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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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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] N00b22@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No way that actually exists lol

[–] linuxFan@lib.lgbt 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It exists for the clueless. Elite users use RebeccaBlackOS

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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] febra@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm using Fedora and I'm really happy with it. Pretty solid distro,

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[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I'm partial to Pop!_OS and their desktop environment.

[–] los_chill@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

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.

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[–] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Your PC can run any distro smoothly. What are you looking for that Mint doesn’t provide?

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[–] borlax@lemmy.borlax.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] samsy@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Holy shit! *literally

[–] p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Try arch and you'll never distro hop again

[–] fabian_drinks_milk@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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 :)

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I can confirm that.

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[–] nrab@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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...

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[–] Reliant1087@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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

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)
[–] iks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[–] zumi@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

openSUSE Tumbleweed. Rolling and reliable.

[–] gens@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Tipps Fedora

[–] emhl@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Rambler@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] kanzalibrary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Fedora since Podman UI desktop came, for long term usage..

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[–] EthanolParty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

(If you want to learn by pain that is)

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I recently learned about TempleOS and it seems pretty fascinating. Maybe give it a whirl.

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[–] oldschoolnerd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] zaros@zaros.club 2 points 2 years ago

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!

[–] Ndy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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