Favorite Linux distro not currently recommended?

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I’m very tempted by CachyOS. Fast, kind of exotic.

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Thanks for the recommendation.

This and even using the CLI doesn’t bother me that much.

I just want to be able to use the install instructions from a provided service and not have to search a bunch of forum posts to actually get it to work afterwards. If I can find a distro where that’s the experience the majority of the time, I would be happy to switch to it.

I tend to game a lot less then when I was younger and I am not opposed to dual booting for gaming if need be. So my actual need to use Windows is small.

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I like BlendOS. It is an atomic, immutable version of Arch that has well-integrated support with Distrobox, Waydroid, and Wine to maximize compatibility with other platforms.

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Linux Mint. It’s stable, easy to use for beginners, and is designed for those who actually do work on their PCs rather than tinkering with them. I think that only a distro like that, as well as those like Whonix/Tails/Qubes for those with stronger threat models should be recommended.

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Linux Mint is downstream Ubuntu with no Wayland support and this statement suggests nobody should ever use DIY-distros like Arch, Alpine, or Gentoo which might make sense for most people but the rest of us should be allowed to tinker with out PCs.

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Same! I revived my old PC, which was so bloated with Windows stuff it was pretty much unusable.

Bazzite works smothly, runs most of the games, and with improvements in DLSS (I use Lossless Scaling steam app) I can even run fresh titles. For people who play games without kernel-level anticheat, it should be advertised more.

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I agree about Debian, it is the “universal operating system” after all and the base for so many other distributions. I have been using it for years on my server and it’s been rock solid. On my gaming PC, however, I use Arch as I want bleeding edge software.

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BSD: Master OS

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Another vote for Mint.

“The best” security, in my opinion, is meaningless if it’s not usable for most people. Is Mint perfect? No, but it’s very user friendly. Imagine if everyone used it instead of Windows. The net plus to society would be huge.

I feel the same way about other apps. Everyone hates on WhatsApp because they abuse your metadata but it’s a big improvement over SMS. And in some countries saying the wrong thing over SMS can lead to you being taken away by the police in the middle of the night. I would argue that any app that uses the Signal protocol has saved a few lives.

You take the good with the bad. You can choose the most secure software ever and end up chatting with no one because it’s too complicated for non techies. Or compromise a little for something that is actually useable by all.

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I understand why people recommend Mint, but it just wasn’t for me. It pushed me off when I had my first encounter with Linux. It was over ten years ago, I had a Mint DVD (I think it was Live Mint if there’s such a thing). The UI wasn’t that good back then, I think it was running GNOME (I’m not sure though).

I’m bit of a visual-maniac, and if I met with KDE at that point, I would maybe even start using linux! It took me many more years to get into it and start tinkering with the terminal. What a ride it had been since then :sweat_smile:

If I’m not mistaken, teenagers are looking for something that looks cool and feels inviting. KDE is really nice and by recommending OS with KDE by default we might even attract more people to Linux. I’ve seen on the internet that people like KDE on Bazzite. Especially with all of the configuration options. It’s just fun :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: