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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

check out https://distrowatch.com/
hundreds of distros there, unbiased reviews, download links, search engine, and distros that are flagged as "beginner-friendly" are where to start

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Tbh, I actually wouldn't recommend Distrowatch. It gets overwhelming real fast.

It prioritizes "hype" distros over long-term stable distros. So it often recommends small distros with just 1-2 full-time devs over something like *buntu, where there's a whole company behind that distro.

I think, Distrowatch is a really good tool for an experienced user who wants to try something new, but it's not exactly a lot of help for someone who has no clue and just wants to try Linux for the first time.