I want to switch to Linux, which distribution should I choose?

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Having run through the net, I singled out: opensuse , mint , debian , ubuntu , manjaro , but in principle I have no idea what is the difference between them and where to stop.
Tell me, which distribution kit is the most interesting and easy for the windows victim today?
I don't play games, I work with graphics programs CorelDraw, Incskape, Photoshop . I mainly do web programming . (Please don't laugh out loud, if it doesn't matter :)).
I looked at similar topics, but they are already several years old, maybe something has changed.
In general, I will be grateful for the help!
PS: links to good manuals for beginners are welcome.

Answer 1

mint, ubuntu - you can't go
wrong

every toad praises its swamp...

IMHO (from myself): I use Kali to test my sites / programs
pss. probably any distributor (the main one you listed) is capable of achieving the goals you set yourself. Those distributions that I have indicated - for you will be the most "easy" to learn. The main thing is that the Internet and google / yandex work for you and the desire to search there for everything that you don’t understand (or better and faster - watch video tutorials on the basics of these distributors on YouTube)
psss. development will not require much time, although of course it will not be habitual. But, with a little patience, you will find both pluses and minuses for yourself. Of the advantages that I personally like - they are less demanding on a computer / hardware + a lot can be found on the Internet + you are developing.
Of the minuses - unusual + some programs for WINDOWS cannot be used in linux (although there are sometimes approximate analogues), although without Kali the second OS I can’t imagine myself as a programmer.
good excellent manual on linux (particularly mint)

Answer 2

There are no fundamental differences. Download the livecd of each distribution and try to work on each image for one day (you can also try in a virtual machine for a start).
The only way. Everyone has specific tastes, and listening to someone else's opinion in such a matter is stupid.

Answer 3

Welcome to the flame :) The topic "which distribution is better and than" is almost the same as "linux vs windows" :D
I usually answer like this - put the distribution on which you have someone to consult with. Because the presence of a person who has already walked the rake significantly reduces the time for their re-assembly :D
If there is no one around except Google, then:
All distributions are divided into two types - batch and source-based.
In batch, as in Windows - it will be installed, there and the way it was packed. The convenience of packaged distributions - in the simplicity and speed of deploying programs - one command and you have a web server, for example. The disadvantage is that if there is an error in the program, then it is impossible to fix it before the release of a new version of the package, but if this package is unofficial, for example, or the system is no longer supported, you can never wait for a new version (as happens with CentOS6). Just like in Windows :) Batch installation does not eliminate the need to edit configs, and the package can distribute them as soon as the assembler's imagination wishes - there are no restrictions on placing files there or there, there is a generally accepted practice and nothing more.
There are also packages in source-based, but the main emphasis is on the fact that the user himself assembles programs according to ready-made scripts (ports, ebuilds, etc). Here, the user takes a more active part in installing the software - simply because nothing will work otherwise, the entry threshold is clearly higher, there are more requirements - you need to roughly understand how the system works, how the program is assembled, be a bit of a programmer who knows C (the main programming language in linux). A source-based distribution brought to mind works much better than a batch distribution - but it still needs to be brought to this state :D
And the choice, as always, is yours...
(Because in such cases they certainly say - but I have this, and I have this - well, so - and I have Calculate Linux 17, a source-based distribution based on gentoo :) Sometimes it infuriates me, of course, but there is an assumption that I won’t switch to another, although I originally wanted to blame Arch)

Answer 4

ubuntu if you want to dance the least)

Answer 5

Based on the requirements, Ubuntu will do.
Inkscape is available for Linux. Photoshop only through Wine.
And there is nothing better than Linux for programming.

Answer 6

https://4admin.info/linux-vs-windows/

Answer 7

When choosing a distro, understand right away that it's not about the name, but about which repository and deb or erpiem package management you will work on. Over the past year, I tried about 15 pieces - and live on a hard disk for several days or weeks working in each ... And now I have 2 Linux partitions from 2 of these camps ... (manjaro-kde and ubuntu - I'm in it 10 years, but still I’ll go to kubuntu if I can ... I’ll note while manjaro loses for me) ...
Then there will be a choice of desktop environments, then windowed, then file managers, etc. it’s worth watching tile window managers and then almost non-stop - there’s someone who likes what and what is enough for imagination, I had a dream to work in zetschel or in fish, well, Osome as a window manager, ....
And, of course, everyone will say that everything depends on your tasks .. ...
My opinion is, as it were, at a minimum - deb package management and for development it turns out some kind of ubunta,
albeit with a gnome-oriented environment ... And there, over time, after a couple of years, you yourself will reach what you need only
... it would be easy to deliver what is not available from the max large storage ....)
From my experience, I’ll say that pure archie distributions or gentoo distributions will only distract in time, and in debian you will have to put up with junk, but super stable working .... , mint - for the user, openusey - old, but reliable, although you can put up with it , then his gecko clone is better ... All this of course IMHO)

Answer 8

I'll add on my own:
If you want to study the system, i.e. not to be used only for clicking, you can watch video lectures by Grigory Kuryachiy on youtube.
For example, here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEthS2rFRGA...
PS Most importantly - do not work as root!

Answer 9

if you are a lover of shit builds of the beast then install ubuntu
personally I prefer debian

Answer 10

Ubuntu and Linux Mint are always advised to everyone. If you like minimalism then Elementary OS 0.4 Loki.