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astroturds ,

OpenSuse leap

DARbarian ,
@DARbarian@artemis.camp avatar

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for now, with Garuda for gaming. Still working up the courage to combine all the best features of both into my first Arch install.

dallen , (edited )

Unpopular choice here but Ubuntu LTS with ubuntu-debullshit (vanilla gnome, replace snap with flatpak).

My main factors:

  • stability of the LTS
  • drivers and HW support
  • tons of resources online
  • already use Ubuntu for servers and Raspian on my Pi

I’ve had my fun distro hopping in the past but I just want a low maintenance system nowadays.

AProfessional ,

Drivers are the weak spot of Ubuntu LTS, even with HWE the kernel and Mesa are outdated compared to Fedora.

Veraxus ,
@Veraxus@kbin.social avatar

Ohhh, I'll have to check this out. I've been gradually moving away from Ubuntu toward Debian (w/ GNOME) for a while because Snap is hot garbage and I don't want to have anything to do with it. Were it not for Snap, I still really like Ubuntu.

IrritableOcelot ,

How does this differ from Debian+GNOME? I’m not familiar enough with exactly what Canonical adds to Debian to know.

dream_weasel ,

Arch.

People think it’s really challenging and brittle, but everything seems to always work no matter how often I update (or don’t) and the wiki is top notch.

I actually chose arch initially because when you go to forums to troubleshoot problems there is always an ubuntu answer and an arch answer, and the arch answer is almost always shorter.

LeFantome ,

Bang on

banazir ,
@banazir@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m also on Fedora and love it, but I’m thinking of switching to OpenMandriva ROME. OpenSUSE’s Tumbleweed is another option.

atlasraven31 ,

Zorin OS. No muss, no fuss. I’ve been wanting to hop to Endeavor or Pop! just to do something different.

I mainly play games and watch movies.

ryomensukuna ,

PoP_OS MX Linux LMDE

s20 ,

I’m the wrong one to ask because every time I try something else, I end up returning to Fedora.

But what you switch to depends on why you want to switch:

  • Want to learn more about how Linux works? Install Arch the Arch Way, or try out Void.
  • Want a different DE? Well, you’ve got Fedora Spins if that’s your main goal, but KDE Neon lets you try out the latest stable KDE stuff, which is fun!
  • Looking for a rolling distro but don’t want the extra complexity of Arch’s minimalist philosophy? OpenSuse Tumbleweed is fantastic.
  • Do you really want to dig deep and have total control of your system? Look into Gentoo or Linux From Scratch.

I’ve done most of these and more, and I’m happy to recommend something more specific, but I can’t without knowing what you’re looking for.

If you don’t know what you’re looking for, and just want to do something different, then do what I do when the distrohopping bug strikes: check out several distros’ websites, pick a couple that appeal to you, then research those a little deeper, maybe rum them on a virtual machine for a bit. If you find one you like, back up your critical data and go for it!

DarkUFO ,
@DarkUFO@lemmy.world avatar

I’m the same, tried lots of distros but always end up back with Fedora. Running it now on my 3 desktops and 2 Laptops.

s20 ,

I’m currently trying out Garuda on my gaming Desktop, and a already kind of want to ho back to my safe space after two weeks. Don’t get me wrong, I totally see why folks like it, but it’s not for me.

sharkfucker420 ,

What’s void?

atomkarinca ,

here

harl3k1n ,

blendOS because it gives you access to all the good stuff, including the AUR and even Android apps.

LeFantome ,

I have been meaning to give a BlendOS a try. VanillaOS as well ( though I kind of want to wait until they rebase on Debian ).

Zoop ,

Oooh, neat! I hadn’t heard of that. Thank you so much for sharing this! I look forward to trying it out. Exciting!!

Frederic , (edited )

I’m old too :-/

  • CP/M
  • DOS
  • Windows3, 95, 98
  • BeOS
  • some Debian and Mandrake
  • Windows XP
  • Ubuntu (a long time)
  • Mint/Cinnamon (I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year)
  • MX/Xfce (since ~2016)

I may try Arch on a old laptop just to play with it.----

theshatterstone54 ,

I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year.

I think we have a very different definition of quick, my friend. I’ve been on Linux for about a year and a half, most of which on Arch and recently on NixOS.

LeFantome ,

CP/M. Ya got me there. I guess I can say EOS though ( Coleco ADAM ) and Tandy DOS 2.1.

If you don’t want to jump straight into Arch, give EndeavourOS a go. It is only 20 packages on top of the 90,000 you get in Arch ( so, it is Arch ) but it is a breeze to install and is sensibly configured out of the box. Once installed, it is Arch ( don’t let the elitists tell you it isn’t ). It uses the real Arch repos and runs the real Arch kernels. Of course, if you have the time, vanilla Arch may be even more fun.

Fubarberry ,
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

EndeavourOS is good, I was frequently using arch wiki on other distros so it’s handy to have it actually apply accurately to my distro. AUR is super handy as well.

I could use regular Arch, but I appreciate the simplified installation.

mortrek ,

Also easy to install with auto btrfs snapshots so that updates can never really break anything.

Fubarberry ,
@Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz avatar

I use btrfs actually as well, but mainly just for compression/deduplication. I’ve been meaning to get snapshots set up but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

mortrek ,

You really should. It can save your butt, and it’s only a few shell commands.

Grangle1 ,

If you are a KDE user or are interested in it, I’ve been running KDE Neon for a few months and don’t plan on changing any time soon. Stable release, Ubuntu LTS based without the forced snaps (though snaps are in the repos if you want them), comes with the standard Ubuntu LTS repos and flatpak installed out of the box, with the one difference there being that it will update to the latest stable version of KDE software as it’s released. Basically a de-snapped Kubuntu LTS with all the latest KDE stuff. Works great for me.

MyNameIsRichard ,
@MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml avatar

I recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed without hesitation.

dandroid ,

Tried it for the first time last week. I was hesitant because I’m forced into SLES for work, and I fucking hate it. But thats because all of the default configs for all packages are overly secure. Like, installing apache required a ton of extra steps to allow HTTP traffic. But I needed to test both HTTP and HTTPS for the feature I was working on, so I needed HTTP.

But overall I have been very happy with Tumbleweed. I like that the packages are more up to date than Ubuntu LTS (what I was using previously), and I haven’t had as many driver issues either. Oh, and snapshots are amazing. It already saved me once when I accidentally deleted the wrong config file, I just cp’d it from my last snapshot.

jollyrogue ,

This is the best answer. It’s the most comparable to Fedora with it’s semi-rolling releases.

Efwis ,

EndeavourOS with KDE

Same systems as vanilla arch for packaging such as pacman and AUR

Archwiki instruction work without modification

Great forum community without the incessant RTFM

Yendor ,

Ubuntu. It Debian without the driver issues.

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