I used Ubuntu once a few years ago but had compatability issues so I went back to windows. Not a great programmer but I'd like to learn. I'm not looking to do much gaming beyond DOOM2 and factorio. Mostly looking for privacy and a way to get back into programming (I have this pipe dream of learning Assembly). I'm not to particular on UI, I can use whatever.

Edit: https://distrochooser.de for anyone who stumbles upon this post with the same question

    • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Wanted to write the same. Normaly I would suggest Mint, but OP sounds like they are ready to learn and endure some things to end up very happy with Debian, the mother of all distros.

      • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        1 year ago

        I know of Arch wiki, but are there wiki's explaining easier distros? I'm on Nobara, because I want to game, but perhaps I could be learning to configure and install some of these tools to be able to one day use any distro for whatever I wanna do?

        • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de
          2·
          1 year ago

          When I started with Debian I found everything I wanted to know with Duckduckgo… "Linux Debian how to…" without exception. And sometimes even the Archwiki helped me. You don't need a single place with all the knowledge, you just have to practice how to break down your questions into easy to answer bits. Doesn't matter which distro you use.