What distro should a beginner use? Mostly for things like LaTEX,

Just go with mint or ubuntu
I'm pretty happy with mint.

you can use almost any beginner distro
like ubuntu derivates or opensuse

>>59812637
literally any distro can fill that niche

>>59812637
Just use Ubuntu, it werk out of the box.

I started with Mint

>>59812637
They are literally all the same shit except some have less explanation than others.
>>59812659
Mint is a botnet, do not use

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>>59812687
All of these retards not recommending to
>install gentoo

Ubuntu/Mint

>>59812687
OP doesn't seems to care about "MUH BOTNET" very much. He probably just want to try out Linux.

Antergos is comfy

>>59812687
>>59812718
Mint isn't botnet at all. What are you talking about?

>>59812637
Xubuntu.

>>59812637
Windows 10

>>59812637
Debian for maximum stability. Don't fall for other reddit distros

Windows 10 + Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Although everything you listed works perfectly natively on Windows.

arch

>>59812637
Pick the spin of Ubuntu that looks most convenient to use for you. Doesn't have to be mainstream Ubuntu if you don't like the default desktop environment. Xubuntu is a popular choice around here, but you might want to look into Ubuntu GNOME since Shuttleworth said they're making the next Ubuntu LTS a GNOME distro.

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>>59812637
>feeling that you have to use some shitty linux OS to fit in

kys :)

I like Antegros. Its arch linux, but most of the hard part, which is installation, is taken care of. However, the arch wiki is amazing, pacman and the AUR are great resources to avoid compiling things yourself.

I know its weird saying this about an arch based distro, but "it just werks". Its actually great.

Mint

It's very unlikely that somebody will present a convincing argument for anything other than Linux Mint or Ubuntu
Personally I went for Mint Xfce because it's fast and clean