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lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

The reason why people talk so much about the terminal is:

  1. It’s easier to tell newbies “input this command” than to guide them through a GUI.
  2. The terminal gives you a lot of flexibility to customise stuff.

You’ll probably want to learn the terminal for any serious customisation. However, you don’t need to deal with it in your everyday usage.

I’d suggest you to use a Live USB, like other users recommended. Linux Mint, plus plenty other distros, can run straight from the USB. It’ll be better for you to judge if you could/should be using Linux this way.

About the thousand distros, most of them don’t matter. And if you’re a newbie, stick to Mint and you’ll probably not regret it.

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