Jacob | Five Eye Tea on Nostr: I still have nine and a half months to make my final decision but I think I've boiled ...
I still have nine and a half months to make my final decision but I think I've boiled down my distro choice for my main PC to three distros:
- Fedora (KDE spin)
- Garuda (Dr460nized)
- Linux Mint (Cinnamon)
I still have a little consideration for Manjaro and Pop OS, as well.
Reasons for Fedora:
- Rolling release, but with more stability than Arch
- Large userbase with great support
- The KDE spin is an absolute breeze to use
- Solid feature set
- Seems to be quite supported by third parties
Reasons for Garuda:
- A non-gimmicky gamer distro with great preinstalled software
- Arch-based for rolling release & AUR
- Downright phenomenal custom Plasma layout
- Also a solid feature set
- Non-corporate distro
- Uses BTRFS
Reasons for Mint:
- Extremely familiar and I have quite a bit of experience with it
- Cinnamon is a great "just works" desktop environment
- Fantastic levels of support and community
- Excellent software store and default software
- Remarkably easy to use
I also like Manjaro and Pop for mixes of the different reasons above. Manjaro tests Arch updates before delivery. Pop is basically Ubuntu but better. My main concerns are that Manjaro is considering telemetry, and even with Cosmic, Pop's aesthetics feel quite static & bland.
I'll say that, of the three main ones, right now I'm definitely leaning toward Fedora. That middle ground between rolling release swiftness and stability is extremely appealing. However, I'm primarily familiar with package managers like apt so learning yum/dnf will take time.
When it comes to Garuda, it'd be an EASY "that's my distro" if not for the concerns of stability due to its basis on Arch. Plus, its userbase is small compared to the other two, meaning I won't have quite as much potential for help and support when issues arise.
In terms of Mint, I really love it. I use it on a spare laptop and it really is a "just works" distro. However, even with customization, Cinnamon feels a little dated aesthetically, and I also think it'd be good to advance beyond a "starter distro" for my eventual daily driver.
Like I said, I have time to finalize my decision but the main reason I'm struggling to decide is because I absolutely do NOT want to distro hop. When I settle, I want to settle for a few years at the bare minimum.
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- Fedora (KDE spin)
- Garuda (Dr460nized)
- Linux Mint (Cinnamon)
I still have a little consideration for Manjaro and Pop OS, as well.
Reasons for Fedora:
- Rolling release, but with more stability than Arch
- Large userbase with great support
- The KDE spin is an absolute breeze to use
- Solid feature set
- Seems to be quite supported by third parties
Reasons for Garuda:
- A non-gimmicky gamer distro with great preinstalled software
- Arch-based for rolling release & AUR
- Downright phenomenal custom Plasma layout
- Also a solid feature set
- Non-corporate distro
- Uses BTRFS
Reasons for Mint:
- Extremely familiar and I have quite a bit of experience with it
- Cinnamon is a great "just works" desktop environment
- Fantastic levels of support and community
- Excellent software store and default software
- Remarkably easy to use
I also like Manjaro and Pop for mixes of the different reasons above. Manjaro tests Arch updates before delivery. Pop is basically Ubuntu but better. My main concerns are that Manjaro is considering telemetry, and even with Cosmic, Pop's aesthetics feel quite static & bland.
I'll say that, of the three main ones, right now I'm definitely leaning toward Fedora. That middle ground between rolling release swiftness and stability is extremely appealing. However, I'm primarily familiar with package managers like apt so learning yum/dnf will take time.
When it comes to Garuda, it'd be an EASY "that's my distro" if not for the concerns of stability due to its basis on Arch. Plus, its userbase is small compared to the other two, meaning I won't have quite as much potential for help and support when issues arise.
In terms of Mint, I really love it. I use it on a spare laptop and it really is a "just works" distro. However, even with customization, Cinnamon feels a little dated aesthetically, and I also think it'd be good to advance beyond a "starter distro" for my eventual daily driver.
Like I said, I have time to finalize my decision but the main reason I'm struggling to decide is because I absolutely do NOT want to distro hop. When I settle, I want to settle for a few years at the bare minimum.
#Linux #Fedora #Mint #LinuxMint #CLI #opensource #FOSS