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Guys, what's the best Linux distro to install on my PC? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by cRazi_man@europe.pub to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I switched to Linux last year and in comfortably settled into Arch and now I'm to interested in it to try other distros even though I'm very curious to try...

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's super easy to start a VM to try.

Just install qemu (and optionally enable KVM), then to run eg. Ubuntu installer:

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -enable-kvm \
  -m 2G \
  -cpu host \
  -smp 2 \
  -cdrom /path/to/ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso \
  -hda ubuntu-disk.qcow2 \
  -boot d \
  -vga virtio \
  -display gtk

After you install it, run the VM:

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -enable-kvm \
  -m 2G \
  -cpu host \
  -smp 2 \
  -hda ubuntu-disk.qcow2 \
  -boot c \
  -vga virtio \
  -display gtk

Or use libvirt, like a layer on top to make things much simpler. I use virt-manager for GUI and virsh on command line.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh my goodness, thank you so much this. I'm gonna tinker with it this weekend :)

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And when in doubt, just check the Arch wiki, it's a gold mine

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

Seriously I use it all the time and I am not even on arch. Love it

[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Don't bother, we've done research everything else is worse.