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kyub ,

Still Arch on main desktop, but slowly moving towards NixOS everywhere.

ladyanita22 ,

Is NixOS the new Arch?

Zatujit ,

No

krash ,

I read somewhere that NixOS users are really loud and act eerily similar to arch users.

(I use nix btw)

danielton ,
@danielton@lemmy.world avatar

I’m currently using Debian Unstable. I used Fedora for a long time, but it got noticeably worse when IBM bought Red Hat. I also like Arch, btw. I have tried a bunch of other distros too, but they all have some quirk that annoys me (*buntu has Snap, Pop!_OS and Mint don’t support KDE officially, OpenSUSE is based around YaST, Elementary is weird about software installation, Manjaro fails at basic security 101 and keeps DDoSing the AUR due to bugs, etc.)

I have not tried NixOS yet, but I keep seeing it recommended, so I’ll have to try it.

nestEggParrot ,

Isnt pop primarily an extension for gnome? Beyond that and some drivers do they add anything else to ubuntu?

danielton ,
@danielton@lemmy.world avatar

They add a lot of stuff on top of GNOME and ship a few extra packages to help with gaming. Not sure how they handle snaps these days because I haven’t checked in a while. It looks nice if you like GNOME, but it just isn’t my cup of tea.

I’m currently running Debian Unstable with KDE on my System76, but I’ve also used Fedora and Arch on it just fine. I don’t have nvidia.

nestEggParrot ,

Pop doesnt have snap installed in my recent install.

I don’t like gnome in particular but I am too lazy to setup a proper WM on my work laptop for fear of braeking and losing work.

Have tried fedora gnome with their pop-shell it worked fine otker than a few differences. Some odd behaviors like move next workspace would move it to first or last.

Nvidia is a pita. It prevents my machine from waking from sleep and I can’t even close the lid because I cant turn off sleep on lid close.

danielton ,
@danielton@lemmy.world avatar

Pop doesnt have snap installed in my recent install.

That’s good.

I don’t like gnome in particular but I am too lazy to setup a proper WM on my work laptop for fear of braeking and losing work. Have tried fedora gnome with their pop-shell it worked fine otker than a few differences. Some odd behaviors like move next workspace would move it to first or last.

I used Fedora for a long time because they’ve officially supported KDE, XFCE, and MATE for a long time despite being known as a GNOME distro. Unfortunately, the enshittification that came with IBM buying RedHat was too much for me.

Nvidia is a pita. It prevents my machine from waking from sleep and I can’t even close the lid because I cant turn off sleep on lid close.

I’ve owned two computers (secondhand) that had nvidia and it was a constant thorn in my side… when it worked, it was still glitchy because nvidia likes to use their own libs for GPU rendering, which may or may not be compatible with the rest of the system. And of course the sleep issues and the driver not working half the time. I have no fucking idea why System76 is still selling laptops with that garbage built in. Mine just has the integrated Intel graphics, and while the performance isn’t always that great, the video actually works 100% of the time.

nestEggParrot ,

I too prefer to have just iGPU which the recent ones are more than sufficient for most of my needs. But wanting to try some ML and that most configs with 16+ RAM offerings are mostly gaming laptops with nvidia.

Although I’ve had some display issues without nvidia too. Previous laptop had issues connecting external monitor. Only some distros had that issue so possibly a misconfiguration or incorrect library was used.

LeFantome ,

I was going to say Arch but I typically install EndeveavourOS these days ( lazy man’s Arch ).

MJBrune ,

What are your feelings about EndeveaourOS vs Arch vs Manjaro vs Garuda?

LeFantome ,

Sorry I did not see this sooner. EndeavourOS is my favourite by far. I loved Manjaro when I used it and thought detractors were exaggerating its problems. Then I had a string of problems all clearly linked to poor management and now I strongly recommend that nobody use Manjaro ever. Once I started to use EndeavourOS, I realized that Manjaro incompatibility with the AUR was causing me constant problems without me realizing it. I was attracted to Garuda and did use it for about a week. It was not for me in the end but that could just be preference.

The thing about EndeavourOS is that, once installed, it is essentially just Arch. There only only just over a dozen EndeavourOS packages on top of the 80,000 or so vanilla Arch ones. So, EndeavourOS is basically just easy to install with decent defaults. Manjaro has its own repos and they are incompatible with the AUR ( trust me ). Garuda departs from Arch a lot more. That could be good or bad depending on your preferences.

MJBrune ,

One thing that drives me away from Endeavour is that it bills itself as terminal centric and I am trying to go away from terminal hell that most Linux installs get to. Just in OpenSuse, I was having to dive in and debug xone when I just wanted to start playing rocket league. I used Linux as a daily driver from 2008 to 2012 and eventually bounced back to Windows due to wanting to play games. Every year I check back in with distros people recommend and I just don’t have the care to maintain a Linux install. I don’t need to maintain a Windows install, windows literally does it for me and very successfully in my experience.

LeFantome ,

They do bill themselves as terminal centric but honestly I do not get that.

The whole point of the distro relative to Arch is the graphical installer. It sets you up into a nicely configured desktop by default. There are graphical tools for configuring most things.

I think the main reason they say that is that there is no graphical package manager by default. So, even to install one, you need to use the command line at least once. They pre-install yay though so yay -S pamac-gtk or yay -S octopi will solve that problem ( I do not like pamac myself though ).

It is basically just Arch once installed though so I guess it has fewer tools built in than many distros.

Anyway, I don’t own EndeavourOS stock. No big deal if you prefer something else.

MJBrune ,

No worries, thanks for your input. I’ll certainly put Endeavour on the list to check out.

amminadabz ,

I’m pretty happy on Ultramarine. Its like Fedora but with more repos by default, media drivers, more DE options, and a bunch of more reasonable defaults for daily all-purpose use.

flashgnash ,

Nixos. Can’t even fathom going back to anything after getting to grips with it

joel_feila ,
@joel_feila@lemmy.world avatar

Neon right now i will try pop os when the new cosmic desktop drops

nestEggParrot ,

Has a release date been announced for cosmic?

merthyr1831 ,

Nah, it’s more of a “when it’s ready” type thing. You can see updates on their blog but by the looks, it’ll be another 6 months or so before a real release candidate is ready.

merthyr1831 ,

I use Manjaro but I might switch when CosmicDE launches on Pop!, especially if they get graphics switching working nicely on Wayland.

xengi ,
@xengi@feddit.de avatar

Arch on everything with a screen. NixOS on everything without.

nestEggParrot ,

Whats a good way to start with nixos? Are there default configs to start from?

Everytime I go to the site to try I postpone for some reason, but mainly apprehension of deviating too mudh from debian base which has been my most used distros.

And how recommended is it to have nix package manager in popos or any debian based?

xengi ,
@xengi@feddit.de avatar

You could run a VM and plan to setup one service on it as an exercise. NixOS wiki is pretty ok in general, but it is a useful skill to read the code of the modules you use. Flakes are poorly documented and also controversial. So I wouldn’t hop on that yet.

skycat ,

Trisquel GNU / Linux. The kernel is 100% libre so you can do your computing in freedom.

Zatujit ,

Unless you really buy specific hardware… I don’t see myself buying 2008 thinkpads like Stallman because the CPU has proprietary microcode lol

skycat ,

I respect my freedom more than anything and I never use CPU newer than core2duo since it has ME

bilyj_mak ,
@bilyj_mak@lemmy.ca avatar

Pop_OS

Gush ,
@Gush@lemmy.ml avatar

Is it good for gayming?

halo5 ,

Yes.

ursakhiin ,

It’s forked from Ubuntu, so it gets all the benefits Ubuntu has but it’s also generally more stable.

Rhabuko ,
@Rhabuko@feddit.de avatar

For now, it’s Debian 12 with KDE Plasma. But I’m really interested in Immutable Systems. I like OpenSuse Kapla, but the KDE Integration is still in alpha. There are still a few shortcomings with the only flatpak approach, like the fact that the Steam Flatpak can’t provide smooth wireless controller support because of lacking permissions.

starkle ,
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I’ve found success installing Steam and other stuff using distrobox on openSUSE Kalpa. The initial setup isn’t as easy as installing a flatpak, but after a quick distrobox-export it’s totally seamless.

danielfgom ,
@danielfgom@lemmy.world avatar

Linux Mint. Seriously, seriously good. Very fast, very light, looks amazing, has full access to all Ubuntu apps, runs Flatpak, is stable and solid. Sane defaults across the system.

Highly recommend it.

Zatujit ,

Bad for performance and gaming right?

Janis ,

LOL. old man.

mint mate is good for performance…

what do you use for gaming?

FrankTheHealer ,

I recently Switched to Fedora Gnome and have been liking it.

Lot more user friendly than Mint imo.

MrPhibb ,
@MrPhibb@reddthat.com avatar

Linux Mint: Debian Edition. After watching a YouTube review I decided to take a break from Arch and give it a try, I’d always like Cinnamon, and I really like this.

MentalEdge ,
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar

Cinnamon, last I tried it, has a bug which causes it to run games with compositing enabled. The setting that’s supposed to disable it for games, only works until the next boot.

true_blue ,
@true_blue@lemmy.comfysnug.space avatar

Fedora (with Plasma) and I don’t plan on moving to another distro until something tangible happens. Switching my distro based on hypothetical situations would keep me from ever staying on any distro for very long.

That being said if I had to use another distro, I feel like I’d try out Debian stable, while using Flatpaks and Distrobox to get up-to-date software. That feels like it would be a good approximation of the excellent middleground that Fedora has.

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