:monke-beepboop: Nothing, computers are Haram. :monke-return:
Pop_os is great. Latest distro I've been messing with and it really is smooth. Great keyboard shortcuts and control. Really pretty. Simple but powerful feeling
Definitely. I like it much more than ubuntu. Fan of the GPU integration as well. So far my games basically just work on it.
I like mint, of all the linux distros i've used it's the nicest one for me
pretty much everything works out of the box, there is a lot of support for it as it's based on ubuntu, and it's fast for a distro that isn't specifically designed to be ultra slim and quick
also it's one of the only linux flavours i've used that actually supports the drivers for my drawing tablet without issuea major upgrade of ubuntu it would always result in a hot mess
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Tbh I liked Windows 95 because it was so easy to install stuff and customize
Debian for its ideological purity. It's like LARPing as an ultra only you actually do things.
XFCE Ubuntu, or Xubuntu, is my favorite because it's what I am familiar with and I usually gravitate towards using a lower spec-friendly distro regardless of how powerful my hardware is. I really have no idea what's good about GNOME or KDE. I just want a gui desktop.
XFCE gang
I was super into customizing my desktop and making it look cool as shit with KDE but eventually I realized the basic ass windows XP interface of Linux Mint or Xubuntu works just fine and have used XFCE ever since.
eventually I realized the basic ass windows XP interface of Linux Mint or Xubuntu works just fine
It's called growing up :sadness:
I used to like the GNOME applets and panels/workspaces but they got rid of that in GNOME 3 by default. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Panel. Trisquel uses MATE which works pretty well for me.
Arch btw.
to elaborate, docs are gud and so is package management. AUR is a lifesaver
Arch because you get to be snobby about it and rolling releases are fun.
Arch or arch derivative. Rocky linux for servers. Arch with the extra features of like manjaro or something is pretty much the best way to go if you do a lot to your computer. It has the advantage of being dead simple to learn about and modify. Rocky is basically just centos 2
compile dwm
Does dwm provide any usability besides optics i.e. how your windows are displayed?
If you want a tiling wm and the usability of a desktop environment, there is an out-of-the-box solution which basically puts i3 on top of gnome in Ubuntu, regolith-linux.org
Haven’t tried it myself but seems cool. There’s also LXQt which lets you choose your wm but that requires a bit of configuration to get working
Manjaro does it for me. I've also heard good things about Debian
First thing is probably that it just works. My hardware tends to be a little cursed, and on other distros I'd often get some weird graphical and system bugs. Manjaro + KDE made everything easier for me. Not sure how I can explain that, it's really just personal experience.
The Architect Installer taught me a bunch about how Linux works and is good prep if you're trying to learn how to install Arch.
And, since Manjaro is based on Arch, you also get access to the AUR (Arch User Repository) where you can pretty much get every program that isn't already in the official manjaro repo (on the condition that someone from the community has created a package for it).
Do standard programs (libre office, keepassX, chromium and firefox etc.) run on Manjaro? The installer sounds pretty advanced tbh
There's no need to use the Architect Installer, you can simply grab one of these , that come with a built in installer similar to Ubuntu. I was merely mentioning its existence because I find it's a cool way to learn.
Manjaro is a pretty mainstream distribution so every program that can reasonably be considered "standard" will likely run on it. LibreOffice and Firefox are popular free software so it would be harder to find a distro that can't run them.
If you're ever in doubt about a certain program running on Manjaro (or really any distro) you can just google the name of the program + the name of the distro ; you will usually find either a way to run it or an alternative.
As mentionned before, Manjaro has access to the AUR ; I cannot stress enough how helpful this is. There really is a lot of software that's been added on there by community users.
One last thing, Manjaro uses pacman as a package manager. So the process to install and update software will be a tiny be different than, say, on Ubuntu.
Arch.
I get way better performance than on Ubuntu and Pop, my system is nice n stable, and the Arch docs are phenomenal. Rolling releases are just too nice to go back to anything else, and you can find pretty much anything not in the official repos in the AUR.
I'll use Debian for servers and Arch for my desktop & laptop. I plan on distro hopping anymore unless I try out Gentoo. If anything, I'll reinstall Arch, but make some better choices with how I configure it.
If you haven't used Linux before, I'd recommend any Debian-based distro oriented at beginners. That includes Mint, Pop!, Ubuntu, and others. They're all good enough that you might as well pick based on whichever one has your favorite default desktop background.
Been using Trisquel (FSF approved because it has Linux-libre kernel with no binary blobs) on newer hardware & AntiX Linux on older laptops that won't run Trisquel. Really like AntiX's motto/slogan: "Proudly anti-fascist "antiX Magic" in an environment suitable for old and new computers. " https://antixlinux.com/
