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Who knows much about Linux?

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Who knows much about Linux?
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RE: Who knows much about Linux?
December 4, 2012 at 10:27 am
(December 4, 2012 at 9:57 am)Tiberius Wrote: I'd personally recommend Linux Mint over Ubuntu.

I've heard that, too. Everyone seems to suggest Ubuntu or, on occasion, Fedora is recommended.
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RE: Who knows much about Linux?
December 4, 2012 at 10:34 am
Basically, modern distros are forks of older distros. So, Ubuntu is a fork of Debian, and Fedora is a fork of Red Hat. Both are Linux, but the "extras" are completely different. Debian uses apt to install applications; Red Hat uses yum. I personally prefer apt, but it doesn't really matter in the long run.

Linux Mint is a fork of Ubuntu, so the advantage is you get a nice pretty interface, but you can use Ubuntu's repositories for installing things.
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