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Considering switching away from Fedora and to another distribution. Does anyone have any suggestions for distributions I should consider?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm also on Fedora and love it, but I'm thinking of switching to OpenMandriva ROME. OpenSUSE's Tumbleweed is another option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

PoP_OS MX Linux LMDE

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I wanna move to nix but my monkey brain can't understand it. Might just take the plunge anyways

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

blendOS because it gives you access to all the good stuff, including the AUR and even Android apps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oooh, neat! I hadn't heard of that. Thank you so much for sharing this! I look forward to trying it out. Exciting!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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 ).

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have used Gecko in the past. I really liked it. I'll be checking out spiral linux now. Thanks

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

Kde neon, latest Plasma on a stable ubuntu.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Switched from Ubuntu to fedora recently.. I'm pretty happy with it and it's package manager

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Arch on everything with a screen. NixOS on everything without.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use Manjaro but I might switch when CosmicDE launches on Pop!, especially if they get graphics switching working nicely on Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nixos. Can't even fathom going back to anything after getting to grips with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fedora (with Plasma) and I don't plan on moving to another distro until something tangible happens. Switching my distro based on hypothetical situations would keep me from ever staying on any distro for very long.

That being said if I had to use another distro, I feel like I'd try out Debian stable, while using Flatpaks and Distrobox to get up-to-date software. That feels like it would be a good approximation of the excellent middleground that Fedora has.

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