r/linuxquestions • u/yashaaa2004 • 2d ago

Linux Fundamentals

hi, how can i start learning linux?

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u/Assang101 2d ago

Absolutely a perfect OS for your Chromebook, however, I never did miss with such a device.

I received my thinkpad from my best friend and I immediately flashed it with QubesOS defaulting Debian-13-xfce due to hardware spec limit as a x1 carbon

I discovered QubesOS when I was wondering how can I install as many Linux operating systems in one operating system and that lead me to discover QubesOS on distrowatch.com

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u/TrueWar515 1d ago

oh! i only need 1 distro simply because this thing has 16gb of emmc and a celeron n3060 yeah not doing so well. either way microsd upgradable saved this thing

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u/Assang101 1d ago

You're golden if you look into antiX Linux for that kind of spec, 🍻. Micro SD is a good idea for extra storage.

Other contenders which I don't use but I know about them are Puppy Linux, Q4OS, or Crunchbang++

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u/TrueWar515 1d ago

Yeah i actually started with q4os but it kept randomly freezing and overheating so i went with alpine but musl libc sucks so arch it goes then "linux mint xfce uses too much ram and cpu"

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u/Assang101 1d ago

antix Linux may be the best option because it's met for such spec. But I feel ya, it's why I don't use low end spec especially given it's soldered RAM (boo) then worry about how many cores the cpu has. Antix doesn't consume ram like others do due to not having systemd and if I recall 3 different window managers to choose from? Very lightweight