Linux @lemmy.ml

1y ago

Suggest me a distro

I have already tried out Linux Mint. But I want to try out other distros.

PC specs:

Intel Core i5-10400
16 GB of RAM DDR4
1 TB NVME SSD
256 GB SATA SSD
Intel UHD 630

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Hannah Montana Linux
- No way that actually exists lol
  
  https://github.com/HannahMontana-ALE
  
  It exists for the clueless. Elite users use RebeccaBlackOS

EndeavourOS FTW
- It's so good
  
  Been using it since the start of the pandemic. It's exactly what I want.

NixOS
- Once I get tired of Gentoo, I’m going to try NixOS again.
- Guix

I'm using Fedora and I'm really happy with it. Pretty solid distro,
- I don't like what RedHat is actually doing, but yes Fedora is the successor.
  
  I'm not happy with RedHat neither. And Fedora 40 considering to add telemetry doesn't help. I love Fedora tho, but if RHEL keeps heading the way is going I'll hop to another distro.
  Maybe is time to try Arch and embrace the meme (and learn, I'm a lil scared)

I'm partial to Pop!_OS and their desktop environment.
- Pop!_OS is excellent. I came from Mac and Ubuntu and I have had an excellent experience. It can be as out-of-the-box or as customizable as you want. The support is superb. Everything works. Zero downside.
- I haven't really used Pop!_OS! yet, but I am getting a System76 laptop so I'll definitely check it out. I hope they get their Cosmic desktop out soon so they can differentiate their distro more instead of being another fork with a few customizations and default apps.
- I really like the tiling but I'm getting a bit tired of GNOME.
- if you are brave I suggest you endeavour os with i3wm.
  
  Or sway :)

TempleOS
- Holy shit! *literally

Try arch and you'll never distro hop again
- I can't confirm that (I distro hopped to NixOS) I can confirm that Arch is a solid distro worth learning and will give you the skills to manage it long-term. Compared to Arch based distros like Manjaro, EndeavorOS and Garuda where people tend to screw up their install easily when installing the wrong packages from the AUR and updating with dependency conflicts.
  
  I tried manjaro, it was a total mess after a few days of setting it up. Decided to just nuke it and go with arch and I've never looked back. Been 5 years now :)
- I can confirm that.
- Tried to reconfigure some systemd services, switched to Artix (runit flavored btw)
  
  to reconfigure some systemd services, switched to Artix (runit flavored btw)
  Artix is definitely better than Arch. (using dinit flavor btw)

Your PC can run any distro smoothly. What are you looking for that Mint doesn’t provide?
- Personally, I'm looking for reproducible environments where if you create a lock file of your packages, you will get the exact same system on another machine if you copy it over
  
  Maybe you would like an immutable distro such as Fedora Silverblue?
  
  NixOS can do that.

Debian stable but be careful though, you might never leave after using it for a while :)

NixOS NixOS NixOS NixOS
- Guix Guix Guix Guix
  
  Ah ha!
  It uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, but packages are defined as native Guile module
  Lol I am actually glad there aren't two completely separate implementations... Now to install the hurd kernel...
- It's great and I'm using it, but I don't think someone coming from Linux Mint should use it right away. It can get quite complex even coming from Arch or Artix Linux.

There are some really mixed answers here. I would stick to the mainline distros and not go for a fork with a few customizations. It does depend on what you want, especially if you are willing to learn using the terminal and if you want bleeding edge or more stability. My list would be:
Debian
Kubuntu
Fedora
Pop!_OS
Arch Linux (If you want to learn Linux from its fundamentals)

Right now I would go with Debian. Newish release. Everything is up to date, and they are quite stable.

Pop!Os

Classic distro hop thread. Every distro is suggested. :)
I've been using Kubuntu on my gaming PC for a couple years, and Fedora on my laptop. They both work.

Kubuntu

Tipps Fedora

How about your own distro? https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
- This is giving me "just install gentoo" vibes

openSUSE Tumbleweed. Rolling and reliable.

I moved to endeavours from Ubuntu and absolutely loving it. The arch back-end and simple management options are easy to use of you aren't afraid of the shell

I recently learned about TempleOS and it seems pretty fascinating. Maybe give it a whirl.
- That's the kind of thing you install in virtual box and play around for an afternoon, not something to be installed in bare metal
  
  But what if I told you it'll be fiiiine?

Fedora since Podman UI desktop came, for long term usage..
- Fedora
  I love Podman and Fedora, but for some reason I can't use podman UI :/ I'm not fond of it, but I love the cli :')
  
  I can’t use podman UI :/ I’m not fond of it
  Yeah, it takes time I think since Podman UI is newcomer here. But the future seems promising, especially when Docker decision outraging many their users before. And of course as a Linux user, cli is the best option here for a moment..

I'm running Debian 12 on an Intel i5-2500K (integrated graphics) with 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD and it runs smooth and rock solid.

INSTALL GENTOO
- (If you want to learn by pain that is)
- If you know, you know.
  I’m 0 for 1.
  
  Same. I installed Gentoo for several hours then downloaded Ubuntu

I like rolling distros so Arch if you're in the mood for some tinkering and really customizing your system the way your want it or openSUSE Tumbleweed if you'd rather have it up and running quicker with a premade polish.
- I'd also suggest Arch assuming one has patience for some tinkering. Getting familiar with the Arch Wiki and the other resources that exist is quite useful even with other distros! Not to mention the better understanding of the system gained simply by following the installation guide.
  Even if one doesn't stick with the distro, the things learned setting it up will be useful down the line as well. The experience would also be very different from Debian based things, so it could be fun for a distro hop!

Pop!_OS

I started out with Mint but then tried out Ubuntu and now I'm using EndeavourOS on my laptop. So far EndeavourOS has been the best experience for me.

Arch Linux if you well speak with terminal, Artix if not, Gentoo if want some hard:) PopOS cool.

fedora, debian, sabayon
- FEDORA...
  YES

I love endeavourOS, can recommend
- A good one for Arch Linux.

I think the best way to decide is to fire up a bunch of VMs and install a distro on each. Going through the installation process for arch is a great way to start learning more about the OS IMO so if you're interested in that then that's a very beneficial thing to do anyway. I use Debian on my laptop and dual boot arch and Debian on my desktop. I've only ever used fedora for servers so I can't comment on how it serves as a daily driver. Here's a few distros I've used and recommend to try out. Debian Arch Manjaro ParrotOS(if you're into security) Centos

The top 10 in Distrowatch. I don't even know which they are, but odds are that you'll find something good in it.

I installed Endeavour OS today and I'm liking it a lot.

If you want to go for traditional distributions that don't have native rollback mechanisms, I would suggest using btrfs along with something like snapper.

openSUSE Leap

I somewhat recently ran across VanillaOS, which I have only really had time to install and play around with for a few minutes, but it seems really cool. A very brief overview is that it is a sort-of-but-not-really immutable OS that leans very heavily on containerization to allow you to install packages from any other distro in a seamless-to-the-user way. So you can install an application (cli or GUI) from an ubuntu repo and use it along side an application from an arch repo. It's ubuntu-based, but according to the info on that link, the next release switches to being debian-based.
I mostly use ChromeOS these days-- well, I guess technically I mostly use SteamOS these days-- so I don't have a lot of hands-on experience with VanillaOS, but I found the concept really cool and from a few minutes of playing around with it, it seemed to work pretty well with respect to the containerization stuff.

If you like Linux Mint, you might wanna try Feren, but it a bit bloated tho

Have a look on distrowatch

GhostBSD and Devuan
- bruh
  
  What is that supposed to mean?

Parabola

NixOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobara Linux. Fedora's better looking younger brother.
- Why not using Fedora and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of Nobara over Fedora?
  
  Linux from scratch and customizing it yourself? What’s the
  Nobara uses optimized custom kernel for games
  
  Why not use Linux from scratch and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of a distro over Linux from scratch?

NixOS, makes it easy to have the same setup because it's all in one config file. I didn't check it out until last year when they released a graphical installer, now installing/using NixOS is a breeze.
Even if I didn't install NixOS, I'd use the Nix package manager (which is separate, but part of a NixOS system) since it has more packages than the AUR. It's easy to contribute to, so I've been maintaining a package.

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FEDORA...