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Every easy to use linux distro I’ve ever used, gives me problems right off the bat. Giving me errors when I simply try to install a web browser. Recently tried linux mint again last week…. Got web browser installed, Firefox then repeated to crash non stop until I rage quit after trying opera and it doing the same thing. I won’t be switching from windows for a loooong time, especially since I’m a gamer
I've been using Fedora for more than 2 years. However I test other distributions on a secondary laptop and I've liked Manjaro and PopOS and I tried Nobara as well but not for so long, but currently it's Fedora and Manjaro. I'm hoping to try out PopOS Cosmic(Not sure if it's released yet though)
Pop OS Debian Ubuntu I like it the legacy way. I am not good at using new stuff, so I want to support things that I already know how to use and how to fix.
Switched fully over to Manjaro last year. Had some issue figuring it out, but when I realized it was just Arch (Manjaro is my first Linus distro), it made finding solutions to any issues I've had a lot easier.
Let me list mine: 1. Ubuntu for the huge user base and their "functionality über alles" mentality. 2. OpenSUSE because I am German 🇩🇪. Also it feels the most Professional. 3. Fedora because it literally feels like a fresh breeze in a spring morning. Can you relate? 4. Linux Mint (Debian Edition) because it is the ultimate good-guy-distro and the Mint team does an outstanding job. 5. Debian. Of course. The Gandalf, the Dumbledore of distros.
I’ve been thinking about using Rocky for my laptop for general purpose use but don’t know if it’s good idea. I like the fact they give 10 years of support.
I am also a fedora lover. Use it daily on my main laptop. For the other ones I’ve used and enjoyed: PopOS, also waiting for the new cosmic desktop. And I used ZorinOS a lot.
I am an EndeavourOS user for my laptop and work desktop. I use a mix of Debain (OMV and Proxmox) and Alma for my home lab server distros. I use Rocky at work but prefer Alma as my server distro of choice. I would have called myself a distro hopper but EndeavourOS stopped that for me. The AUR is one the reasons I have stayed with EndeavourOS.
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I'm looking for which one is the most reliable. I've had systems break many times when doing an upgrade with apt. They need to properly manage it otherwise it ends up breaking the system. Not sure if I even have a favorite because I can install any window manager I want and and any program I want. Most distros are just bundles of select software. I guess Ubuntu because it usually has driver support.
Ive been using Nobara for a while now. I really enjoy it. My only issue with it, is for some reason, I need to reconnect my USB C hub every now and then. This isnt a issue I have ever experienced on other distros, but that is a small issue. Games run fantastic. I also really like the update utility.
I'm using Debian Bookworm (12) as a minimal installation, and I build up my system over KDE 5.27 on top of the Debian base. It's rock solid, fast, light weight, and has only the applications that I need to be installed running. I'm veeeeeerrrrry happy with the result.
@@prasannapaudel2457 Let me try to give some steps: 1. Do a minimal Debian Bullseye (11.6) expert installation (I selected ext4 as my FS, and I put with the following partitions: /boot, /boot/efi, root, /home, /tmp (ext2), /var/log, /var/lib/pgsql, swap, but you can choose some of the guided options or LVM, or do a completely different configuration), and in tasksel clear all software except the last entry (No Gnome, KDE, whatever) 2. Install network-manager and disable ifupdown (/etc/network/interfaces) 3. Install basic CLI software (neofetch, htop, git, etc...) 4. Change /etc/apt/sources.list making every 'bullseye' reference be 'bookworm' 5. sudo apt update 6. sudo apt full-upgrade 7. reboot 8. sudo apt autoremove 9. reboot 10. Now that you have a Debian minimal with bookworm (Debian 12) prepare to install KDE. 11. Install xorg, xserver-xorg, xinput, mesa-utils, lm-sensors, fancontrol 12. If you want to use Wayland then install xwayland 13. Install kde-plasma-desktop, kde-baseapps 14. reboot Hopefully, you will end up with a minimal Debian 12 with KDE 5.27 installed.
First, I'm a Linux newbie, which probably accounts for why I chose the following favorites: Fedora 37, Ubuntu 22.10, and Zorin OS 16.2. I notice my tastes seem to change as my Linux experience grows, so I don't expect these 3 distros to remain my favorites forever.
I use Zorin 16 Pro. The first month using Zorin was a below average experience. Some kinks took awhile to iron out. Now it works very well and better than my Windows 10 Pro.
I used to be hating on Fedora because I had issues with it every time I tried it on a live USB or in a VM. But the KDE spin really caught me by surprise; I tested it and it runs much better than expected. Fedora KDE will probably be a new favorite distro for me at some point. Only time will tell, though.
For me i have ALWAYS had a good time with Fedora In Live USBs it ran so much better than Pop!_OS or Ubuntu so i decided to install it and everything worked fine and has been completely fine since Everything worked as expected since day 1, no need to install any additional drivers or mess around with settings for the display and stuff like that
I personally daily drive Manjaro, just because it’s easy. As much as I love solving weird Linux problems sometimes I do just wanna be able to get on with what I wanna do, Manjaro has never let me down.
Did you face any issue like logout from from accounts when you close the browser or restart the computer? I am getting logged out everytime when i restart pc or browser
The latest image of Nobara seems to be absolutely screwed for Nvidia users. I did actually manage to find a build from a month prior and even when I did get it to boot, there was some serious issues with stuttering etc. It needs fixed pronto.. especially when (if you Google around) it's often recommended for those who have an Nvidia GPU
I’m enjoying Alpine Linux recently. Very very slim in foot print. Possibly the slimmest. So it’s really good with old hardware. So far no driver issues either. Most things I want I can get installed. It’s apparently got an Arch Linux feel. It’s a little like playing with Lego when you set it up. Just very simple and fast. Yet it’s also quite secure and stable. It’s a niche distro. Well maintained. Focus being mainly for inside docker containers.
Currently testing Vanilla OS myself. I'm waiting for the KDE version to really commit to it, though I've also heard they're planning to switch do Debian Sid. Pretty interesting to follow. Following PopOS closely myself. It was my first distro, and I quite like a lot of its modifications and choices. The Pop Shell menu or whatever it's called was so good I had to try to replicate it with rofi. Also, Recovery Partition should just be standard in Linux desktops already. It's exciting to see what they're going to do next, since I've heard news of btrfs-snapshot and immutable core with overlays. I have to say that Garuda is probably my favorite though -- used it for two years, it was the distro that spends the longest on my PC. I switched away only because of the grub issue and because they were doing a lot of work for their next ISO (which had only just been published today). I don't like their theme, but I use Whitesur-dark everywhere anyways so it was an easy switch. I like the UX a lot though -- literally always something that I try to recreate on any KDE. Nobara is also on my list. I could probably use it if, and when, Surfshark publishes an .rpm because ain't no way I'm dealing with rebuilding .deb with alien ever again, just too annoying. Hopefully they adopt some of Vanilla's technology, particularly apx. apx --aur and apx --nix is just too convenient for me. Lastly, I have a soft spot for FerenOS. It has a very small development team and a bus factor of one, but they just show you the heights that could be achieved with KDE out of the box, as well as making a lot of cool projects and convenient modifications. I'll definitely try it again, once they finished the rebase to 22.04 (like I said, very small development team).
@@testk822 Yeah. Seems it's at least in discussions. Edit: got some confirmation -- apparently they're currently drafting a blog post about the changes.
I've been using Debian based distros for a long time now. Never dared to try something else on my hardware, because it feels familiar. But dear God, when I see Fedora. It's like finding a love of your life, while stuck in a bad marriage.
My usage of Linux actually started off rough without a GUI on my VPSes. CentOS 7 IIRC circa 2015. So I got very familiar with the Redhat server OSes before eventually committing to using Linux on the desktop in 2021. I wanted something rolling, but Arch had a reputation of "difficult to use" (admittedly it was rather inconvenient to install) so I got scared. Ended up choosing Manjaro which was a grave misstep in hindsight. If I have to summarise the shortcomings of Manjaro in one sentence, it would be "It's stuck in the awkward middleground between changing very little (like EndeavourOS) and changing everything (like SteamOS), which is the worst place to be". I was stuck there for a while because all my stuff was set up and everything was configured to my liking, and I was too lazy to do it all over again. Only recently after an AUR package that's particularly important for my work failed to update (yettttt again) because a dependency issue that I finally bit the bullet and installed EndeavourOS (only last week), which is where I'm writing this comment on. Transitioning was actually easier than I imagined, because I had all my old configuration files that I could just copy over on demand (which are fortunately mostly compatible thanks to being on the same physical hardware and sharing the same Arch base). In terms of DE I'm mostly a KDE guy. Although on devices with a simpler purpose (e.g. home theatre) I'd probably prefer Gnome (and maybe the new Cosmic once it's ready). Yesterday I was planning a family vacation with my parents (mid 50s, I'm 25), and my mum asked to borrow my laptop to do some research. She is not very tech-literate and somewhat resistant to changes, so I hesitated a bit on whether it's a good idea to let her try Linux. But I thought "hey, what's the worst that can happen" and handed her my other laptop (which also has EndeavourOS KDE), but I didn't tell her that. She then proceded to use it for about an hour doing research without any problems. I then congratulated her for using Linux for the first time, and she had a pleasantly surprised look on her face as if to say "huh, that wasn't too bad". She is still on Windows for now because of the professional software she needs, but I can see myself moving her onto Linux once she's retired.
I'm also running Nobara KDE/Wayland for few months now. It's pretty good but Steam client keeps crashing, possibly something to do with notifications. I turned them all off but it still crashes from time to time. Discord doesn't work with push to talk same with OBS. I wish they would implement some kind of workaround for this. I was hyped for global hotkeys in KDE .27 but the way they implemented it is lacking. I don't get why you have to choose less secure option globally? Why can't we choose which X11 apps have access to global hotkeys per program basis? I'd rather whitelist programs I "trust" to be able to listen for all key presses even if the window is not focused. If anybody has tips to fix there problems please let me know.
For the last 4 months I've been using Kubuntu 22.10 (minimal install) with backports, so I have the latest Plasma release. Which currently is Plasma 5.27.3. It's been running great. Easy to install, quick and with Qogir dark theme and Papirus dark icons, looks good too. So far no problems at all. I tried KDE Neon, but the constant updates that needed reboots all the time, made me decide to replace it with Kubuntu 22.10.
- Linux Mint Debian i use for my main laptop don't game as much, i have windows pc for that, and i dont really like to upgrade my OS frequently - MXLinux for netbook i carry around for uni, it is lightweight and xfce - Elementary OS is whenever i install linux for family member, i keep coming back for this one because its beautiful and i can handle all the quirks for minutes
1. Fedora-kde 2. Endeavous os-kde 3. Opensuse tumbleweed-kde 4. Mint cinnamon These are the distros that you'll almost never have any bad experience with!
The only thing nobara lacks is proper website, because it still looks shady af, lol Although, i could really see nobara bundling some quick, easy and semi-automated way to setup a windows full gpu passthrough with vfio and looking glass (or whatever GE finds that works best for this) to instantly play those games that refuse to enable linux anti cheat compatibility (or just won't work with proton). Maybe that defeats the whole point of a gaming linux distro but i know many linux gamers (and people considering switching) would love the idea and still play on linux what can be played on linux
I tried out Nobara OS right at the start of this year as I was getting sick of what Microsoft was doing and I didn't stick with it for long. I previously tried popOS but then went back to Windows 10. After upgrading my GPU in April of this year, Windows started crashing where it will have to reboot. I just lock my computer to go to the toilet and when I came back, I found out that it crashed and rebooted to the login screen. I got sick of it and in late May, I just installed Nobara OS and I have been using it since. Nobara OS hasn't been giving me any serious issues for what I needed it to do, the only troublesome part was at the beginning when I needed to set things up. The Update System tool is really handy and updates all the drivers and softwares (flatpak and snaps included).
I use archcraft xfce edition because its just arch without needing to spend time on install process or customizing the desktop. No need to talk about how good Arch AUR & Arch Wiki 👀.
My favourite distros: 1. Debian 12 Bookworm minimal with self-built KDE Plasma on top 2. de-snapped Kubuntu 22.04 with backports 3. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma without PIM
I've had nothing but issues with nobara everytime I've used it. I want to like it, on paper it's exactly what I want in a distro, but it's just too unstable. I think somehow my hardware just doesn't agree with some of the low level tweaks nobara applies
Q4OS Pure for dedicated computers (media, job board, normal browsing); KDE Neon for network computers - specifically, for NAS file attachment to GMail client, which works out of the box. I'm guessing there's a script I can add to Q4OS which will allow me to attach from the NAS; I just haven't found it yet.
I was unaware of Nobara - I'll have to give that a try. I got my start with RedHat 5 back in the day. I did Mandrake when it was released, and really liked it - and ever since been looking for a decent RedHat-family distro. I used CentOS for servers for a while, especially with cheap companies not willing to pay for RHEL - but that stopped when they dropped support for CentOS 8. I mostly use Debian-family distros like Linux Mint and PopOS. In recent kick, I started playing around with some others - like ElementaryOS and ZorinOS. I also tried Manjaro, but I'm super new to Arch - so it's been a steep learning curve - I kinda hate pacman - or perhaps I just don't understand it.
I used to run PopOS until I installed MySQL for work hich resulted in shutting don not working. Ran Fedora 36 for a year. Fedora 37 upgrade (not fresh intall) caused issues. That thn got replaced with Garuda for several months. That in turn turned out to be a bit sluggish on my laptop. That has now been replaced with Mint. For my main PC, I require dual boot because of some games. I ran Fedora 37 on it for a few months. Vanilla OS is nice, but it did not bother adding Windows to Grub and none of the examples I found to add it, were recent, so I tossed it ot by installing Manjaro. Any distro where the installer wants to install onto the first SSD only or I suddenly have to manually partition the moment I switch drives, those distros do not even get a chance to be installed. There are sadly too many such distros that expect the user to know the partition structure which also means that the rest of the distro is lacking polish.
How does it compare to Leap? Cause for me Leap is ok. Little bit outdated gcc (clang not so much) and some libraries, I'd like to have new KDE as it improves a lot last years, but it just works. I'd like to have better documentation or larger community maybe, but with Manjaro KDE it's my favorite distro. Manjaro tends to break sometimes when it's not updated regularly (like old notebook and virtual machine which are sometimes not used for months) and I don't think it's a suitable distro for servers.
@@pavelperina7629 it’s quick, lean, fast, stable and rolling. Opensuse micro os is based on tumbleweed. I found normal tumbleweed to one of most stable rolling releases, even on old hardware. OpenSuse micro os desktop version is just basically OpenSuse micro os server + your desktop environment (in my case it’s kde plasma) + user flatpaks; the latest plasma has built-in support for flatpak permissions.
This year, I've been using mostly BunsenLabs. But there were also Ubuntu Unity and Xubuntu for a short while, and I currently use main Ubuntu at work. But it is still early to say what will be my most used distro in 2023... I could keep BunsenLabs for a while, but who knows. 😅
I loved Nobara, but I just switched to regular Fedora. I just wanted to learn Fedora from the beginning. Nobara was my first distro, as someone who's only recently moved to Linux from Windows. Everything works, Nvidia GPU driver updater, system updater, Proton-GE, etc. I was a bit intimidated by the word "immutable," in retrospect it doesn't matter as much. As soon as Nobara 40 comes out I might switch
My favorite is Arch btw. But now I switched on my main machine to Fedora for work reason. Fedora great stable distro, Arch is great for explore and experiments
I've been all over major and minor Linux distros since 2015. I thought Nobara was going to be my final hop. Even though I had no problems with Nobara, I went back to Debian. Debian, the first and the best for me. Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid x86_64. I'm done hopping for good. 😎
Been living in Garuda for the past 6 months. Love it. No major issues except bluetooth. I have tried 3 different bluetooth cards on my desktop but haven't got one to work yet. Bluetooth works with Garuda on my XPS laptop though. Not sure what the issue is.
Just installed Lubuntu 24.04 10-15 days back. Seems so snappy(hope remains fast in future too) which I am loving it as I have i3 processor. Easy to use, most apps available.Not much troubleshooting involved. Used Fedora before that for 2 years. Ubuntu before that for 7-8 years. Any other recommendation for being lighter & faster then Lubuntu ? But don't wanna troubleshoot a lot, as most Linux other Distros.
I started my Linux journey with Arch Linux back in 2017 so I kind of just stuck with Arch based distros and vanilla Arch. I tend to just stick with what I am used to the most. I run Endeavour OS with Qtile currently as Qtile is my favorite window manager and Endeavour is vanilla arch with decent defaults on top of it.
I've been using PopOS as my daily driver on my personal computers and Debian 12 at work. Also, as I've been studying cyber security, I've also been running Kali and Parrot on VMs and my raspberry pi
Currently using endeavoros and I think I can finally stop distro hopping. At least for the longest time. I'm so in love with it. Personally, the best linux experience for me
Endeavour OS for me is the best, there are plenty that are similar and that can give me what i want sure, but it just seems like endeavour works out the box all the time, i had problems just getting internet to work on old systems with other distros (typically ill have to put a wifi dongle in, update, then it will act fine, and it is just easier for me to do that) sure some might be different now, but for my basic usage at the moment i just want something that is up and ready to familiarize myself with arch as i do basic tasks, and its working a treat and rather enjoyable My weird spec dell 5418 is using it and i just got a nuc 12 WSK that has it on now too.
I am currently on Ubuntu Budgie in my laptop (hp elitebook x360 1030 g2, 8 gigs, i7, touch) and Debian 11 with KDE on my desktop (i7, 24 gb, dual screen) .. Sincerily, budgie is simple and straightforward, but kinda beta-ish ... sometimes the cursor goes missing, sometimes the WM goes bananas, and experienced some freezes. Considering to debianize the laptop. Never had a good experience with Slack based distros, and love debian stability.
Hi, Iam little like you, love KDE and KDE Neon but I use daily also Manjaro KDE... Builingnew PC and cant decide which one will be fastest and most user friendly OS on lastest hardware. How about CachyOS compared to Nobara and Majaro ?
New to the Linux things, and been using Mint, (which I gather you are not a fan of as you don't eve mention it.) I have also tried Fedora, but to be honest I found it more clunky to use than Mint. Because I hate the cli, I find that with Mint I can avoid using it almost 100% and stick with the desktop. Though, as I said I am all still new to this Linux stuff (about a week!!,) so I guess things may change in the future. My only "problem" is I really truly adore Windows! I have been using it since Windows 3.11, so it's kind of my baby so to speak.
Question. Who is Fedora for? The website implies that Fedora is for developers, and I'm not that. 😅 People speak highly of Fedora now as a friendly general-use desktop. It's making me curious, but switching away from Ubuntu (and Debian packages) will take some getting used to.
My personal favorite Linux distro atm is ArchCraft with I3, it is possible to run under KDE or GNOME but I personally love the Window Managers, also the Distro just looks beatiful.
Ubuntu Server is very convenient , ofcourse big corps would use RHEL or SLES, but for small business Ubuntu Server is a defacto standard, Debian as a server works too, but it slower outdated and cumbersome at use. Desktop , well this a break or do thing, i prefer Ubuntu Desktop , some people prefer KDE Neon, but many still on windows just , because of old windows software, it gets so far that people buying cheap 1 or 5 dollar license and tell me that a legit. Nowaday Linux runs everywhere and almost everything and maintenance of is less problematic , than it was in the past.
Nobara is the greatest operating system ever made. It has made Linux viable as a dedicated desktop workstation, thanks in no small part to the innovations it's made in gaming. The year of the Linux desktop is already here.
I've been using KDE neon for over a year now.. Now I wanna switch to a new distro... Don't get me wrong.. KDE is great.. I just wanna try out some other distros
KDE neon is really underrated. Getting all those KDE applications as cuttings edge on a Ubuntu LTS but as KDE rolling, which is unique. Yes they mess up at the first but all distro does that at initial stage.
I'm boring. I distro hopped for a while and landed on Mint and it just worked and was stable. Haven't left in about a year and don't plan on leaving lol.
Bro your beard is dark dark red like crimson blood colored. I have a little lighter hair and mine grows in blonde, red, and brown and Im in my 30's. I shave mine with a clipper #1 because it annoys me.
Coming from a mint, opensuse, deepin background i fell in love with Solus OS Fortitude budgie, clean, stable, refreshing. Yesterday i installed Solus Plasma (KDE) and it is a tinkerers dream - seemingly unlimited options .
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Every easy to use linux distro I’ve ever used, gives me problems right off the bat. Giving me errors when I simply try to install a web browser. Recently tried linux mint again last week…. Got web browser installed, Firefox then repeated to crash non stop until I rage quit after trying opera and it doing the same thing. I won’t be switching from windows for a loooong time, especially since I’m a gamer
Was EndeavourOS but ArcoLinux works better on my hardware and it's pretty comfortable.
I've been using Fedora for more than 2 years. However I test other distributions on a secondary laptop and I've liked Manjaro and PopOS and I tried Nobara as well but not for so long, but currently it's Fedora and Manjaro. I'm hoping to try out PopOS Cosmic(Not sure if it's released yet though)
Here are my top 5 Linux Distros so #sorrynotsorry
1)Pop OS 22.04
2)Linux Mint 21
3)Ubuntu Mate
4)Linux Lite
5)Zorin OS
Pop OS
Debian
Ubuntu
I like it the legacy way. I am not good at using new stuff, so I want to support things that I already know how to use and how to fix.
1- Arch
2- Gentoo
3- Void
4- Slackware (Current)
5- OpenSuse (Tumbleweed)
Switched fully over to Manjaro last year. Had some issue figuring it out, but when I realized it was just Arch (Manjaro is my first Linus distro), it made finding solutions to any issues I've had a lot easier.
Let me list mine:
1. Ubuntu for the huge user base and their "functionality über alles" mentality.
2. OpenSUSE because I am German 🇩🇪. Also it feels the most Professional.
3. Fedora because it literally feels like a fresh breeze in a spring morning. Can you relate?
4. Linux Mint (Debian Edition) because it is the ultimate good-guy-distro and the Mint team does an outstanding job.
5. Debian. Of course. The Gandalf, the Dumbledore of distros.
I’ve been thinking about using Rocky for my laptop for general purpose use but don’t know if it’s good idea. I like the fact they give 10 years of support.
just make sure you dont support israel if you use mint
@@mattimorottaja8445what if we do support Israel?
@@mattimorottaja8445 what the hell is wrong with you ?
@@mattimorottaja8445 Satanist.
Love Nobara - one year on it now, never looked back. Thanks for referencing it!
Absolutely love the Salix distribution. Makes Slackware a little easier. I also use PCLinuxOS which ive found to be really nice
I am also a fedora lover. Use it daily on my main laptop. For the other ones I’ve used and enjoyed: PopOS, also waiting for the new cosmic desktop. And I used ZorinOS a lot.
I am an EndeavourOS user for my laptop and work desktop. I use a mix of Debain (OMV and Proxmox) and Alma for my home lab server distros. I use Rocky at work but prefer Alma as my server distro of choice. I would have called myself a distro hopper but EndeavourOS stopped that for me. The AUR is one the reasons I have stayed with EndeavourOS.
My favorite is Nobara. Fedora and gaming in 1 package is a good match.
I really like Mint for everyday use but I really like DragonOS when working with my rtl-sdr dongle to track and receive data from weather satilites.
can u make a list of beginner friendly linux distros pls that'd help newbies a lot
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Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Ubuntu Mate, Linux Lite.
@@johanb.7869 I'd add Feren OS, Ubuntu Budgie and Pop!_OS to that list
@@johanb.7869 Thanks
I'm looking for which one is the most reliable. I've had systems break many times when doing an upgrade with apt. They need to properly manage it otherwise it ends up breaking the system. Not sure if I even have a favorite because I can install any window manager I want and and any program I want. Most distros are just bundles of select software. I guess Ubuntu because it usually has driver support.
Why KDE Neon over openSUSE Tumbleweed
Ive been using Nobara for a while now. I really enjoy it. My only issue with it, is for some reason, I need to reconnect my USB C hub every now and then. This isnt a issue I have ever experienced on other distros, but that is a small issue. Games run fantastic. I also really like the update utility.
Linux Mint is the stablest Linux distro I've ever used. Been messing with Linux since Redhat 5.1
so u r a legend dude !
R.I.P RedHat
Mint is rock solid but looks a bit ugly lol
I'm using Debian Bookworm (12) as a minimal installation, and I build up my system over KDE 5.27 on top of the Debian base.
It's rock solid, fast, light weight, and has only the applications that I need to be installed running.
I'm veeeeeerrrrry happy with the result.
I have exactly same plan debian with kdr plasma . Please elaborate me the whole process
@@prasannapaudel2457 Let me try to give some steps:
1. Do a minimal Debian Bullseye (11.6) expert installation (I selected ext4 as my FS, and I put with the following partitions: /boot, /boot/efi, root, /home, /tmp (ext2), /var/log, /var/lib/pgsql, swap, but you can choose some of the guided options or LVM, or do a completely different configuration), and in tasksel clear all software except the last entry (No Gnome, KDE, whatever)
2. Install network-manager and disable ifupdown (/etc/network/interfaces)
3. Install basic CLI software (neofetch, htop, git, etc...)
4. Change /etc/apt/sources.list making every 'bullseye' reference be 'bookworm'
5. sudo apt update
6. sudo apt full-upgrade
7. reboot
8. sudo apt autoremove
9. reboot
10. Now that you have a Debian minimal with bookworm (Debian 12) prepare to install KDE.
11. Install xorg, xserver-xorg, xinput, mesa-utils, lm-sensors, fancontrol
12. If you want to use Wayland then install xwayland
13. Install kde-plasma-desktop, kde-baseapps
14. reboot
Hopefully, you will end up with a minimal Debian 12 with KDE 5.27 installed.
Nerd
Nerd 💀💀
Same but I have gone back to pure Bookworm 12 again removing each trace of KDE just because I want to experience the fresh feeling ig
My number one favorite desktop Linux distro is Linux Mint
First, I'm a Linux newbie, which probably accounts for why I chose the following favorites: Fedora 37, Ubuntu 22.10, and Zorin OS 16.2. I notice my tastes seem to change as my Linux experience grows, so I don't expect these 3 distros to remain my favorites forever.
I use Zorin 16 Pro. The first month using Zorin was a below average experience. Some kinks took awhile to iron out. Now it works very well and better than my Windows 10 Pro.
I could not get the sound correct on my Dell XPS with Zorin Pro 16
Eventually zorin sucks big time.. better switch now itself
@@ClickingGuitarist not surprised… all buntu derivatives are like that.
zorin is awful
Zorin 🤢
I used to be hating on Fedora because I had issues with it every time I tried it on a live USB or in a VM. But the KDE spin really caught me by surprise; I tested it and it runs much better than expected. Fedora KDE will probably be a new favorite distro for me at some point. Only time will tell, though.
Same here. Couldnt get warm with Fedora and then one day BOOM and I became a fanboy 💪😅
i love fedora
For me i have ALWAYS had a good time with Fedora
In Live USBs it ran so much better than Pop!_OS or Ubuntu so i decided to install it and everything worked fine and has been completely fine since
Everything worked as expected since day 1, no need to install any additional drivers or mess around with settings for the display and stuff like that
I personally daily drive Manjaro, just because it’s easy. As much as I love solving weird Linux problems sometimes I do just wanna be able to get on with what I wanna do, Manjaro has never let me down.
Zorin OS... I'm not a gamer and I'm not really worried about Canonical. For the legacy laptops that I use, Zorin fits the bill.
MX Linux is within my top 5. It just works =)
Fedora 37 with GNOME is awesome for me
No one asked
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Did you face any issue like logout from from accounts when you close the browser or restart the computer? I am getting logged out everytime when i restart pc or browser
I would add Mint in the honorable mentions. It's always fresh and minty.
The latest image of Nobara seems to be absolutely screwed for Nvidia users. I did actually manage to find a build from a month prior and even when I did get it to boot, there was some serious issues with stuttering etc.
It needs fixed pronto.. especially when (if you Google around) it's often recommended for those who have an Nvidia GPU
Arch and Arch based distros gave me tons of errors so I'm currently using Fedora 37 with Gnome.
I’m enjoying Alpine Linux recently.
Very very slim in foot print. Possibly the slimmest. So it’s really good with old hardware. So far no driver issues either. Most things I want I can get installed. It’s apparently got an Arch Linux feel. It’s a little like playing with Lego when you set it up. Just very simple and fast. Yet it’s also quite secure and stable. It’s a niche distro. Well maintained. Focus being mainly for inside docker containers.
Currently testing Vanilla OS myself. I'm waiting for the KDE version to really commit to it, though I've also heard they're planning to switch do Debian Sid. Pretty interesting to follow.
Following PopOS closely myself. It was my first distro, and I quite like a lot of its modifications and choices. The Pop Shell menu or whatever it's called was so good I had to try to replicate it with rofi. Also, Recovery Partition should just be standard in Linux desktops already. It's exciting to see what they're going to do next, since I've heard news of btrfs-snapshot and immutable core with overlays.
I have to say that Garuda is probably my favorite though -- used it for two years, it was the distro that spends the longest on my PC. I switched away only because of the grub issue and because they were doing a lot of work for their next ISO (which had only just been published today). I don't like their theme, but I use Whitesur-dark everywhere anyways so it was an easy switch. I like the UX a lot though -- literally always something that I try to recreate on any KDE.
Nobara is also on my list. I could probably use it if, and when, Surfshark publishes an .rpm because ain't no way I'm dealing with rebuilding .deb with alien ever again, just too annoying. Hopefully they adopt some of Vanilla's technology, particularly apx. apx --aur and apx --nix is just too convenient for me.
Lastly, I have a soft spot for FerenOS. It has a very small development team and a bus factor of one, but they just show you the heights that could be achieved with KDE out of the box, as well as making a lot of cool projects and convenient modifications. I'll definitely try it again, once they finished the rebase to 22.04 (like I said, very small development team).
Where did you hear about debian sid, their discord?
@@testk822 Yeah. Seems it's at least in discussions.
Edit: got some confirmation -- apparently they're currently drafting a blog post about the changes.
@@FengLengshun thats cool, thank you
I've been using Debian based distros for a long time now. Never dared to try something else on my hardware, because it feels familiar.
But dear God, when I see Fedora.
It's like finding a love of your life, while stuck in a bad marriage.
My usage of Linux actually started off rough without a GUI on my VPSes. CentOS 7 IIRC circa 2015. So I got very familiar with the Redhat server OSes before eventually committing to using Linux on the desktop in 2021. I wanted something rolling, but Arch had a reputation of "difficult to use" (admittedly it was rather inconvenient to install) so I got scared. Ended up choosing Manjaro which was a grave misstep in hindsight. If I have to summarise the shortcomings of Manjaro in one sentence, it would be "It's stuck in the awkward middleground between changing very little (like EndeavourOS) and changing everything (like SteamOS), which is the worst place to be".
I was stuck there for a while because all my stuff was set up and everything was configured to my liking, and I was too lazy to do it all over again. Only recently after an AUR package that's particularly important for my work failed to update (yettttt again) because a dependency issue that I finally bit the bullet and installed EndeavourOS (only last week), which is where I'm writing this comment on. Transitioning was actually easier than I imagined, because I had all my old configuration files that I could just copy over on demand (which are fortunately mostly compatible thanks to being on the same physical hardware and sharing the same Arch base).
In terms of DE I'm mostly a KDE guy. Although on devices with a simpler purpose (e.g. home theatre) I'd probably prefer Gnome (and maybe the new Cosmic once it's ready).
Yesterday I was planning a family vacation with my parents (mid 50s, I'm 25), and my mum asked to borrow my laptop to do some research. She is not very tech-literate and somewhat resistant to changes, so I hesitated a bit on whether it's a good idea to let her try Linux. But I thought "hey, what's the worst that can happen" and handed her my other laptop (which also has EndeavourOS KDE), but I didn't tell her that. She then proceded to use it for about an hour doing research without any problems. I then congratulated her for using Linux for the first time, and she had a pleasantly surprised look on her face as if to say "huh, that wasn't too bad". She is still on Windows for now because of the professional software she needs, but I can see myself moving her onto Linux once she's retired.
If the machine can run it, Garuda dragonized. Its just beautiful and, ofc, arch based.
Endeavor is my favorite light distro.
I'm also running Nobara KDE/Wayland for few months now. It's pretty good but Steam client keeps crashing, possibly something to do with notifications. I turned them all off but it still crashes from time to time. Discord doesn't work with push to talk same with OBS. I wish they would implement some kind of workaround for this.
I was hyped for global hotkeys in KDE .27 but the way they implemented it is lacking. I don't get why you have to choose less secure option globally? Why can't we choose which X11 apps have access to global hotkeys per program basis? I'd rather whitelist programs I "trust" to be able to listen for all key presses even if the window is not focused.
If anybody has tips to fix there problems please let me know.
Depending on hardware and use:
OpenSUSE MicroOSD
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Sway
PeppermintOS
EasyOS
MX/antiX
For the last 4 months I've been using Kubuntu 22.10 (minimal install) with backports, so I have the latest Plasma release. Which currently is Plasma 5.27.3. It's been running great. Easy to install, quick and with Qogir dark theme and Papirus dark icons, looks good too. So far no problems at all. I tried KDE Neon, but the constant updates that needed reboots all the time, made me decide to replace it with Kubuntu 22.10.
- Linux Mint Debian i use for my main laptop don't game as much, i have windows pc for that, and i dont really like to upgrade my OS frequently
- MXLinux for netbook i carry around for uni, it is lightweight and xfce
- Elementary OS is whenever i install linux for family member, i keep coming back for this one because its beautiful and i can handle all the quirks for minutes
1. Fedora-kde
2. Endeavous os-kde
3. Opensuse tumbleweed-kde
4. Mint cinnamon
These are the distros that you'll almost never have any bad experience with!
The only thing nobara lacks is proper website, because it still looks shady af, lol
Although, i could really see nobara bundling some quick, easy and semi-automated way to setup a windows full gpu passthrough with vfio and looking glass (or whatever GE finds that works best for this) to instantly play those games that refuse to enable linux anti cheat compatibility (or just won't work with proton). Maybe that defeats the whole point of a gaming linux distro but i know many linux gamers (and people considering switching) would love the idea and still play on linux what can be played on linux
I tried out Nobara OS right at the start of this year as I was getting sick of what Microsoft was doing and I didn't stick with it for long. I previously tried popOS but then went back to Windows 10.
After upgrading my GPU in April of this year, Windows started crashing where it will have to reboot. I just lock my computer to go to the toilet and when I came back, I found out that it crashed and rebooted to the login screen. I got sick of it and in late May, I just installed Nobara OS and I have been using it since.
Nobara OS hasn't been giving me any serious issues for what I needed it to do, the only troublesome part was at the beginning when I needed to set things up. The Update System tool is really handy and updates all the drivers and softwares (flatpak and snaps included).
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Solid experience
For my old Toshiba Satellite X200 (T7500, 8700m, 4Gb, 240Gb ssd) - Solus Mate or MX Linux Xfce.
I use archcraft xfce edition because its just arch without needing to spend time on install process or customizing the desktop. No need to talk about how good Arch AUR & Arch Wiki 👀.
LMDE, Bois listen up. Easy to use, easy to install, no Canonical. What else do you need?
Don't say up to date software.
My favourite distros:
1. Debian 12 Bookworm minimal with self-built KDE Plasma on top
2. de-snapped Kubuntu 22.04 with backports
3. openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma without PIM
I've had nothing but issues with nobara everytime I've used it. I want to like it, on paper it's exactly what I want in a distro, but it's just too unstable. I think somehow my hardware just doesn't agree with some of the low level tweaks nobara applies
Q4OS Pure for dedicated computers (media, job board, normal browsing); KDE Neon for network computers - specifically, for NAS file attachment to GMail client, which works out of the box. I'm guessing there's a script I can add to Q4OS which will allow me to attach from the NAS; I just haven't found it yet.
I was unaware of Nobara - I'll have to give that a try. I got my start with RedHat 5 back in the day. I did Mandrake when it was released, and really liked it - and ever since been looking for a decent RedHat-family distro. I used CentOS for servers for a while, especially with cheap companies not willing to pay for RHEL - but that stopped when they dropped support for CentOS 8. I mostly use Debian-family distros like Linux Mint and PopOS. In recent kick, I started playing around with some others - like ElementaryOS and ZorinOS. I also tried Manjaro, but I'm super new to Arch - so it's been a steep learning curve - I kinda hate pacman - or perhaps I just don't understand it.
Fatdog Linux. The puppy Linux family is very underrated.
I used to run PopOS until I installed MySQL for work hich resulted in shutting don not working. Ran Fedora 36 for a year. Fedora 37 upgrade (not fresh intall) caused issues. That thn got replaced with Garuda for several months. That in turn turned out to be a bit sluggish on my laptop. That has now been replaced with Mint.
For my main PC, I require dual boot because of some games. I ran Fedora 37 on it for a few months. Vanilla OS is nice, but it did not bother adding Windows to Grub and none of the examples I found to add it, were recent, so I tossed it ot by installing Manjaro.
Any distro where the installer wants to install onto the first SSD only or I suddenly have to manually partition the moment I switch drives, those distros do not even get a chance to be installed. There are sadly too many such distros that expect the user to know the partition structure which also means that the rest of the distro is lacking polish.
I use MXLinux, and i test now on VM Redcore and Nutryx are very good Distros.
For me KDE neon is my go to DE for my laptop (my daily driver), for gaming (SteamOS) obvs Steam Deck. I love them both equally.
was not expecting Nobara as your most used linux distro. i started using nobara on my laptop to test it out, and i never changed it since.. i
I'm on OpenSuse. Secure boot on is no problem when installing.
I've been using Alpine Linux for a while now and I'm loving it. I run it with the XFCE desktop environment and it's pretty much my daily driver.
For me right, OpenSuse micro os is the best for both servers and desktops (kde plasma) at the moment
How does it compare to Leap? Cause for me Leap is ok. Little bit outdated gcc (clang not so much) and some libraries, I'd like to have new KDE as it improves a lot last years, but it just works. I'd like to have better documentation or larger community maybe, but with Manjaro KDE it's my favorite distro. Manjaro tends to break sometimes when it's not updated regularly (like old notebook and virtual machine which are sometimes not used for months) and I don't think it's a suitable distro for servers.
@@pavelperina7629 it’s quick, lean, fast, stable and rolling. Opensuse micro os is based on tumbleweed. I found normal tumbleweed to one of most stable rolling releases, even on old hardware. OpenSuse micro os desktop version is just basically OpenSuse micro os server + your desktop environment (in my case it’s kde plasma) + user flatpaks; the latest plasma has built-in support for flatpak permissions.
Vanilla Fedora with minor tweak.
In my opinion I love either manjaro or endeavour os with i3wm and no DE, the perfect way to use Linux.
Arch, ArcoLinux, RisiOS, Linux Mint, PopOS would be my fav 5. Tried Nobara but proved a bit buggy for me especially with a second screen on KDE.
Vanilla Fedora is my number one. Since I switched to it from Ubuntu and Manjaro, I have never been disappointed.
Vanilla Fedora is an amazing experience. Fantastic distro. 💪
Nobara is a game changer for a newbie who just switched to Linux.
This year, I've been using mostly BunsenLabs. But there were also Ubuntu Unity and Xubuntu for a short while, and I currently use main Ubuntu at work. But it is still early to say what will be my most used distro in 2023... I could keep BunsenLabs for a while, but who knows. 😅
Currently enjoying Garuda. Beautiful OS and really performant
I loved Nobara, but I just switched to regular Fedora. I just wanted to learn Fedora from the beginning. Nobara was my first distro, as someone who's only recently moved to Linux from Windows. Everything works, Nvidia GPU driver updater, system updater, Proton-GE, etc. I was a bit intimidated by the word "immutable," in retrospect it doesn't matter as much. As soon as Nobara 40 comes out I might switch
1. Void Linux
2. Debian
3. Arcolinux
Debian and Linux Mint. Never had a problem with either.
My favorite is Arch btw. But now I switched on my main machine to Fedora for work reason. Fedora great stable distro, Arch is great for explore and experiments
I've been all over major and minor Linux distros since 2015. I thought Nobara was going to be my final hop. Even though I had no problems with Nobara, I went back to Debian. Debian, the first and the best for me. Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid x86_64. I'm done hopping for good. 😎
My new TH-cam/media machine is a Lenovo T480, running Manjaro XFCE and feeling like a race car :)
Been living in Garuda for the past 6 months. Love it. No major issues except bluetooth. I have tried 3 different bluetooth cards on my desktop but haven't got one to work yet. Bluetooth works with Garuda on my XPS laptop though. Not sure what the issue is.
Just installed Lubuntu 24.04 10-15 days back. Seems so snappy(hope remains fast in future too) which I am loving it as I have i3 processor. Easy to use, most apps available.Not much troubleshooting involved. Used Fedora before that for 2 years. Ubuntu before that for 7-8 years.
Any other recommendation for being lighter & faster then Lubuntu ?
But don't wanna troubleshoot a lot, as most Linux other Distros.
I started my Linux journey with Arch Linux back in 2017 so I kind of just stuck with Arch based distros and vanilla Arch. I tend to just stick with what I am used to the most. I run Endeavour OS with Qtile currently as Qtile is my favorite window manager and Endeavour is vanilla arch with decent defaults on top of it.
After 7 months or so, are you still running it?
Cos right now I am with BSPWM and it's hella good, even if my fan goes haywire on my laptop xd
My Favorite is Archcraft ❤
I've been using PopOS as my daily driver on my personal computers and Debian 12 at work. Also, as I've been studying cyber security, I've also been running Kali and Parrot on VMs and my raspberry pi
Currently using endeavoros and I think I can finally stop distro hopping. At least for the longest time. I'm so in love with it. Personally, the best linux experience for me
Most used: Garuda Dragonized (Arch base with customized Plasma desktop).
Backup: KDE Neon (Plasma desktop)
Endeavour OS for me is the best, there are plenty that are similar and that can give me what i want sure, but it just seems like endeavour works out the box all the time, i had problems just getting internet to work on old systems with other distros (typically ill have to put a wifi dongle in, update, then it will act fine, and it is just easier for me to do that) sure some might be different now, but for my basic usage at the moment i just want something that is up and ready to familiarize myself with arch as i do basic tasks, and its working a treat and rather enjoyable
My weird spec dell 5418 is using it and i just got a nuc 12 WSK that has it on now too.
I am currently on Ubuntu Budgie in my laptop (hp elitebook x360 1030 g2, 8 gigs, i7, touch) and Debian 11 with KDE on my desktop (i7, 24 gb, dual screen) ..
Sincerily, budgie is simple and straightforward, but kinda beta-ish ... sometimes the cursor goes missing, sometimes the WM goes bananas, and experienced some freezes. Considering to debianize the laptop.
Never had a good experience with Slack based distros, and love debian stability.
If you like Budgie, try Solus or Endeavouros version. It run smooth for me.
Hi, Iam little like you, love KDE and KDE Neon but I use daily also Manjaro KDE... Builingnew PC and cant decide which one will be fastest and most user friendly OS on lastest hardware. How about CachyOS compared to Nobara and Majaro ?
New to the Linux things, and been using Mint, (which I gather you are not a fan of as you don't eve mention it.) I have also tried Fedora, but to be honest I found it more clunky to use than Mint. Because I hate the cli, I find that with Mint I can avoid using it almost 100% and stick with the desktop. Though, as I said I am all still new to this Linux stuff (about a week!!,) so I guess things may change in the future. My only "problem" is I really truly adore Windows! I have been using it since Windows 3.11, so it's kind of my baby so to speak.
Question. Who is Fedora for? The website implies that Fedora is for developers, and I'm not that. 😅
People speak highly of Fedora now as a friendly general-use desktop. It's making me curious, but switching away from Ubuntu (and Debian packages) will take some getting used to.
My personal favorite Linux distro atm is ArchCraft with I3, it is possible to run under KDE or GNOME but I personally love the Window Managers, also the Distro just looks beatiful.
Ubuntu Server is very convenient , ofcourse big corps would use RHEL or SLES, but for small business Ubuntu Server is a defacto standard, Debian as a server works too, but it slower outdated and cumbersome at use. Desktop , well this a break or do thing, i prefer Ubuntu Desktop , some people prefer KDE Neon, but many still on windows just , because of old windows software, it gets so far that people buying cheap 1 or 5 dollar license and tell me that a legit. Nowaday Linux runs everywhere and almost everything and maintenance of is less problematic , than it was in the past.
Nobara is the greatest operating system ever made. It has made Linux viable as a dedicated desktop workstation, thanks in no small part to the innovations it's made in gaming.
The year of the Linux desktop is already here.
linux mint debian edition is my main OS at the time
I've been using KDE neon for over a year now.. Now I wanna switch to a new distro... Don't get me wrong.. KDE is great.. I just wanna try out some other distros
nice video as always! Endeavour OS is great. Glitches and issues seem to be solved soon by the devs and you don't need to be an expert to run it.
KDE neon is really underrated. Getting all those KDE applications as cuttings edge on a Ubuntu LTS but as KDE rolling, which is unique. Yes they mess up at the first but all distro does that at initial stage.
You'r clip is 8min, and half of that are adverstiment. And you dont speak for anything new or intresting.
And also .. best of 2023 ? already ? This video was made purely in order to gain some $/views.
I'm boring. I distro hopped for a while and landed on Mint and it just worked and was stable. Haven't left in about a year and don't plan on leaving lol.
for home and work laptops - Manjaro Gnome, fedora is good but i can really setup amd integrated support for blender3d on this os yet
Mine (sorted by how much I time I spent):
1. Mint
2. Ubuntu
3. Fedora
4. RHEL Clones
5. Arch
6. Debian
Bro your beard is dark dark red like crimson blood colored. I have a little lighter hair and mine grows in blonde, red, and brown and Im in my 30's. I shave mine with a clipper #1 because it annoys me.
I am a big fan of OpenSUSE.
Love this! And it reminds me that I really need to do an updated video of this sort myself
Switched to linux ditching windows totally. Using manjaro kde plasma!! So far having a good experience.
Top notch ginger beard!
1. openSUSE Tumbleweed
Coming from a mint, opensuse, deepin background i fell in love with Solus OS Fortitude budgie, clean, stable, refreshing. Yesterday i installed Solus Plasma (KDE) and it is a tinkerers dream - seemingly unlimited options .
Great video, thanks I might give Nobara a go. If your a Splitgate fan you must know what you're talking about lol
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