> And then I recommend something like Arch Linux whenever you feel like you are ready for something more advanced!
What's so great about Arch? Why should I waste my time getting the basic functionality working, like X or audio?
What's so great about Arch? Why should I waste my time getting the basic functionality working, like X or audio?
If I wanted something that constantly breaks things and then try to get off by looking cute, I'd get a puppy.
EDIT: s/Slackware/& user/
* Customizability. It's very easy to build a system just the way I want it.
* Rolling release. There are no releases every six months, but when a new version of a software is released, I get it after a short testing period.
* Package availability. Everything I need is either in the repositories or easily buildable from AUR. (Using simple recipes called PKGBUILDs).
But if you want things to "just work" then Ubuntu is also great.
Learn what? How to get the basic functionality working? So that when when you are installing Arch, you would know how to do it? Sounds perfectly reasonable, I guess.
P.S. I've been using Linux since the '90s. Configured X, etc. a bunch of times. You know what I've learned? That it's stupid when the computer can't do it for you. Not all "learning" is created equal.
If that's your goal, you may be better off learning C or Assembly (since you are coming from PHP)