what's a good live distro to use and what benefit do i have

I liked installing Arch like the fag I am
It helped with learning linux and whatnot but gentoo seems a little too overkill

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>>59559557
>>59559873
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>59559557
I like how the advertising was aware that it couldn't lure in fans of the series an resorted to baiting ScarJo fans.

>>59560087
star power; shocking, right?

>>59560087
Much bigger fanbase though.

>>59559914
and what is freebsd then?

>>59559914
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Most computer users who run the entire Linux operating system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.

There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.

>>59559557
>what benefit do i have of trying it out other than learning a bit of unix or whatevs?
>i'd like to run something
>i have no idea for what purpose
Without a purpose, you're probably not going to learn all that much.

I'm a fan of using linux to build little servers.
Firewall, file server/seed box, print server, etc - basically something that runs headless.

If that sounds interesting to you then grab a raspberry pi and make something.

>>59560909
so what do you use these little servers for?

>>59560961
I have one that allows my family to VPN in when on holiday.
I plan to setup another to be a print/scan server. (I have a usb multifunction printer.)

>>59560961
he probably uses that to host and anonymously downlaod cp