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Note: To get the most out of this article, you’ll require some idea about how hard drive partitioning works, as this is a critical part of how you can take advantage of Distro hopping. Even without it, you’ll get to understand how to prepare for a seamless Linux Installation.
The best part about Linux — apart from the fact that the kernel is open-source, has a lot of support on various forums, so many free and useful tools — is the number of different distros available, for the various types of audience. There’s kali, for the ones who are into security and hacking, there’s Linux mint and Arch Linux for the power-users, experienced with Linux, there’s Fedora, Ubuntu and Elementary OS for the general users and developers, and there’s the new age, Pop!_OS, Manjaro and the like, focused on making Linux friendly to the everyday consumer and a great alternative to macOS and Windows.
During college, I installed Ubuntu on maybe 4–6 different machines and the process became second nature to me, so let’s see how you can get started with Linux and dive right in.
Before you can enjoy Linux though, you can try out different distros to see how they work in the real world, what sort of apps available and what the overall experience is like. When discovering distros, you’ll switch between many Linux distros and this is called…
