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Hannah Montana Linux
No way that actually exists lol
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.
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Your PC can run any distro smoothly. What are you looking for that Mint doesn’t provide?
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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.
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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...
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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)
Pop!Os
Right now I would go with Debian. Newish release. Everything is up to date, and they are quite stable.
openSUSE Tumbleweed. Rolling and reliable.
Kubuntu
Tipps Fedora
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
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.
Pop!_OS
I recently learned about TempleOS and it seems pretty fascinating. Maybe give it a whirl.
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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.
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!
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.
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