I’d like to settle on a distro, but none of them seem to click for me. I want stability more than anything, but I also value having the latest updates (I know, kind of incompatible).
I have tested Pop!_Os, Arch Linux, Fedora, Mint and Ubuntu. Arch and Pop being the two that I enjoyed the most and seemed the most stable all along… I am somewhat interested in testing NixOS although the learning curve seems a bit steep and it’s holding me back a bit.
What are you using as your daily drive? Would you recommend it to another user? Why? Why not?
Arch Linux is my go-to distro because I can literally install it in half the time that it takes a lot of others. I also like that it is very lightweight.
Fedora, really uptodate software, GNOME, stability of a server distro.
Debian for my work. It is stable and I’ve been using it for many years.
If you’re looking for stable and up to date, give openSUSE Tumbleweed a shot.
I’m actually in the middle of deciding on a new distro, I’m trying to get away from Ubuntu/snap, but Debian 12 with LxQt or Xfce isn’t playing nice with my laptop. I just finished writing out Mint and Tumbleweed flash drives, gonna give them both a shot, but I’ve never really used openSUSE before.
Any tips? Particular things you like about it
Honestly, what I like about it started with the mascot. Otherwise, I like the fact that the rolling release has automatic testing to make sure it’s mostly reliable. Many people will also tell you how amazing YaST, their “control panel”, is. There’s definitely some stuff to get used to, like patterns and zypper. But, for a set and forget system, it’s hard to beat IMO.
You tried most of them. You found Arch enjoyable, so I’d stick to that for the Wiki, the community, and flexibility.
NixOS looks interesting too, but nothing beats Arch in terms of having so much software at one-click distance with the almighty AUR.
