I have been using Windows my entire life, but since I got my Steam Deck I’ve been considering trying to get into Linux.

I obviously don’t have much of an idea where to begin, other than that I’m currently also trying to learn Javascript. I’d like a basic workstation I can code on and mess with, that doesn’t run more than a couple hundred. Could use some recommendations for hardware plus where to begin.

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    Try NixOS. Snowflake is a good start.

    Having a mutable Distro may be better suited than immutable. Containers are annoying.

    But having a system that does what it is supposed to do, and if you remove a package its gone and if you add one its there is a big thing.

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Install Debian, and if you’ve got a reasonable powerful computer, install NixOS in a virtual machine. Then, when it breaks and you get frustrated, you aren’t down to zero OSes.

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        I would never recommend installing Debian. Everything is soo manual. Fedora has the way better user experience with everything preconfigured.