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What's your preferred DE?

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I’m currently testing Fedora KDE on a VM (windows host) before eventually switching over to Linux completely.

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MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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Plasma definitely. Xfce is second.

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governorkeagan@lemdro.idOP
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Any preferences on the distro? I’ve been enjoying Fedora but I’ve also tested Ubuntu and enjoyed that

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Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
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You should try Arch btw

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thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
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Not for beginners, that’s just mean

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xkforce@lemmy.world
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Tbh youre probably better off on something like Linux Mint or something else Debian or Ubuntu based. Fedora is a good distro but rpms are a lot less common than debs are and alien does not entirely fix that issue.

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raptir@lemdro.id
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While I would still recommend Ubuntu or Mint or even Debian, I have been using openSUSE for years and have never run into a case where I had to compile software.

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governorkeagan@lemdro.idOP
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I’ll probably end up settling on Ubuntu. Thought I’d try a couple before making a final decision.

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thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
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Ubuntu is doing an annoying attempt to generate lock-in and profits by forcing snap on everyone and making it annoyingly difficult to avoid.

Consider one of the ubuntu derivatives (there’s a number of them, Mint, Pop etc) in preference to ubuntu itself, a debian derivative (KDE neon for example) or go with Fedora if you’re a business orientated user.

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MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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I landed on openSUSE Tumbleweed about five years ago and still don’t see myself hopping to another one

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Joliflower@lemmy.ml
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Opensuse TW or Fedora

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FarLine99@lemm.ee
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Fedora Plasma is truly awesome!

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steersman2484@sh.itjust.works
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Install gentoo

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steersman2484@sh.itjust.works
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But for real, depends on your use case I use arch on my dev machine and you get nearly every package in the AUR

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