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Help me pick out a Linux for my friend (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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My friend has an ailing Chromebook and I'm getting them a decent real laptop that I'm going to put Linux on. They essentially do everything in a browser already so software compatibility isn't an issue. I'm looking for distros with high stability, KDE, unobtrusive updates that happen without user input, and a snapshot system so we can roll back if anything gets fucked up.

Also, recs for office software to get them off Google Docs (needs to be compatible with MSOffice formats)

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[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Bazzite KDE or Aurora. The universal blue distros are rock solid. Both use kde, update in the background and have btrfs and snapshots built in (it defaults to saving your last working config so if a problem update makes it through you can rollback easily). Flatpaks work out of the box with bazaar is a pretty good flatpak storefront (which will turn you gay), and offers a way to install programs that is similar to what someone would be familiar with in android or on an iphone.

The biggest difference between the two is Bazzite has useful gaming software installed and setup by default, and steam layered in, meaning you can't really uninstall it, because there are a few issues with the flatpak version. Aurora you have to install the gaming related software yourself. If either of them has a flatpak installed by default you can easily uninstall them.

Sometimes an update will switch out a default app, which someone may find annoying, but it's usually done for a good reason.

If they want to dabble in other things, distrobox and podman/docker are set up and ready to use by default, making it trivial to start using them.

I've been running the gnome based ublue, bluefin, and it's been great and incredibly stable. I would have no hesitation installing it for someone new to linux.