r/linux4noobs↗
Linux 101 stuff. Questions are encouraged, noobs are welcome!
Linux introductions, tips and tutorials. Questions are encouraged. Any distro, any platform! Explicitly noob-friendly.
435k subscribers2,021 posts / mo in Sep 20261,712 authors / mosince 2009
r/linux4noobs has 435k members (+29% over the last 12 months). It gets about 2,021 posts a month from 1,712 people. Top topics: Ubuntu USB Installation Issues, Dual Booting & Partitioning and Linux Gaming.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Ubuntu USB Installation Issues4.1%
- Dual Booting & Partitioning3.9%
- Linux Gaming2.6%
- Linux Terminal Basics2.3%
- SwitchingToLinux1.9%
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- DistroSea
- Lintian
- The Fedora Project
- Ubuntu
- DistroWatch
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