Yeah I installed that one you’re thinking of.
I’m using openSUSE Tumbleweed with Gnome as of now, but plan on switching to Fedora on my next laptop. I would continue using Tumbleweed if it were not for that every 5 system updates (
zypper dup) or so Konsole and some 20 other related k-packages gets automatically installed for some reason. This started happening like 1 year ago and the only solutions I were able to find were just to keep removing (zypper rm -u) it every time or just lock (zypper addlock) it.Any popular non-specialized version will be perfect.
For a new user, the internal differences will be imperceptible, the same applications will be available, and community support will be there.
If you can, install Virtual Box on your current operating system and test the distributions you are considering to see if there is one whose default interface you like best.
I use Mint/Cinnamon.
Shout out to the CachyOS crew. Their Discord is helpful. (Booooo, Discord, I know, I know.) They’re friendly and helpful.
Can’t agree more. I posted about some strange performance issues last summer and Peter talked with me about it privately for a few hours until it was resolved. Ended up needing some kernel patches for my setup that went on to help with the next release
If you’re new to Linux: Mint. Use Mint, with Cinnamon. Or MATE, if you’re hardware is older. It works just how you’d expect.
There’s many other distros for other purposes. Bazzite has a lot of people who like it for games. If you really want to control EVERYTHING about your machine there’s Arch. If you want bleeding edge software and don’t mind/can fix the occasional problem caused by rolling releases then I suggest Manjaro.
But most Windows refugees will be looking for something familiar that works and stays out of their face, and for that the simple answer is Mint.
I’ve never used Linux, but I’m interested in trying it. Is Mint easy to install?
The hardest thing to installing linux is booting from usb. Windows makes you jump through hoops just to boot from usb. Rest is just clicking few buttons and waiting for few minutes.
They’re almost all easy to install. Linux isn’t hard, it’s just different.
From experience (this was a few years ago, but still holds up even today), yes. The GUI installer is very easy to use (there’s lots of visual stuff to). The one thing that the installer does better that the Debian installer, in my opinion, is partitioning (there’s more visual aids (a slider you can move around, I believe) (a disclaimer: this is basedoff of materials that i read online, not any personal experience)).
If you want images and stuff, you can always look up ‘Calamares installer’ (which I believe is the installer Mint uses)
Wish you the best of luck on your linux journey!
E: disclaimer
Thank you so much!
So what you’re saying is tripleboot those 3. Done.
I dual boot Arch and Arch, and I run an Arch hypervisor as well as an Arch vm in each Arch instance.
Yo dawg…
this guy arches
So what I’m hearing is that you’re a big fan of Windows 11…
More arches than an ‘80s suburban house
Surely you run Arch in your containers as well.
I am vaguely aware of Arch.
Do you use arch containers in the arch VMs?
According to a survey of the Linux community, the best distro is always not the one that you picked.
Hannah Montana Linux?
The only correct answer in this thread.
I’ve heard good things
Hell yeah brother
I use Arch. Sorry, had to say it.
Fedora. It’s the one Linus uses.
The hat?
/s
Gentleman
mentlegen
/thread
i have two moods:
stable (for a server): debian
rolling release (for gaming): arch
Guys, what’s the best Linux distro to install on my PC?
Yes
I use and love Arch, but it’s definitely not for everyone.
The one that makes you happy.
^Or at least overrides the desire to grab a sledgehammer when troubleshooting^
Happiness is achieved through compiling rust
I like fedora because it uses Duke Nukem Forever as its package manager.
I use Arch by the way
