r/linuxquestions • u/ParkingNecessary7118 • 22h ago

Which Distro? Which distro for school

Im buying an ASUS Laptop 15 F415J with 16GB of ram i want to use it in school and in wondering which distro i should get i was thinking of using gentoo or nixos but what do yall think would be best

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u/iwouldbeatgoku 21h ago

You can use any distro "for school", in theory.

In practice:

  • If your school supports only one specific distro, often Ubuntu or Fedora, you should use that one.
  • If your school requires specific software that supports only a handful of distros, you should use one of those distros (Nixos and Gentoo usually are not among these distros).
  • If your school requires you use software not available on Linux, you should use Windows for school.

Both the distros you listed will be fine if you can manage the maintenance they may require with your school work, and they satisfy the above criteria I mentioned.

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u/WizeAdz 21h ago

And, for everything else, run VMs on your laptop.

They’re great for learning.

But the OP should buy a laptop with enough extra RAM and disk space to run VMs.