I'm recommending #Linux distros to my students.

[20000lbs_of_cheese@freeradical.zone]

@josh MxLinux, Debian based, has a lot of really nice, thoughtful utilities packaged with it in a way that I have not seen before.

I would caution most against Arch Linux and its derivatives unless they're fine with a bit more of a time-consuming challenge (The ArchWiki remains a fantastic resource, but isn't accurate for all distros).

Fedora is fantastic, perhaps better to get an idea of corpo-adjacent Linux, Ubuntu, I don't care for but remains extremely common and default.

[20000lbs_of_cheese@freeradical.zone]

@josh The best option forever remains whatever the student can work with, I have my own feelings about what's best or what's important, but quite a bit of what you'll learn on one distro will transfer well to another

[traecer@techhub.social]

@josh Linux Mint

[drakakis@mstdn.ca]

@josh

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) w. Cinnamon desktop

[lemgandi@mastodon.social]

@rodneyenke @josh 2 for this.

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@josh Mint.

[jpummil@genomic.social]

@josh Mint w/Cinnamon.

[cmdrmoto@hachyderm.io]

@josh @Binder Debian. If you’re teaching them to learn, teach them starting from the root of the skills tree.

[terminaltilt@climatejustice.social]

@josh

Between in-terminal ads and Snap, no one should be recommending Ubuntu. Instead, Debian should be in that conversation.

[hawke@dillyofapickle.com]

@josh Most important in what sense? Job experience? Ability to tinker/learn? Ability to just drop it on a system and use it without messing around?

[josh@fediscience.org]

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[p357@mastodon.com.pl]

@josh Debian. It's stable and very plastics.

[nixsloth@floss.social]

@josh Zorin OS

[steko@scholar.social]

@josh Elementary. Based on Ubuntu but with a new and nice interface

[leah@macaw.social]

@josh Debian

[hawke@dillyofapickle.com]

@josh - “Just use it”: Bazzite for gaming, Linux Mint for normal basic use.
- “Tinker / learn”: NixOS, Arch
- “Job experience”: Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu

[desinterets@mastodon.top]

@josh debian or mint

[tionisla@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@josh

maybe give them also the hint to explore for themselves at distrosea.com

[ftranschel@norden.social]

@josh What major?

In STEM, I'd argue the only correct answer is #arch/#gentoo/#nix, because you really want them to understand how the system actually works.

Outside of that bracket, I'd prefer #Mint (Debian Edition) or #pop_OS, because they are not tainted like #Ubuntu.

But then again if the idea is to have a conversation about alternatives *at all*, then #Ubuntu is probably fine ‍️

[tragivictoria@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@josh@fediscience.org both Ubuntu or Fedora are gonna be good. Their usually quite user friendly