Setting up a virtual machine for Linux OS

Gentoo

>>61463915
Well, intermediate level while still friendly is Devuan. Of course, you can must know how some non-free stuff are not enabled by default due to security, just like you ask.

>>61463915
if it's in a vm, it truly doesn't matter what you use
also, distro doesn't actually matter beyond certain conveniences anyway

>>61463915
>What distro's do you anons recommend?
CentOS or Slackware. Avoid anything that uses apt like the plague it is. Avoid "niche" or "flavour of the month" distros like Gentoo, Arch and so on (though Slackware might fall into this category). Unless you like endlessly tinkering and reinstalling your OS (as opposed to getting shit done on your computer).

>>61463915
You should read the sticky because we have these threads at least 4x a day. Just install Ubuntu and call it good. It's easy for beginners and you can change up whatever you want.

>>61463915
ubuntu, anything else is a meme (except for debian, but that shit belongs on servers).

install Debian base, switch to testing branch, and go from there

>>61464334
>gentoo
>flavor of the month
are you retarded? gentoo is well recognized in professional settings. it's literally a barebones system you can customize from the ground up. google based their chrome books on this.

although, I don't recommend OP start with something so difficult starting out, it's idiotic to reduce Gentoo into the same category as Arch

WHY NOT FREEBSD
WHY NOT FREEBSD
WHY NOT FREEBSD
WHY NOT FREEBSD
WHY NOT FREEBSD

Anyone who chooses Linux over one of the BSDs is a little silly, really.

It's "oh hey yeah i'll just use this piece of shit car over here rather than the better one over there.

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>>61463915
This one my friend