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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.

Jayb151 ,

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

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.

experimentmapass ,

@bbsm3678 You should try TROMjaro, and all linux distros should take example from it.

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.

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 ,
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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.

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

Leer10 ,

Fedora Silverblue. I want a Linux system that just works.

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.

happyhippo ,

TW

Owljfien ,

Arch on my main pc, and Ubuntu on my server, only reason it’s Ubuntu is I needed 6.2 kernel for my Intel arc encoding card and debian based for the arrs

NormalC ,

POP!_OS is amazing. It started out as a way for System76 to create an Ubuntu operating system image that had all the latest packages that they would need for their hardware but then grew into something much bigger. They have a plan for Wayland with cosmic-epoch and they ship the latest kernel (6.4.6 as of writing) and latest Mesa. It’s solely responsible for killing my distro hopping (as well as having GNU Guix and Flatpak).

Watch this snippet on where POP!_OS came from (invidious link)

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MrPhibb ,
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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 ,
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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.

Max_P ,
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10 years of Arch and counting.

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