{"id":677,"date":"2018-10-18T07:24:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=677"},"modified":"2018-10-18T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T15:42:00","slug":"which-distro-should-i-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/which-distro-should-i-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Distro Should I Choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Linux Distributions for Professionals<\/h2>\n<p>If you currently work in IT or aspire to work in IT, then use RedHat, CentOS, or Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\/technologies\/linux-platforms\/enterprise-linux\">RedHat Enterprise Linux<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>(NOTE: If you don\u2019t want to pay to use RedHat, use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centos.org\/\">CentOS<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Linux Distributions for Hobbyists<\/h2>\n<p>If you are using Linux as a hobby or for personal projects, then almost any Linux distro will work. Stick to the most popular distros as you will be better supported if you need help.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of the top 10 most popular Linux distributions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxmint.com\/\">Linux Mint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debian.org\/\">Debian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mageia.org\/\">Mageia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getfedora.org\/\">Fedora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensuse.org\/\">openSUSE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archlinux.org\/\">Arch Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centos.org\/\">CentOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pclinuxos.com\/\">PCLinuxOS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slackware.com\/\">Slackware<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For even more Linux distros to choose from, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/distrowatch.com\/\">DistroWatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Biggest Distro Mistake Beginners Make<\/h2>\n<p>If you are new to Linux or a looking for a general purpose desktop distro, do NOT use Kali Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Kali is a very specialized Linux distribution. It doesn\u2019t work like ANY of the other distros listed above. If you are ONLY interested in penetration testing, then Kali is for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxtrainingacademy.com\/distros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Distributions for Professionals If you currently work in IT or aspire to work in IT, then use RedHat, CentOS, or Ubuntu. RedHat Enterprise Linux (NOTE: If you don\u2019t want to pay to use RedHat, use CentOS.) Ubuntu Linux Distributions for Hobbyists If you are using Linux as a hobby or for personal projects, then &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/18\/which-distro-should-i-choose\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Which Distro Should I Choose?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}