Introduction to Linux

[kc1di]

Mint is a good general purpose Distro It can be made to do gaming just about as well as any of them
It usually works well out of the box.

 

[wizardfromoz]

You'll want to start a new post with your question in the 'getting started' section here: https://www.linux.org/forums/getting-started.148/

The above is a hint that this is a Tutorial, not a Support Thread.

For new Members, if you have questions not directly related to this Thread's content, please navigate the Forum and choose sensibly where to Post.

Click the Forums tab near top left and my screenshot shows the sort of choice you will get.

Cheers

Wizard

 

[freshmootz]

Welcome to Linux.org's "Getting Started with Linux: Beginner Level Course". If you're new to Linux and want to find out how to use the fastest growing operating system today, all you have to do is follow these lessons and you'll be using Linux efficiently in no time.

Getting Started with Linux: Beginner Level Course is designed as a self-study course. One of the things that makes this course unique is that at any point during a course, you can add a note, or comment. This is done in the comments bar on the right hand side of the screen. These comments can be made public or private, and can take any form that you like. Feel free to use them to ask questions, answer other users questions, post code updates, or suggest different methodologies for solving problems.

Linux is a very popular operating system, and this course is followed by thousands of people each day. Due to this, there are a lot of people online who are also in the process of learning it. So please feel free to ask any questions that you have and someone in the Linux Community will probably answer you! Also, this whole site, including the courses are regularly moderated. If you don't get an answer to a question, we will do our best to answer it for you. In addition, please send us your suggestions for how we can improve the courses, any typos that you have noticed, or any errors that you have encountered.

If you're ready to start learning about Linux, you may start at our table of contents or you may want to jump right into lesson one What Is Linux?.

I’m sure this is a repeated question, but there have been so many changes in Windows that I am forced as a gamer to switch to Linux.
With all of the recent improvements to Linux gaming, which is the best distro as a new user? I was considering either Bazzite or PopOS.
I have an AMD cpu and AMD gpu.

 

[kc1di]

I’m sure this is a repeated question, but there have been so many changes in Windows that I am forced as a gamer to switch to Linux.
With all of the recent improvements to Linux gaming, which is the best distro as a new user? I was considering either Bazzite or PopOS.
I have an AMD cpu and AMD gpu.

Hello @freshmootz Welcome to the linux.org forum.
As I advise all new linux users give several Distro a try live and select the one that best fits your needs. Pop is ok if your machine will run it. But I would also give Mint, MX, Fedora and other a try in a live session first then make up your mind.

 

[Brickwizard]

I was considering either Bazzite or PopOS.

If you can get pop to work OTB then fine, but as it is made specifically for system 76 kit it can be a pain, you can spend weeks trying fix niggling problems. But you can install all the gaming apps to any Linux, find a distribution you like, that runs well on your machine then worry about installing the gaming apps

 

[wizardfromoz]

@freshmootz - PLEASE read the post immediately above yours, above.

Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.

Thank you

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
(sigh)

 

[wizardfromoz]

@tetrahedronX

PLEASE read my Post at #42 above.

Then please direct your enquiries in the appropriate subforum.

Thank you

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
(sigh)

 

[pQed]

Is Linux something for me, or will I fall into a rabit hole of trying to learn more and more and not just doing what I wanted to do when I turned on the computer? As I am know for starting to try to do some work and then find out I can learn new stuff that has only the slightest link to what I was going to work on...

My company only uses Windows.
At home I use Windows with MS-Office. I slowly get a bit fed up with the pushing and towing that MS does.

I tried Linux in the late nineties, but had no clue what was happening then. All the info was not in laymen's language, and my English back then was rubbish.

I like to think I have a bit more knowledge about how computers do what they do than most, can mostly solve computer problems better than the IT-crowd at my office, and often I am the one who explains them what they have to look at or report to their back-office.

Professionally I am a user (project manager in social and elderly care: not IT-projects). So office-like apps, and project-apps I use as a professional just need to work without me thinking about how they work - which they often don't.

As an amateur I like to use all kinds of programs. At home I like to know a bit about how the OS and the apps work, as being an curious person.
I like to use Office programs for day to day stuff, but also to try and find new ways to use them: like Word, Excel (MS-Project (also as a hobby-thing - In know I am a bit odd), Miro, Paint.NET. I like gaming, editing photo's, images, video, music; try out new things like game-maker (new to me).

Should I consider Linux?

 

[Brickwizard]

Certainly, give us the details of the machine you wish yo use it on [make and full model number,] and we can tell you if you'r likely to need any extra drivers

https://www.linux.org/threads/how-do-i-try-linux.45037/

https://www.linux.org/threads/what-is-the-best-linux-distribution-which-should-i-use.43789/

https://www.linux.org/threads/new-to-linux-this-is-a-must-read.21578/

How Do I Install Linux (A General Guide) • Linux Tips

Today, I will try to answer one of the most common questions asked by the newcomer to Linux; “How do I install Linux”

linux-tips.us

 

[KGIII]

Is Linux something for me, or will I fall into a rabit hole of trying to learn more and more and not just doing what I wanted to do when I turned on the computer?

That there is something entirely up to you. We can help you but you have to put the effort in.

(It's not as hard as people think. In fact, it's quite simple today - much like installing Windows, perhaps even easier than installing Windows.)

 

[bangbos]

Hallo ini aku dengan segala kekurangan, apakah aku bisa mempelajarinya? tolong bantu aku untuk membuat sistem Blok attack.

 

[Brickwizard]

Hallo ini aku dengan segala kekurangan, apakah aku bisa mempelajarinya? tolong bantu aku untuk membuat sistem Blok attack.

Sorry, I do not understand a word you have written
This is a international site and the chosen language is ENGLISH only, [American English is ok]
Please make all post in English

 

[portableFan]

I must learn this to become the next gen true sigma programmer. I got very excited after reading this introduction.

 

[kryptosnow]

Great intro. I should have read this first prior to tinkering and breaking stuff.

 

[César G.]

how do I dowload the linux system ?

I might be late for this response but to download an ISO/a linux system you need to go to "Download Linux" button

then you click on the distro you want to install, i will click on Mint for the example

then you hit download, after that you go down and search for your country/nearest mirror image, since Mexico isn't there i will press Linux Mint on world and then a download will start

then you need to go to Rufus or Ventoy, (Important you have a spare USB because it will erase all data from it to make it bootable same with the hard drive if you want Tux living in your computer instead of having Windows and Linux at the same time) then you click Windows (if you're on Ventoy)

then you plug your USB into the computer after all is installed, then you click the needed things which i forgot how where they in Rufus, in Ventoy after you rewrite all data, you drag the ISO into your bootable USB and reboot your computer, when its about to boot you need to press the "Boot" from key or in BIOS/UEFI key and press F9 (HP's Boot key), select the USB, configure it and you're done with your new Linux computer

 

[gvisoc]

I might be late for this response

About 8 years

 

[César G.]

About 8 years

that even end of 10 probably teached him

 

[GHOST?]

Welcome to Linux.org's "Getting Started with Linux: Beginner Level Course". If you're new to Linux and want to find out how to use the fastest growing operating system today, all you have to do is follow these lessons and you'll be using Linux efficiently in no time.

Getting Started with Linux: Beginner Level Course is designed as a self-study course. One of the things that makes this course unique is that at any point during a course, you can add a note, or comment. This is done in the comments bar on the right hand side of the screen. These comments can be made public or private, and can take any form that you like. Feel free to use them to ask questions, answer other users questions, post code updates, or suggest different methodologies for solving problems.

Linux is a very popular operating system, and this course is followed by thousands of people each day. Due to this, there are a lot of people online who are also in the process of learning it. So please feel free to ask any questions that you have and someone in the Linux Community will probably answer you! Also, this whole site, including the courses are regularly moderated. If you don't get an answer to a question, we will do our best to answer it for you. In addition, please send us your suggestions for how we can improve the courses, any typos that you have noticed, or any errors that you have encountered.

If you're ready to start learning about Linux, you may start at our table of contents or you may want to jump right into lesson one What Is Linux?.

thanks for having me here