First of all, why i fall in love with Linux <3
Linux is a open source OS Kernel Unix based created by Linus Torvals in 1997 and released on GitHub and this OS turn so popular because is 100% free to download, make your own OS called Distro(Distribution or Linux Distribution) and every Distro are ruled to be Free and a lot of Linux based Distros was make, the most popular is :
- Debian
- Ubunto (i love this one)
- Linux Mint (i'm using right now)
- Arch
- Android (yes, the most popular mobile OS is Linux based) and a lot more, you can see Here
Now how to start on Linux?
First you need select a Distro because Linux isn't like Windows that almost every program works in every version, in Linux have some base systems and you need to select which one use.
Here a list of most popular and why use
- Debian (lot of packages/apps to install) - Base
- Linux Mint (Similar to Windows and for Low end PCs) - Debian based
- Ubuntu (for coders and retro users) - Debian based
- Kali Linux (Security and Pentest) - Debian based
- Arch (for coders or customization) - Base
- Manjaro (same as arch but low weigth) - Arch based
- Tiny core Linux (for revive your stone pc) - Base
- POP!_Os (similar to Windows and for home use) - Debian based
After choosing a Distro, you need learn how to use it, people think that to install a program you need turn to a Hacker and use a lot of commands but almost every modern Distro have a app store or have simple commands, like, in Debian based distros, you can only use in terminal :
sudo apt install program-name
Sudo is for root, apt is the Debian repository installer program and the program name, and you can add "-y" for auto confirm everything, but, some Distros like Arch you use a different command, like in Arch you use :
pacman -S package-name1 package-name2 ...
If you don't know which command use, you can ask chat gpt asking which system you use and how to use it.
Linux is totally open source, so, you can change everything in your pc like Layout, Render, Sounds, Root password, Cursor & Theme and etc.
If you need more help, im free and glad if you ask me on comments <3
Top comments (5)
I installed fedora and ubuntu 10 years ago. Then, just like most kids, uninstalled in a few days because I could not play games. Almost a year ago, I clean-installed Linux on my Windows machine. Pretty happy about it.
That's funny bcz was the same to me XD, i've installed Kali Linux for gaming but is so hard to install games on linux, now 1 year later, i play minecraft, doom, openarena and some retro linux games like super tux(i love this one).
Gaming on Linux is way way better now. Though, I don't play games anymore.
One think I am very surprised about is how new Linux is: it was created in 1997, way after MS-DOS. I still remember exploring Linux as a small kid in the early 2000s. It was mysterious but fascinating. No one around me knew about Linux at all.
That's very cool, unfortunately i was born in 2007 so i wont see the Linux born, but i study about Linux and i love to see the evolution of this masterpiece.