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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hello guys i have a qustion about which distro i should use?

I want to dual boot windows and linux

I just want a safe place away from microsoft eyes to do edit and drawing and other hobbies on my pc. And playing some games like cs2 & 2d games Also the distro run my wallpaper engine Should be popular distro so if i have a problem i can ask about it

Please dont tell me linux mint because i tried it 3 times and everytime i do anything simple the distro goes off and i should re install i won't give it anymore chances thank you 😖

Edit: thank you guys for typing your suggests. after some search i will give bazzite try and if won't work like i want. I will go with the other suggests I really enjoyed reading all your suggests

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

It’s 2025, if you’ve got the space to dual boot, you’ve got space for snapshots. There’s no reason not to set them up. Btrfs, ZFS, LVM, pick your poison. Disk is cheap, your time isn't.

And if “simple stuff” is breaking your system, that tells me three things:

  1. You’re still using apt-get instead of apt

  2. You’re ignoring dependency warnings

  3. You’re probably not fully understanding the commands you’re running — so RTFM

So yeah, I will be telling you to use Mint, with at LEAST daily snapshots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Well no i really use everyting on the newest version and i check two times on everyting i put or press even when downloading anything simple like discord or browser i search first then do but it just somewho goes off and now i spent more than 15 hours on bazzite to just download it. i am learning first then act after doing everyting things right and checking i said to myself this time i won't mess with the termnal for 2 days to not make my system broke and guess what after downloading steam and brave and wallpaper engine and dis i was looking at my downloaded wallpapers changing them then the screen goes black and the desktop dosent response i can search inside the system and open taps but the desktop broke and now i am looking for soultion i didn't even put a single command or play with the system i was just changing my wallpapers and that also happened in mint not the wallpaper issue but with other simple things like download one app form the software manger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds more like a hardware issue. Screen black, like it goes off no output? Any visual glitching first? Desktop doesn't respond? How do you know, is it sounds stop or make funny noise?

Search inside the system? Open taps? Not sure what this means

Can you restart the computer? Or will the distro not boot after this?

And this doesn't happen in Windows?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If his drive is failing, and has bad sectors, windows will automatically repair damaged system files on boot. Also sounds like he's having an issue with hibernation with the window server not starting back up after suspension.

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