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blendOS because it gives you access to all the good stuff, including the AUR and even Android apps.
Oooh, neat! I hadn't heard of that. Thank you so much for sharing this! I look forward to trying it out. Exciting!!
I have been meaning to give a BlendOS a try. VanillaOS as well ( though I kind of want to wait until they rebase on Debian ).
If you are a KDE user or are interested in it, I've been running KDE Neon for a few months and don't plan on changing any time soon. Stable release, Ubuntu LTS based without the forced snaps (though snaps are in the repos if you want them), comes with the standard Ubuntu LTS repos and flatpak installed out of the box, with the one difference there being that it will update to the latest stable version of KDE software as it's released. Basically a de-snapped Kubuntu LTS with all the latest KDE stuff. Works great for me.
I wanna move to nix but my monkey brain can't understand it. Might just take the plunge anyways
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For all the praise I give Debian, I still just run Kubuntu and call it a day.
It's not that Debian's particularly hard to install or set up (pretty quick and easy after you've done it enough times, though there is also the Live CD with Calamares for an easier install), and it's honestly better than (*)Ubuntu in terms of official repos (at least Sid is), but I sometimes just find it simpler to install Kubuntu, unsnap it, remove apport, and get on with everything else.
Maybe I'll go MX or something at some point and just enable systemd because I use it and out of the "anti-systemd" distros, it's the most "hey, if you want to use systemd, no prob".
Actually, for Debian, another good option is Spiral Linux. It's basically just Debian, but with btrfs, snapshots, and zRAM all set up (from the same dude who does GeckoLinux, so very familiar with btrfs). Maybe once the new Bookworm-based ISO is up, I'll switch over.
I have used Gecko in the past. I really liked it. I'll be checking out spiral linux now. Thanks
I use Manjaro but I might switch when CosmicDE launches on Pop!, especially if they get graphics switching working nicely on Wayland.
I'm also on Fedora and love it, but I'm thinking of switching to OpenMandriva ROME. OpenSUSE's Tumbleweed is another option.
Endeavour os with kde! Used to run manjaro and I think it's a good stepping stone, so you know what you like and not, what to keep... For example, I didn't know about oh my zhs and p10k, and if it wasn't for manjaro I wouldn't have know about that and owils be running the default bash console.
Used Arch for over 5 years. I don't know if having a child changed me but I realised I'd lost a lot of time I had that I spent just fiddling with configs to get stufftpo my liking so went from Arch xmonad to PopOs and Gnome.
It has been stable and doesn't have the snap bullshit that comes with Ubuntu.
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I use Debian with kde and its been great. Went from debian 11 to debian 12 without reinstall and then use void and devuan on my other computers and arch mobile on pinephone.
Elementary It’s just like Mint but I had way less issues than with any other distros.
I'm old too :-/
- CP/M
- DOS
- Windows3, 95, 98
- BeOS
- some Debian and Mandrake
- Windows XP
- Ubuntu (a long time)
- Mint/Cinnamon (I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year)
- MX/Xfce (since ~2016)
I may try Arch on a old laptop just to play with it.----
I hated it, it was quick, maybe a year.
I think we have a very different definition of quick, my friend. I've been on Linux for about a year and a half, most of which on Arch and recently on NixOS.
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EndeavourOS with KDE
Same systems as vanilla arch for packaging such as pacman and AUR
Archwiki instruction work without modification
Great forum community without the incessant RTFM
Nixos. Can't even fathom going back to anything after getting to grips with it
I'm pretty happy on Ultramarine. Its like Fedora but with more repos by default, media drivers, more DE options, and a bunch of more reasonable defaults for daily all-purpose use.
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