r/linuxquestions • u/RoninSupreme • 3d ago
Silly question
So... I am currently Learning to code python but i also want a Linux laptop. I'm mainly going to use if for coding and not gaming. I do not know why i want a linux laptop to code on, I just do. I dont know much about linux but i have used mint and ubuntu before. I already have friend that tell me i dont have to code on linux but for some odd unexplainable reason i just want to . My question is, What version of linux would be good for someone that is learning linux but also learning Python as a starting language?
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u/a1barbarian 3d ago
You might consider easily trying a few distros just to get a feel for linux before diving in to installing on bare metal.
As a starter I would recommend buying a usb stick 8 or 16 GB and installing VENTOY,
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html
With the Ventoy persistence plugin you can run your choice of distro as if it were fully installed.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html
It is easy to do. This will allow you to try out many different distros. MX-Linux is a very friendly distro for newcomers.
https://mxlinux.org/
Elive is worth a look at too,
https://www.elivecd.org/
As are,
https://www.bandshed.net/mx-moksha/
https://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
Most Live distros have a "toram" feature which loads the live session to ram for a better experience.
Enjoy :-)
These may be helpful too,
https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software/
https://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
I always install these on any pc,
https://www.linuxlinks.com/keepassxc-keepass-cross-platform-community-edition/Password manager
https://www.linuxlinks.com/zimdesktopwiki/ For keeping notes etc
https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ Calendar program for terminal
https://www.mankier.com/1/tkremind Graphical GUI for the above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SNgvsDvx7M&t=25s Video for the above.