I'm a physics student and looking to switch to Linux but don't know what distribution to use. The purpose is to: -Write reports with LateX in TexMaker -code small programs in Python -Plot Data with gnuplot -evaluate and analyze data, yet to settle on a program here
Looking at wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux I guess either Mint or Ubuntu will do the job for me but I really don't know which one is better for my needs. In uni I worked with openSUSE a few times, didn't like that one so much.
Tried, none bothered to respond but instead argue wheter to call it Linux or GNU/Linux.
Oliver Peterson
lol that's just copypasta. just go with ubuntu or mint, you'll be fine. i recommend ubuntu but change the desktop environment to something that isn't unity, like cinnamon or xfce
Kayden Hughes
Install Gentoo
Jeremiah Turner
If you want a simple yet serious-looking distro, Debian will do.
James King
[eqn] \textrm{Ginstall Intoo} [/eqn]
Juan Hill
If you're a linux noob, I can recommend Debian. It's quite user friendly, not as bloated as Ubuntu and you can do everything you listed.
Juan Cook
Debian looks fine, I will go with that. Thanks.
Cooper Sullivan
Ubuntu. Everything else is a meme.
Landon Martinez
Most people go for Ubuntu as first distro, but it can sometimes be buggy. Debian is known as one of if not the most stable distro, on which Ubuntu is based on btw.
Hunter Peterson
All you have to care about is the repo.
Debian (and derivatives), Fedora (and derivatives) and Arch Linux (and derivatives) all have very good repositories.
It's really up to you. Makes no difference.
Logan Young
install Gentoo
Parker Cox
just stay on windows code in matlab or mathematica use texmaker for latex ur life will be much easier than if you listen to fucking stupid leftist uni scum trust me, you don't need high performance to complete ur algorithm homework, if it takes 30 secs in C++ its gonna need what, maybe 1 min on windows cheers
Levi Morgan
also, anything other than windows is for cucks and vegans
Evan Stewart
Linux is widely used in science, it's better for him to learn it some aspects of it.
A good desktop (similar to windows with a "start menu") and all the software you need preinstalled for your work. You can uninstall them and download other software btw (even non scientific sofwares).
Literally the worst possible OS one can choose for science, even solaris would be a better choice
Isaac Cook
Debian is the best for a general purpose nonbeginner distro. Just make sure you understand package management
Caleb Powell
this
i like arch because it starts bare bones compared to other distros and doesn't require much attention after you set it up.
probably just start with fedora or debian
also isnt there a scientific linux with many of the packages you might want preinstalled?
Isaiah Reed
Run your Linux distros in VMs. you can then try out and use as many as you want simulateously without issues. VMs only get funky when you want direct hardware support, eg deep learning, pretty graphics, encoding, etc
Jeremiah Ramirez
>I'm a physics student and looking to switch to Linux but don't know what distribution to use.
Damn, I didn't know physics was an operating system. How do I install physics?
Nicholas Fisher
>having this little self awareness
Nathan Butler
Yeah, when working with data sets larger than 100x the size of the average laptop HDD (e.g. in computational fluid dynamics) this is not practical
Jaxson Thompson
Get Suicide Linux. Don't be a pussy
Carter Cruz
Gentoo if you want to understand and customize the system completely, arch if you want to customize but not completely and not understand very well, debian otherwise but repo packages are O with an uppercase 'O'
Zachary Cox
hey OP !
why dont you give the mint distro a try? its pretty user friendly and has plenty of cool stuff! good luck on your major!
google ''distrowatch'' and search for mint installation from there!
Asher Hill
debian is a great operating system, but it will be a bit of a learning curve.
Andrew Brooks
Use OpenBSD.
Ian Young
Fedora
Jayden Thompson
>memes everywhere flagged
Samuel Campbell
HAHAHAHAHA MACOS MASTER RACE WINS AGAIN, NO BUGS, PERFECT AESTHETIC, UNIX BASED SHELL HAHAHAHAH BOW DOWN YOU FUCKERS
Jace Perez
Just use Windows you will end up wasting more time trying to figure out what DE/WM you like and what Distro you should use and how to configure your VIM etc.
Just use Windows, I went through all that and I still like Linux, but I don't think about all that shit when I'm on Windows. I'm just getting my work done.
Luis Hughes
You could try OSX instead.
Angel Bailey
Ubuntu for noobs.
Aiden Robinson
Install Gentoo
Jayden White
If you just want to get started and learn with linux: Ubuntu
Or, if you want to use linux for your work: scientific linux