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Hello fellow comrades, As of recent, I am purchasing the parts to my pc and was wondering what is the most user-friendly version of linux? And with that version of linux, could you link me up with guides explaining how to navigate, and other useful information. Thanks for taking your time to read my post. Vielen Dank!

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the latest Ubuntu is made to be user friendly. you don't need to use the console that much and it's very intuitive to use

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Most interfaces on popular distros are really user friendly. I would go for a distro that has lots of support, so if you want to do something and don't know how, google will pour results from forums, videos and blogs.

My recommendation: Linux Mint, or Ubuntu a second choice. The reason I'm not keen on ubuntu right now is that you have to use Unity (which is the desktop menu and combined apps). However on Mint you use Cinammon, which I really like (looks much more like Windows BTW).

 

What are your system specs?

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory 
Video Card:Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Card (Idc what brand it is, they're all reference)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

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12 minutes ago, LongDashund said:

Hello fellow comrades, As of recent, I am purchasing the parts to my pc and was wondering what is the most user-friendly version of linux? And with that version of linux, could you link me up with guides explaining how to navigate, and other useful information. Thanks for taking your time to read my post. Vielen Dank!

My favorite is Mint with MAKE. Mint is really good for users coming from a windows 7 environment.
Another good "first Linux" is Zorin OS. I've only ever used this in a virtual machine, just to see what all the fuss was about, so I can't attest to it's performance. IMO though, Zorin is what OSx would look like if they tried to copy cat windows 7.

Guides/tutorials can be found here: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial

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yeah you can definetly survive the Unity desktop with those specs. I personally use the GNOME 3 desktop, but graphics are a personal choice

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I personally use Linux Mint and I love it.  It's got lots of features, software, and support, it's super stable (I've never had it crash on me), the desktop environment is going to be very familiar if you're a Windows users (juuuuust different enough to take a bit of adjusting, but it'll be pretty intuitive pretty quick), and it comes with the option for media codecs and such right out of the box.

 

Ubuntu is another option, but the newest version--16.04--had a lot of bugs at launch (I think they've pretty much all been fixed, or at least I hope they have) that put people off of it, but it's a pretty solid OS as well.  I personally hate the Unity desktop environment, but that's a matter of taste, and at least in the new version they finally let you move the start bar (previously it was locked on the left side of the screen, and you couldn't move it).

 

openSUSE is one I keep meaning to go play with, since I hear great things about it.  I get the impression it's geared a bit more at workstation type computers rather than everyday/all-purpose ones like Mint and Ubuntu, but it might still be worth a try.

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Just now, Azgoth 2 said:

openSUSE is one I keep meaning to go play with, since I hear great things about it.  I get the impression it's geared a bit more at workstation type computers rather than everyday/all-purpose ones like Mint and Ubuntu, but it might still be worth a try.

openSUSE is definitely a workstation/administration OS. It's intended to be an "open source" version of SUSE. Both are very clearly (if the distros websites are anything to go off of) for administration/enterprises.

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1 minute ago, straight_stewie said:

openSUSE is definitely a workstation/administration OS. It's intended to be an "open source" version of SUSE. Both are very clearly (if the distros websites are anything to go off of) for administration/enterprises.

Ah.  In that case, I'll rescind my recommendation of openSUSE as a starting distro.

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https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/it-ops/linux-commands-for-beginners

This was one of the first things I checked out when I started into linux, though a teacher had shown us some debian commands and concepts before hand. 

With the modern gui and user geared interface you don't need the terminal, but I like it. 

I recommend ubuntu personally but mint is its child and some prefer it at first. 

Google will turn up hundreds of results for how-to and guides on the modern releases, its each persons prefrences which is best, based on pictures/language/level of detail etc

just remember, only rm when you made sure its the right file or directory. 

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I would recommend Ubuntu 16.04 or Linux Mint 18. I know that 16.04 has some bugs, but they will release 16.04.1 in july 21st which should eliminate all major issues.

Also AMD made a driver for the RX480 for Ubuntu 16.04 http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-GPU-PRO-Linux-Beta-Driver–Release-Notes.aspx

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