I think Ubuntu is a fine choice, if for no other reason than it's popularity helps ensure there's tonnes of resources out there when you inevitably run into a problem.
I think the most popular desktop distros at the moment tend to be Ubuntu (based off of Debian), Mint (based off of Debian and Ubuntu – though I'm not sure how that works? :P) and Arch (based off of living life on the edge). I guess maybe Fedora too? I choose Debian for my servers, but if I was abandoning my Mac laptop right now I'd probably go with Ubuntu. Whichever distros you find interesting, I think it would be worth trying in a VM first to get a feel. Even on a moderately spec'd PC nowadays the VM performance in linux should be more than good enough to help you make a decision. HTH, Rob On 26 May 2015 at 10:46, Colin Kenyon <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I know this is not directly Ruby related, but a bit of advice would be > welcome, and, I use the term respectfully, you're the probably the best > informed geeks I know, not to mention the only ones!! > > I'm looking at installing Linux on my PC, and trying to figure out the > best flavour. > > Ubuntu stands out, naturally. However, it occurs to me that there may be > other platforms that could stick a GUI on top? > > I've used UNIX ages ago so I'm not afraid of the CLI, that's one of the > considerations I'm looking at. I think that it could be useful to learn > more about Linux by being able to use the CLI? > > Let's not worry about "how" I'm going to do this, just the "what" is good > enough for now. > > For the record, I've got a 250MB SSD and a 2TB hard drive installed, > running Win7. > > I considered reconfiguring so that the hard drive is C: and giving that to > Windows, then letting Linux have the luxury of the SSD, but all that is a > maybe. > > Thanks in advance > > Colin Kenyon. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "North West Ruby User Group (NWRUG)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
