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    It took a lot of work, but I've created the definitive Linux distro flowchart (lemmy.world)
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    [–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Okay, but when most people are looking for advice on which distro to use it's because they don't know what they want.

    [–] atmur@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Yeah, this meme is mostly to poke fun at the people who genuinely think that Linux Mint is only for beginners or you have to switch to Arch or whatever else, that kind of crowd.

    I'm a little bit tempted to try and make an actual flowchart with distro recommendations since I've used and like most of the major ones at this point, but there are better resources out there than what I could contribute.

    [–] xkforce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

    Linux mint is the sort of distro newbies start with and long time linux users retire to after theyve explored the distro multiverse.