.udoo.org/udoo-bolt/

It does indeed @TopHatProductions115 amongst many other M.2/USB slots

God damn that is definitely out there, in the best of ways.  Looks slick as hell, I've been meaning to try out Linux myself as Windows has been pissing me off as of late.  Let me know how it goes with the learning curve!

@Java Yeah sure man, no worries  I'm gonna install it in a little while and try to install it onto My M.2-SSD etc. lol

I'm hoping that the 1TB M.2 SSD and 32GB (2x16GB) SO-DIMM Kit of RAM I purchased is fully compatible with the UDOO-Bolt V8 as I've heard that certain brands/types are having some issues. Sooo.. yeah. I really hope everything goes smoothly.

Ok, I'm already confused with Linux  And I haven't reached the desktop yet lmao. This is so different compared to a normal Windows 10 Installation in My opinion.

Thiiiis is gonna take some time.

which distro? and what desktop?

Ubuntu 18.04 is the Distro I'm trying to install. I think that's the right version I downloaded, not sure. 

It's saying it can't find a root file system; aka some partitioning needs to be done I think. I have NO idea when it comes to partitioning btw  I just hope that the full 1TB is available lol

nope... that's the lts

I'd get 19.04

even if I'd choose arch

LTS? In that case, I dunno. I can update to 19.04 from 18.04 can I not?  I dunno.

This would so much easier for Me to explain on microphone  haha

yeah... it doesn't work that way

lts is different from the normal releases

but i (and a couple other actual linux nerds) can help you on discord if you want

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but i (and a couple other actual linux nerds) can help you on discord if you want

Which Discord? PM it to Me or something  I might have to join lol; just to get started at least. I have a ton of questions xd

https://discord.gg/p6Hu3Mj

some other guys from the forum are there as well

Nothing wrong with LTS, you update freaks.