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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c if you don't have any hard preferences, nearly anything is fine.

If you work with guys that use RedHat or centos, go with that, you can always get help from them.

I like Debian, but I dont really like the direction Debian has taken lately, but that's just personal preference.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 headless Debian intrigued me. 

Fedora is what I first used. Suse I remember being really popular for windows alternative desktops in Europe. 

I really am rusty and I don’t work with anybody that works on Linux. All windows all day and some macs.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c personally, I hate any RPM based distribution with a passion, but a lot of people like them and to each their own.

There's a lot of hype around rolling distributions now. They're constantly updated and if you get behind a couple of updates, you can bork your system.

The best thing about Debian is, you only have to install it once. You can forget about it for a year and come back and upgrade the system and it just works.
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Dude named Ben named Justin | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 with a passion you say?
Ubuntu I have also heard people say is a good easy to use workstation os. 

That updating you describe sounds like a complete destruction of one of the major pros of Linux: rock solid stability and reliability. I’m

My main thing right now is approachability. Do this, boom you have a machine that can browse the web and do a ton of things that are fun and easy to figure out.
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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90aca61c Ubuntu is a Debian derivative, they take Debian as a base, pretty it up and release it as their own.

So, you install Ubuntu once and you have all the benefits of Debian.  That would be a good starter, for sure. 

It installs a helluva lot faster than windows. You'll be up and running in no time.