If linux mint is a beginner distro, what is the next step?

LMDE

Install gentoo

>>55660720
Linux mint sucks though. I was forced to manually mount my ntfs usb flash drive through cli every single time before I gave up and installed Ubuntu

>>55660720
tittay

>>55660720
Arch, the almighty Arch Linux my friend

>>55660720
> 2016
> use an insecure linux distro
> doesn't use a linux distro that just works

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>Muh distros
Who gives a fuck? Any distro can be changed into any other one with a bit of work. Just install something mainstream like debian and customise it to your liking. If you have the time and are interested try starting from scratch or using a more minimal install like arch or gentoo.

>>55660743
This.

>>55660720
Linux from scratch

>>55660765
I just switched to Arch from Mint after realizing I'm literally too retarded for Gentoo. It's a really nice step up in terms of capabilities and learning about operating systems OP

>>55660720
You move on to something like Arch, Slackware, or Gentoo before going back to Mint because it's convenient.

The next logical step is Fedora. It takes a little more work to get some things to work, but it still has repositiories similar to Mint/'buntu. It was a good step toward more advanced Linux shit for me at least.

Fedora

Windows 10
Make the move from hobbyist OS to professional.

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>>55661294
2/10
At least pretend to hide your bait.

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>>55661294

>>55660720
windows 7

You'll never use Arch in a professional environment, use Debian or Ubuntu, maybe fedora or something of the sort, get used to it, etc. That's what you're likely to use if you move into a position where Linux is necessary

>>55661376
Mint is debian AFAIK

>>55660743
But does it have a cute anime mascot?

What are you aiming to do with Linux?

Answering that question for yourself is the next step.

>>55661376
i installed ubuntu with kde yesterday and man i love it, plasma is awesome
i don't think i will boot up windows again

>>55661645
>KDE
>not GTK+
kys

>>55661665
Fuck your GTK+, Either Plasma, i3 or bust.

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>>55661477
Yup

>>55660794
>no citation provided

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>>55662440
thats not right at all

>>55660720
Next step is Debian, Arch or Gentoo

>>55660720
>falling for the mint meme
Arch is the only true beginner distro. After that you can move to distros like Mint, Ubuntu and others.

Next step after Mint is Debian.

One can also experiment with other distro branches, like openSUSE and Antergos.

>>55660720
Fedora, then either debian or arch

ubuntu mini.iso + i3

>>55661376
I run arch and I feel like it has helped me professionally. Things like Arch and Gentoo help you become familiar at things on a slightly lower level. If you're looking to emulate Linux in the workplace, CentOS has desktop packages.

>>55664084
Why Fedora? Isn't it unstable Poetteringware?

>>55664082
dis

>>55660720
The next step is to realize that distros like Minut, Ubuntu, Arch don't give a shit about Freedom. Get a mature distro like Debian.

>>55664251
Freedom is not related to maturity.

>>55664251
apt is cancer

>>55663995
Debian is sjws

>>55660720
Windows 95

>>55660720
I went straight to Arch after Linux Mint.
But probably Debian if you are really trying to be incremental about it.

>>55661376
For sysadmins you go with Red Hat (Fedora, RHEL, or CentOS)
Or you go more hardcore with Arch, Gentoo, or Slackware (or alternatively BSD).

>>55660720
Nothing. There's literally no fucking reason to constantly hop between distros. That's what retards do.

>>55664221
This. No self respecting person uses the meme tipping distro for more than a week

Slackware.

>>55662440
>>55662490
This looks like garbage yuribait made for otakus to fap to.

PcBsd >>> OpeningSuse >>> Debian >>> Arch >>> OpenIndiana >>> Haiku >>> Gentoo >>> Lts >>> ???

>>55665092
>pcbsd
>openindiana
>haiku
not linux

>>55665937
PCBSD and openindiana are UNIX operating systems, like how GNU/Linux is UNIX-Like. So close enough.

>>55665988
Yes, it's essentially Linux without the hardware support, or the software

>>55664559
only correct answer itt

>>55661316
The part that is bait for me is that this file is called Baitmantra not Baitlitany... god dammit.

>>55666428
>BSD has no software or hardware support
Well meme'd my memeing friend

>>55661408
Mint is downstream from Debian because it's downstream from Ubuntu. However, LMDE descends directly from Debian rather than having the Ubuntu middleman

>>55669651
Bluetooth and printers/scanners don't work in BSD.

Also, the most relevant softwaresand DEs require systemd and they are poorly patched for BSD.

There is no reason to switch to BSD, even the BSD shills accept this