Hellfire103

Here are three sites that will make your life a whole lot easier:

• DistroWatch.com - This is basically a database of various Linux distros, BSDs, Unices, and other similar OSes. It’s a good way of looking into a distro before installing it.
• DistroChooser - This is a basic quiz that suggests Linux distros for you.
• Linux Hardware - This is a database of hardware. I use it to check driver support before buying a new machine. It is hosted in Russia, though, so be careful.

If you or your dad are new to Linux, don’t bother with DistroWatch or DistroChooser just yet; go for Linux Mint.

I started my Linux journey with Mint on a ThinkPad T400 back in 2019, and now I’m one of the few people in my university writing Bash scripts without using ChatGPT. This shouldn’t be a flex, but it is; and I owe it to starting with Mint.

Most used (estimated, excluding base utilities and package managers):

• micro
• git
• ssh
• tree
• (un)zip
• curl
• mpv
• fzf
• tar
• fastfetch

Favourite:

• fastfetch
• micro
• curl
• btop
• w3m
• scp
• wormhole
• mc (Midnight Commander)
• aerc
• 7z