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I'm looking for an easy to use Linux as close to windows as possible. I tried using a different version of Linux for my server and networking was EXTREMELY hard. I swear if I have to type "sudo" one more time...

 

But anyways if there is a version of Linux that actually has networking MENUS instead of using a command line that would be great. 

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6 minutes ago, mikat said:

linux mint :)

I'm not sure if this is the right distro in this case. Mint has a reputation for not handing out kernel updates by default. They have  apparently fixed that a little bit in the recent 18 release, but it still seems a bit dodgy to me.

 

16 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

I'm looking for an easy to use Linux as close to windows as possible. I tried using a different version of Linux for my server and networking was EXTREMELY hard. I swear if I have to type "sudo" one more time...

 

But anyways if there is a version of Linux that actually has networking MENUS instead of using a command line that would be great. 

There are GUI's for the network managers, but I would not recommend using these. You'll learn a lot from configuring the network via the command line. There are a lot of guides on how to do that. 
I would recommend using Ubuntu, as it is the most popular, and has the most guides and answered questions available.

Molex to SATA, lose all your data

 

 

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29 minutes ago, BloodyWaters said:

I'm looking for an easy to use Linux as close to windows as possible. I tried using a different version of Linux for my server and networking was EXTREMELY hard. I swear if I have to type "sudo" one more time...

 

But anyways if there is a version of Linux that actually has networking MENUS instead of using a command line that would be great. 

If you have a server and are working on semi-pro networking configurations, I think learning the command line would be an invaluable skill that will always be useful as long as you keep working with computers.  :)   But if it's just a simple basic backup and photo storage server for casual home usage, or you don't really do much stuff relating to computers, I'm not really sure what you should pick...  9_9

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1 minute ago, ArduinoBen said:

If you have a server and are working on semi-pro networking configurations, I think learning the command line would be an invaluable skill that will always be useful as long as you keep working with computers.  :)   But if it's just a simple basic backup and photo storage server for casual home usage, or you don't really do much stuff relating to computers, I'm not really sure what you should pick...  9_9

You should also be alble to find a good course or tutorial to teach you how to use the command line, as sirtoby said

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There are GUI's for the network managers, but I would not recommend using these. You'll learn a lot from configuring the network via the command line. There are a lot of guides on how to do that. 

 

 

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You can use any popular and easy to use Linux Distro tbh, You can use Linux Mint to do most things, but you want to learn how to use bash as a shell, and know some basic unix commands like ifconfig and know your way around the filesystem. 

This is pretty straightforward but might take a day or so of reading. 

 

And just a heads up, Ubuntu blocks access to the root account, but if you don't want to type sudo every time you run an admin command type 'sudo su root'.  And then type in your password, and you'll be able to run commands without sudo until you either close the terminal or type exit.  I don't suggest doing this unless you know what commands you are doing is safe.  Because running programs and software or potentially dangerous commands as root can cause serious problems.

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I think the best answer to your question isn't so much which distro to try, but more which desktop to use.  In this instance, I would try out something running MATE - Mint might be an excellent choice since it's one of their official desktop options, just be sure you download the correct version as their "default" is Cinnamon.

 

Inside MATE there's a menu called "Places" that gives you an option for connecting to a server.  Hope this helps.

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