Hi /g/ I've never used a linux distribution in my life

Install gentoo

Solus is garbage install Gentoo

>>57600787
3rd for install gentoo

>>57600802
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>>57600833
From what I've seen and read, gentoo looks a lot more complex than Solus, would you agree?

You have to understand that I am really bad at this stuff, so I want to test the waters first and Solus looks like a good first step is why I'm asking

avoid solus, the best first distro is Gentoo. after you get the hang of using gentoo for 4 or 5 months you should be ready fro Solus or Mint

Save yourself some headache and just install ubuntu or mint and not a meme distro. Then you'll atleast be able to google your problems.

>>57600838
I installed gentoo as my first linux OS. I know it may look intimidating at first, but all you really need to do is just take it slow and read through everything carefully.

>>57600787
i think SolusOS is good for daily using.

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Solus is built from scratch and it's quite new, so you'll have a hard time googling for fixes you might need. I suggest you use Ubuntu or one of its derivatives for now, it works like any other linux and a quick google search will net you all the answers you may need. I actually use Kubuntu myself

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>>57600787
Solus is fucking trash. Install Peppermint OS. It uses Ubuntu/Debian repos and has productivity software that makes Google office stuff (sheets, slides, etc) feel like native apps.

>>57600892
why ? i think it's good.

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>>57600787
This is a useful chart to show how good Solus is.

>>57600928
Because not only does it have the audacity to not force people through a needlessly convoluted installation process it also dares to be pleasant to use, which is simply unacceptable.

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>>57600787
Also here are the boot time comparisons for the some popular linux distros.

>>57600787
In all seriousness, don't install Solus. It really is not that good.

Solus is a pretty operating system with very limited repositories. It doesn't support deb files or npm which makes it very difficult for installing new software. And, of course, it won't support exe. Other Linux distributions can support all of them.

I recommend Ubuntu or Mint or Lubuntu for novice users.

A word of advice: don't believe the thinkpad crowd. It is essentially a consumerist cult.

Ignore the Gentoomen and Kevinfags who are shilling relentlessly.

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>>57600787
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>>57601039
This is fake. It took me 50 seconds to boot Solus.

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I'll just leave this here

>>57601044
>won't support exe
You do know that Solus has WINE, right?

>>57601061
Don't lie. This is from a cold boot.

systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 1.054s (kernel) + 1.865s (initrd) + 601ms (userspace) = 3.520s

Solus is pretty great and very quickly has caught most of /g/ by how simple, yet powerful it is.
You will encounter a few Gentoo trolls and others who are afraid of change, but the fact remains that solus gets so much attention here because it is superior.
It is pretty, and easy to use, so I think you should definitely give it a shot. It also has gui tools for pretty much everything, so it won't drop you right into the deep end by forcing you to memorize commands for everything.

>he fell for the kevin meme

>>57601104
>he fell for the green comedy chevron meme

>>57601104
>current year
>Typing in green

>>57600928
No packages, no support. Lol.

>>57600787
This needs to stop. Pretty sure it falls into advertising/monetization because the solus website has a sticker store and a "support us" page.

This is some next-level marketing shit. They're trying to make a fucking ad a meme.
>yfw faggots are falling for it and propagating the meme

>>57601210
Yeah even with the amount of advertisements they are shilling on /g/ still no one wants their shitty OS

>>57601210
>thing I don't like is shilling

Every time

>>57600874
If your choice of distro is based on the amount of Documentation available, then Arch would be the best distro for you. The Arch wiki is the best place to go for info. It's almost always correct, unlike the guides found on google.

Look up how to make an encrypted swap. The only guide I found that described how to do it safely was the Arch wiki.

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>>57600892
this

>>57601281
That's actually really cool. Thanks anon

>>57601044
>It doesn't support deb files
>implying that distros that don't support deb files have poor software support
>implying you can't just build anything from source anyway
Can you not just do this anyway?

dpkg -i x.deb

>>57601210
I'm not a shill; I rarely even come on /g/ since its 33% coding/linux discussions which I dont understand, 33% shitposting about apple/thinkpads/browsers/Moto G/ and 34% generals

I just genuinely think Solus looks quite nice and probably the closest to Windows (UI-wise) -- and therefore my assumption was that it would be easier for me to adapt to as my first linux distribution

I'm just sad most of my questions weren't answered. It's mostly people telling me to install gentoo or another distribution and comparing (read: sperging out) over distributions which doesnt really help

>>57601460
Mate just give solus a go, it doesn't need a large partition and is dual boot friendly. The installer will set everything up for you and partition your drive, it's painless

>>57601460
Solus only really sucks if you are an advanced user because of lack of repos and the fact that if you really like the look of it you can just install the budgie desktop for arch instead.

If you are dual booting make sure you know how you are going to set up your partitions going in. The live install comes with gparted just use that to partition your drive.

>>57601550
The installer changed a lot over the past year you know.

>>57600787
Weak shill.
2/10 made me reply.

>>57601087
The only thing that has "gotten attention" is the exorbitant and cringeworthy shilling. Seriously, go shill elsewhere. It doesn't look credible at all no matter what you think yourself. Your desperate Solus spam is just a laughing stock or an annoyance to everybody, depending on the mood.

>>57601210
This. It looks way too forced and tryhard. A halfway intelligent person can tell a troll from a shill and in the case of the neverending streams of Solus praise (or praise concealed as "questions"/"seeking help" just as in the case of OP) surely looks like the latter.

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>>57602941
>>57602980
Solus is gaining popularity and it's new, of course it's being talked about a lot here.

What's bizarre is the assumption that it is being shilled when we have far more discussion on other OSes

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Linix is overrated, really nothing it can do that can not be done on better/easier OS

>>57601279
This

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>>57601061
LOL slowfag spotted

>>57603037
>19
>you talk about other distros

And only about 5-6 distros from that list: #2 Debian, #3 Ubuntu, #6 Manjaro, #11 Arch, #13 Antergos

To a much lesser degree: #17 Slackware, #7 Fedora

>>57603037

The amount of threads for Solus makes it obvious it's being shilled. They literally have been cropping up every day for the past couple of weeks. Yes, arch/debian/ubuntu/fedora etc. threads are made, but not at the same consistent rate.

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>>57603051
Why shitpost if you're not even going to do a good job

>>57600787
solus is brety gud desu

definitely a good idea for beginners

>>57603109
It's shitposting, not shilling. some cunt made a couple of threads and then a butt blasted autist took his pictures and ran with it.

>>57603112
It's not a shitpost. I challenge you to give me 1 (one) reason to switch for a person that hasn't already switched.

I have used mint as my first distro for a two weeks now.
I'm going to install Fedora 25 when it's out and see what's that like.
I don't/can't use my laptop for anything else than browsing the internet, writing my papers, and watching the occasional movie so I don't really mind.
I'd actually get into the whole gentoo meme if I had the time for it. Maybe next summer.

>>57603194
It depends what you're switching from:
Windows 10: security, package manager, better gui, no botnet, you don't have to spend money on the OS
Windows 7: security, package manager, better gui, support will be continued, you don't have to spend money on the OS
OSX: package manager, better gui
BSD: software support

>>57603290
wow, you freetards really drink the koolaid if you believe any of that shit

>>57603304
I'm not actually a huge fan of koolaid. Too sweet to me. Nice windows rice btw jordan.

>>57603304
>Windows and OSX don't come with package managers
>you must have drank the koolaid to believe that

>>57603338
Windows literally includes Ubuntu now, and all the gui shit with it. Also there is a package manager (2 in fact) - the Windows store, Windows update, and shit lol

>>57603051
dude, are you an hacker?

>>57603037
How the fuck did deepin make #10?

>>57603051
That's disgusting.

>>57603464
Yeah it's a work in progress, gonna get a cooler font soon hopefully. The ways I found online to change the system font haven't been working out so I might renew my Object Desktop subscription and see if WindowBlinds can change it for me.

>>57603364
>Windows literally includes Ubuntu
LITERALLY

I've never tried Ubuntu on Windows. It's not part of Windows because it would violate the GPL to distribute that with Windows.

>windows update is a package manager

Windows store actually is a package manager. I just forgot about its existence because it's not a very good one.

>>57603364
You're an idiot.

“I finally managed to run Unity inside WSL, this shows that is fully capable of running an entire Desktop Environment, there is some issues with dbus and sometimes VcXsrv crashes, also you can’t logout and the only way of exiting is closing compiz.“
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/07/someone-just-installed-unity-windows

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>>57603496
>It's not part of Windows because it would violate the GPL to distribute that with Windows.
ummm, m8 it's right here, you just check the box then type bash in your cmd window

>>57603051
you forgot to install Bonzi Buddy

>>57603425
Did it have a major update recently? That's why I assume zorin is so high.

>>57603684
Zorin 12 just got released.

fuck off Kevin
install gentoo

I like solus desu. I'm hardly what you would call a power user though so I get the disdain.

>>57603425
deepin is chinese, and there's a lot of chinese in China.

can i microsoft office into solus?

>>57604067
Chinese don't go to distrowatch, dude

I love Solus with the Budgie desktop.

SOLUS IS THE BEST ! BUY SOLUS

>>57600787
Ubuntu is for newbies not Solus

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What happened to anons reply?
Did it get spammed with reports by angry Ubuntu shills?

>>57604274
>...more stable than Ubuntu
Really? What was the last version of Ubuntu you used?

>>57605908
16.10

>>57605936
Okay. I've always used LTS. If you're running Kubuntu 16.10 or some shit, don't say Ubuntu is unstable.

>>57606032
I've used Ubuntu 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, and 16.10 (all clean installs) and they all have been a buggy mess.

>>57604097
So you mean that interest for deepin somehow spiked among westerners?

Is it set up to do compositing by default?

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>>57606082
I've tweaked the fuck out of Ubuntu 16.04 and it remains rock solid:
I run the lowlatency kernel, alsa+jackd+pulseaudio with jack and pulse playing at the same time, I use the nvidia proprietary driver, chrome beta, the latest wine development version, Unity tweak tool, compiz config settings manager, kxstudio plugins, and I run steam for gaming as well.

Tell us about the specific bugs you encountered in Ubuntu.

Solus has absolute shit for packages. So have fun compiling all of the programs you want from source.

Use Ubuntu or Mint if you want a distro that's actually good for novice people.

>>57600787
Just go for any of the *buntus, except for the unity version, and once you get used to the terminal commands and linux terminology try any other thing you want.

>>57606427
>except for the unity version
Unity is the easiest, most functional DE for a Linux novice. Some people whine about it taking 400MB instead of 50MB of RAM or whatever, but RAM is cheap.

>>57600787
No. Install Gentoo. It's one of the only stable, reliable distros around.

>>57606510
>Unity is the easiest most functional DE for a Linux novice

It should be, I mean, that was their goal, but it isn't, and it's not just about RAM, if it were for RAM he would've excluded KDE.

Unity (specially the latest versions) break in a lot of machines and have a lot of trouble in general, by definition any werks-on-my-machine™ program isn't begginer friendly.

>>57606295
On a laptop so basically wifi being so horrible. Like when I close the lid, next time I open it I might not be able to connect to internet until I restart my computer.

>>57606747
Oh okay. I only use a desktop and a phone for computing, and my house is wired for Ethernet.

>>57606771
Also sometimes wifi won't work after disconnecting from ethernet on my laptop too. Ubuntu is definitely better for either the most optimal laptop hardware, or for the desktop or server.

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Start with something with a large userbase like ubuntu or similar. unity or gnome or kde who gives a fuck
> large userbase - support readily available
> relatively bug free
> .deb based so you can use a variety of software management tools or download installers directly from the web.
.deb packages are kind-of an equivalent to windows .exe files or osx .dmg files. other distros have similar files but debs are the most common.

after having used at least a dozen different distros i gotta say it makes fuck all of a difference except the more normie you go the easier it is to get support, especially when you're new to linux. there's very little of use that neckbeard elite distros can do that you cant do on ubuntu.

gentoo is for when you've finally had a meltdown and decide to devote your life to a massive timesink shitfest of optimization, ricing and e-penor enlargement.

it's good for tinkering and learning about linux but if you just wanna use it, use a mainstream distro

here's an acceptably attractive bimbo with an ubuntu tattoo shopped awkwardly onto her shoulder

>>57603530
>longcat folder
jesus dude

>>57601061
kys shill

>>57601279
lol

>>57600787
don't install solus it's stupid

install ubuntu budgie instead

>>57609100
t. Ubuntu shill who has never used Solus.

>>57609100
Solus boots up in 6 seconds according to a systemd analasis on my laptop. My hard drive is a Sata 1.5gb/s 320GB western digital.

Ubuntu takes almost a full minute, so fuck off.

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>>57603490
>needing sketchy third-party software to customize simple things
>There is nothing Linux can do that Windows can't

Have you considered suicide yet?

>>57609115
>>57609321
enjoy no support on ur distro :^)

>>57609417
>IRC
>Support forums
>subreddit

Oh yeah there's no support for this distro at all :^)

>>57609438
I think the best part is being able to communicate with the creator of Solus and the other main contributors/creators.

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>>57609399
You need to change your background. It's not christmas yet.

>>57609472
Ubuntu doesn't have this feature :^)