I have already tried out Linux Mint. But I want to try out other distros.
PC specs:
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Intel Core i5-10400
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16 GB of RAM DDR4
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1 TB NVME SSD
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256 GB SATA SSD
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Intel UHD 630
EndeavourOS FTW
It’s so good
Your PC can run any distro smoothly. What are you looking for that Mint doesn’t provide?
TempleOS
Holy shit! *literally
I’m partial to Pop!_OS and their desktop environment.
Pop!_OS is excellent. I came from Mac and Ubuntu and I have had an excellent experience. It can be as out-of-the-box or as customizable as you want. The support is superb. Everything works. Zero downside.
I haven’t really used Pop!_OS! yet, but I am getting a System76 laptop so I’ll definitely check it out. I hope they get their Cosmic desktop out soon so they can differentiate their distro more instead of being another fork with a few customizations and default apps.
I really like the tiling but I’m getting a bit tired of GNOME.
if you are brave I suggest you endeavour os with i3wm.
Or sway :)
havent tried it yet. As Im relying on nvidia drivers Im still worshipping X11.
but from what I have heard sway is simply the wayland clone of i3wm?
I’d like to try Wayland + Sway. Do you have any recommendations for a starting config?
I’d found the Manjaro Sway edition to have a really good starting point, I am currently trying to replicate it myself in EndeavourOS (though the endeavour community edition with Sway is pretty nice too)
Thanks for the pointers, those will be a good reference. Now I just need to get started with a beginner how to!
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It’s great and I’m using it, but I don’t think someone coming from Linux Mint should use it right away. It can get quite complex even coming from Arch or Artix Linux.
Guix Guix Guix Guix
I moved to endeavours from Ubuntu and absolutely loving it. The arch back-end and simple management options are easy to use of you aren’t afraid of the shell
Right now I would go with Debian. Newish release. Everything is up to date, and they are quite stable.
Kubuntu
There are some really mixed answers here. I would stick to the mainline distros and not go for a fork with a few customizations. It does depend on what you want, especially if you are willing to learn using the terminal and if you want bleeding edge or more stability. My list would be:
- Debian
- Kubuntu
- Fedora
- Pop!_OS
- Arch Linux (If you want to learn Linux from its fundamentals)
How about your own distro? https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
INSTALL GENTOO
If you know, you know.
I’m 0 for 1.
Same. I installed Gentoo for several hours then downloaded Ubuntu
(If you want to learn by pain that is)
Arch Linux if you well speak with terminal, Artix if not, Gentoo if want some hard:) PopOS cool.
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Classic distro hop thread. Every distro is suggested. :)
I’ve been using Kubuntu on my gaming PC for a couple years, and Fedora on my laptop. They both work.