@FaheemMitha thanks for that. I've been seeing a lot of positive posts about Debian. I very much like the idea of a universal operating system! (I dream of a universal kernel:)

@Kusalananda Which partition?

@DukeZhou You're welcome, though you didn't link to anything relevant. Debian has been around forever - it's the second oldest still surviving Linux distribution, is the basis for many other distributions,and is generally considered first among equals, so to speak.

That sounds like exactly what I'm looking for. (I've come to regard medicines the same way--stuff that's been around for the longest is the most reliable, wonders of the new stuff notwithstanding.)

Has anyone tried Github Pages for blogging? Or, more generally what do you use for blogging, assuming you have a blog?

@DukeZhou It also has Debian Policy. You could take a look at that.

debian.org/doc/debian-policy

References to Policy refer to this manual.

You could start by reading the Scope section - debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-scope.html

The part about the bug severity is particularly significant.

reading through it now

I like that they have a social contract

btw

@DukeZhou Yes, but that's separate from Policy. And much newer.

viva open source

@FaheemMitha very much appreciate the guidance

@DukeZhou You're welcome. However, there may be things about Debian you don't like. So don't regard it is the answer to your requirements just yet.

@FaheemMitha I'm basically looking for the most stripped down development environment for Android Studio and Python. (My developer uses Studio, with the app primarily in Java, and Python b/c I'm eventually going to be experimenting with Neural Networks.)

Also going to be doing some statistical analyses of a combinatorial game

I'm on a an intel i7

@DukeZhou There isn't a huge difference between Linux distributions - they basically do the same thing to a first approximation. But quality control, package management and other things do make a difference.

quality control is important to me

@DukeZhou It's important to everyone.

:)

@FaheemMitha I'm starting to see what you're talking about. Lightweight is definitely what I'm looking for, since I don't wan't system resources going to features I don't need. Going to give Lubuntu a try, since it seems relative user-friendly for a beginner. Downloaded full Debian as well though.

Love that Core is ~10 MB too. (our current Android game kernel is about the same size--makes me wonder if, down the road, we could reclaim old tablets and set them up to only play the one game... But I'm getting ahead of myself, as per usual:)

@DukeZhou Core is ~10 MB? What is that?

@Ungeheuer Yes. Do you have a question on the sirte?

@Ungeheuer That's normal is the other user is the only admin user.

Debian? Ubuntu? Something else entirely?

@Ungeheuer I need more info... Do you have a question on the site where you can iterate the steps you took?

@FaheemMitha distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/downloads.html

People are still using ibiblio? Good to know. I remember the days it was called Sunsite.

Nice.

@DukeZhou I see.

I wouldn't recommend that for a beginner. Small is good, but there is no need to go overboard. And a minimal installation of most Linux distributions is still quite small, though it won't be much use without installing lots of stuff, of course.

But it's always good to start small and add what you actually need, not what the creators of the distribution thought you might need.

I like that they consider it advanced because it only has a command line interface though ;) that sounds refreshing to me

Yeah, I was thinking Core might be useful down the road, once I know what I'm doing.

@FaheemMitha so, for getting up and running quickly, would you think Lubuntu or full Debian for a beginner?

Volume is not a problem.

@DukeZhou Any variant of Ubuntu should be easy to get up and running fast.

If you have a fast network connection and fast disks (eg SSDs) maybe as little as a few minutes.

Debian expects a bit more technically from its users, but a simple installation should not be a problem unless you have exotic hardware or specialised needs.

good to know. hoping to have specialized needs in the future, but atm quick and easy is paramount.

whew, I think I'm a little dizzy! 74 seconds between posting an ed answer and getting the accept!!

unix.stackexchange.com/posts/495663/timeline

(that's about the same response time of my last Area 51 proposal getting shut down ;)

@DukeZhou at least you weren't kept waiting?!?

'zakly

The proposal was "Stack: Dada" so the outcome was not unexpected, and I took the quick response almost as a validation

@DukeZhou an exchange for fathers of young children?

or...children learning to speak?

those would have made perfect example questions (my vision was a home to migrate all of the most absurd and hilariously bad questions on Stack, that can can be preserved and appreciated in the proper context.)