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Obviously this is somewhat subjective, but I've had a lot of problems in my previous attempts to switch to Linux, so I'd like to create a list of distros to try out, and see what works for me. I'm mostly expecting to be doing basic office work and light gaming via Steam.

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

@PlzGivHugs not quite "just works" entirely, but I've grown more accustomed with MX Linux. Everything is pretty much just one click away tucked into the MX Tools app and you don't need lots of skills to use it. Some of the said apps might open inside a terminal, but their options are pretty well explained.

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[–] entwine@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Anything "immutable"

  • ublue family: Bazzite, Aurora, Bluefin
  • Fedora Atomic family: Silverblue, Kinoite, ...
  • KDE Linux (experimental)
  • OpenSuse MicroOS (for servers, but possible to add a desktop)
  • SteamOS (limited hardware compat)

Any other answer is outdated and wrong.

Edit: holy shit the amount of mint recommendations is crazy. Stay away from mint, it sucks. It's just a less reliable version of Ubuntu. If all you like its desktop environment, that's called "Cinnamon", and it can be installed in other distros.

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