Linux guides

Plain-English guides to get you from "what is Linux?" to confidently up and running. New to all this? Work through them roughly in order.

Start here. What Linux is, what a distro means, and whether it suits you — no jargon.

Answer five quick questions and get a personalised recommendation.

Put any two distributions head to head on desktop, requirements and more.

All the distributions we cover, sorted from easiest to most advanced.

Test-drive any distro without touching your existing system.

Keep Windows and add Linux safely, step by step.

GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, Xfce — what they are and how to choose.

Skip the reading and let the quiz match you to a distro in about a minute.