Which Linux should I use for a dual boot for my PC? It shouldn't be too hard tobuse cause I'm an absolite Linux beginner.

I think Ubuntu has the best hardware support. And since most people are using Ubuntu you will probably find help fast :)

I would recommend to start with a Debian distro. I suggest Ubuntu!

Mint

Mint.
Ubuntu.
Elementary.

I'd suggest any of these three 😊

Arch, even they claim they are lightweight, so very little new things to learn. Right after you finish installing.

@anicka-burova yeah I also wanted to install arch but it's very hard to learn isnt it?

Any ubuntu distro is probably easiest

@LucaScorpion Yeah it shouldn't be too easy too

@pascal-dev Then I suggest debian, it hits a nice middle ground imo.

@pascal-dev learning is a good thing, depends how much you want to learn.

Tldr: Ubuntu, mint, elementary. Mess system up a few times, learn, then go Arch.

I would go for Ubuntu, in my experience it was pretty easy to install and it had decent hardware support.

Mint is also a good option but I'm not too experienced with it to have a solid opinion.

Elementary is the most beautiful one even though they are in the beginning (their current version is 0.4 if I'm not mistaken) so you can expect them to become better and better as time goes by.

I would not go for Arch not because it's too hard or anything (it really is not, you follow very well documented instructions and you are fine) but because you need to set everything up yourself. You need a desktop environment, you need to install one, you need a network manager, same. If you are only entering the Linux world no one expects you to even know what display managers (for example) are available, let alone which one is best for your use case.

somebody try SOLUS plz 😞😞😞 . if u going to try Ubuntu try xubuntu or ubuntu budgie.😒

If you want to start with arch I recommend installing it on a virtual machine first. Arch requires a lot of knowledge (and reading wiki). If I were you I'd start with Ubuntu/Debian

If you are coming from years of Windows use, try Mint. I did that transition a year ago and it was really easy to start working with it.

Try elementaryOS it is really great

Debian, but you claim to be an engineer so you should go for Gentoo

I am a beginner too and I run Manjaro on my laptop. It's Arch based. I like it. From what I've heard Ubuntu, Manjaro and Mint are great for beginners. All though I have some hardware support issues with Manjaro. But I really like the Distro. ;).

@ragnarr023

Oh god, I cant stop laughing

😅😄😆😃

Ubuntu was my first distro but if I knew better I would have go for something harder, I'd have choose Fedora, it is not that difficult and it has some issues and not everything is available so it helps learning

@pascal-dev agreed with everyone here. My first was Ubuntu as well. Its GUI is very forgiving while you practice the terminal.

For the love of everything holy, partition your drive right or you'll wipe Windows and all your data!

It's very easy to do correctly, but don't you dare screw it up.

Also research and decide if you want to keep the Windows bootloader or use GRUB.

Good luck! :)

Fairly new to Linux myself... Started with Mint, now on Kubuntu and loving it. Just my 2 cents.