Hey all, I’ve been thinking about making the jump from Windows to Linux as my daily-driver and I’ve been struggling on what distro to use.

On my laptop I’ve been using Fedora’s KDE Spin for a bit but I can’t say I really like KDE all that much. I took that Distrochooser test and 9/10 of the suggestions were all Ubuntu-based or Arch-based for some reason lol.

I would prefer a distro that “just works” but I’m not scared of having to troubleshoot or fix things. I guess I’m just looking to see what everyone else uses and what you all recommend. Thanks!

  • GreyFalcon@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    8 months ago

    Manjaro, works out of the box. Mint required more steps to get working. Ive been distro hopping 15 years. i finally kicked windows out and have manjaro running all systems but one at home. 3 computers in the ham shack and the media center tv computer 3 mismatched screens no problems. and two laptops, one being touch screen, again manjaro just works. your milage may vary.

    • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I would highly recommend against Manjaro… While Manjaro is Arch based, I would recommend against using AUR packages with Manjaro even though it is Arch based. Getting packages from AUR often times ends up breaking Manjaro. Dependencies conflicting when using AUR with Manjaro is one of the biggest reasons I would avoid it.

        • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.eeEnglish
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          8 months ago

          I tried Manjaro, but quickly switched back to Arch. I thought Manjaro would be a “Simplified Arch Experience with KDE” and man oh man, was I in for a “treat”

          I do not recommend Manjaro over Arch, and I do not recommend Manjaro at all.

    • Stillhart@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      OP, 5 minutes of research on Manjaro will give you a very different impression of how easy or reliable it is.