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1984 ,
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I only use Arch, it’s really stable and easy to fix if something goes wrong thanks to the excellent arch wiki.

But I recommend PopOS for anyone who just wants something good looking and stable and who doesn’t need the latest packages all the time.

MJBrune ,

Do you use arch or do you use manjaro or other?

1984 ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

I use Arch default. Stay away from Manjaro… If you want to try arch with a good installer, try endeavouros.com.

Its really just arch with a nice installer and a friendly community where you can ask questions. It’s specifically designed for that purpose.

MJBrune ,

I’ve used Manjaro a few times and Arch I installed once from their wiki which is a huge pain.

barusu ,

I’m considering to switch from Fedora to Debian stable with Flatpaks for the available apps (more up-to-date and more isolated).

But I’m also considering NixOS atm

The_Zen_Cow_Says_Mu ,

that arrangement on debian has worked well for me.

The_Zen_Cow_Says_Mu ,

i like fedora a lot, but its updates got a little too far ahead for me. So i recently switched to debian 12, and with flatpaks and their more-current mesa components, everything is working on my desktop as well as it was before, especially games on steam (flatpak) and in bottles.

Twink ,
@Twink@hexbear.net avatar

EndeavourOS with KDE customized to my liking.

Veraxus ,
@Veraxus@kbin.social avatar

Debian + GNOME.

Historically I've been a huge fan of Ubuntu, but I just can't tolerate Snap any more and started moving away from Ubuntu in general.

IRQBreaker ,

Debian + I3 when working and Debian + KDE when slacking off. 🙃

thax ,

Void. I like xbps, and I prefer distros that make as few assumptions as possible.

sirico ,
@sirico@feddit.uk avatar

For me it’s tumbleweed at the moment it’s defaults like btrfs and snapper are how I used to setup fedora. Then there’s the tools like OBS and yast that are super useful it’s rolling but well tested before it gets to you

danielfgom ,
@danielfgom@lemmy.world avatar

Linux Mint Cinnamon. Seriously, it’s the best. Fast, light, Ubuntu based, stable, good looking, full featured. All the power of Ubuntu without the downsides (snaps, heavy, slow etc)

Laser ,

Depends on what you’re looking for.

I cannot recommend NixOS enough, it’s such a good distribution but on the other hand it’s quite tough to learn as it deviates a lot on how distributions do things. It still uses a standard stack (glibc, systemd, GNU tools and all) but the nix tools which include the package manager are totally different from what other distributions offer. It’s very solid, yet flexible. It offers a lot of packages by default. I’ve switched my machines to it because of the advantages.

Arch is great as a rolling release distribution with solid repositories (lots of packages and quite up to date) and it’s very close to upstream with a more traditional approach to the distribution tools. In fact there aren’t really any apart from the package manager by default. I feel this is one of the most comfortable distributions if you want to learn how a classic Linux system is structured. I ran Arch for about 15 years and didn’t really have anything to complain about and I learned more about Linux there than with Ubuntu and Debian.

Please note that neither of these are what one would consider beginner-friendly distributions.

jungleben ,

I need to settle on one for a bit. I like Fedora for it’s edge stability and embracing newer secure technology. But, I will be shifting to Debian 12 or Ubuntu LTS because I need to get real work done. I like Pop and Mint, but they don’t have secure boot which I desire.

I’ll probably enjoy arch when I get the time to play with it more.

NanoooK ,

What do you mean you need to do real work done that cannot be done on Fedora?

abrasiveteapot ,

You can have secureboot on mint. On mobile but I’ll search up a link when at desk. It’s not terribly hard given Mint is derived from Ubuntu. Should come up in a search if you’re impatient

Jayb151 ,

I’ll only mention it because I haven’t seen it yet, I just installed endeavor os and it’s been pretty Great

FQQD ,

I used Feren OS for a long time, but now i prefer Cachy OS and Vanilla Arch on my laptop, both with KDE Plasma

LeFantome ,

Do you mean vanilla Arch or Vanilla ( with Arch )?

FQQD ,

Just Arch linux as in I got it from the official Arch website

istdaslol ,

Elementary It’s just like Mint but I had way less issues than with any other distros.

Hexadecimalkink ,

Linux Mint because it just works.

ProtonBadger ,

Everyone immediately want you to use their distribution of choice. However no-one can really answer this unless you include more information about yourself and your Linux experience, objectives, what kind of tinkering you're comfortable with, what you expectations are, etc.

Hexadecimalkink ,

The best answer IMO is always Linux Mint when people ask these kind of questions.

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