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Which distro should I use on my Framework 16"? GNOME is a must, but each has trade-offs... (rollenspiel.forum)

submitted 1 month ago by Tealk@rollenspiel.forum to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone! I'm stuck in decision paralysis and could use some advice from the community.

I've been through several distros on my Framework 16" (AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, RX 7700S, 32GB RAM) and I keep running into situations where something's missing with each one. I'm a GNOME user—that's where I'm most productive and I don't want to compromise on that.

The core issue: fw-fanctrl and framework-system integrate at the kernel level, which makes them a nightmare on immutable systems or with Secureboot enabled. That's my biggest blocker.

Here's what I've tried:

Arch Linux I genuinely feel at home with Arch, but I can't quite explain why. The problem is the installation is tedious—especially dealing with Secureboot, fw-fanctrl, and framework-system dependencies. Setup gets old after a few rounds.

Fedora Silverblue Love the immutable concept—using Flatpak for (almost) everything is clean. I layer Librewolf on top, which works fine. But fw-fanctrl and framework-system? Kernel integration makes it incompatible with the immutable paradigm.

NixOS Genuinely impressive for reproducible system configs. The catch? Local update management is a nightmare. Hard to understand what's coming in with updates and when. Terrible visibility.

Current setup: I use Distrobox heavily plus a Debian VM running VSCodium with my full dev environment. This stays.

Additional context: I've distro-hopped 2-3 times this year but I really want to settle down for a while. I'm also getting into local LLMs—running and testing models locally—so good GPU support and a stable environment for that would be a big plus.

The real question: Is there a distro that handles Framework's kernel-level tools properly, has solid GNOME integration, plays well with local LLM work, AND won't drive me crazy maintaining it long-term?

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[–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know all those guides, I don't like Ubuntu with their messed-up Gnome. With Fedora, I only find the Atomic setups interesting, but that also makes customizations difficult.

Yeah, I know, I'm not making it easy for myself either xD

[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, well - there's the community support section as well. I've been on Debian since 1997 so I'm probably not the best person to give detailed advice on this.

Good luck!

[–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I'd already considered Debian too, but it just never really ran smoothly.

[–] doctorflynt@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

u could take a look at vanillaos. its an immutable distro based on debian.