Post AzFUhz0YwQwJSvM4Js by slash@pl.starnix.network
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(DIR) Post #AzCwhNEXbJbzYIVlEu by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-14T18:14:57.649830Z
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pls recommend linux distros to me bc i wanna get a new pc and win11 scares me
(DIR) Post #AzCwjQ5Ny0kWygCk6K by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-14T18:15:31.201754Z
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pls it's my bday today
(DIR) Post #AzCzEBb25YFGvNo036 by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-14T18:43:29.132110Z
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someone suggegsted red star os. obviously the only based choicebrb gonna get my instance on kwangmyong
(DIR) Post #AzCzbTtkD1DELZfKgy by benis_redux@cawfee.club
2025-10-14T18:47:42.820770Z
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@lottev kubuntu
(DIR) Post #AzFIkTk0RuLNuZ2CMS by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-15T21:31:30.557793Z
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still looking for distro recsalso, i plan on using wine whenever i can, and a vm whenever i can't. i was considering dual boot, but 1) id need an extra drive, which... i could, but eh, and 2) i want to main linux and only use windows when really necessary. therefore, dual boot seems overkill
(DIR) Post #AzFJ6K3J9UJ4EWTjQe by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-15T21:35:34.649389Z
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im being legit btw, windows 11 looks so ass, im so done lol
(DIR) Post #AzFNFxuQjag0GnBCL2 by slash@pl.starnix.network
2025-10-15T22:22:12.365024Z
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@lottev Some information about how you use your computer would be helpful to point you toward a project. Here are a few questions that'd help narrow the range:How much do you favor stability over features?How comfortable are you either researching solutions to problems you run into and/or talking to community support if you've got to sort something out?How comfortable are you with using the terminal? How comfortable are you with the idea of learning the terminal, if you don't already use it? (just in general, over time)Do you have a preference when it comes to one of the two major Desktop Environments, KDE or Gnome? Are you open to more experimental lightweight window managers or tiled window managers, even if that means you have to find replacement programs for common conveniences?What kinds of programs do you use in windows regularly and are open source equivalents available for many of them that you're comfortable learning, or do you anticipate a lot of stuff being run virtually at first?How much do you tend to tinker with settings vs accept defaults? Given a choice between well thought out default settings without as much choice or the freedom to tinker with stuff without as many barriers, which would you choose?
(DIR) Post #AzFOg1wgRwiQGuE5tA by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-15T22:38:00.452912Z
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@slash >How much do you favor stability over features?depends on the features, i guess. though stability might work best with my workflow. im willing to forgo features i don't need>How comfortable are you either researching solutions to problems you run into and/or talking to community support if you've got to sort something out?i do that all the time already, whether it's for programming, creative work, or something else. im used to it>How comfortable are you with using the terminal? How comfortable are you with the idea of learning the terminal, if you don't already use it? (just in general, over time)i don't mind it, not anymore at least. ive been doing more and more things that require it, so it's part of my workflow now>Do you have a preference when it comes to one of the two major Desktop Environments, KDE or Gnome? Are you open to more experimental lightweight window managers or tiled window managers, even if that means you have to find replacement programs for common conveniences?i have yet to look into this in detail, so for now i have no real preference. but this may change>What kinds of programs do you use in windows regularly and are open source equivalents available for many of them that you're comfortable learning, or do you anticipate a lot of stuff being run virtually at first?i do a lot of creative stuff (and programming). i make art, music, sometimes i write. i use open source tools already for some of it, although sometimes i require something proprietary due to it being the best option available. and sometimes there simply is no foss option. i definitely expect i need wine or a vm for some of it, yes. i occasionally play games but nothing online so meh, we have proton lol>How much do you tend to tinker with settings vs accept defaults? Given a choice between well thought out default settings without as much choice or the freedom to tinker with stuff without as many barriers, which would you choose?i tinker quite a bit if i want to; it depends on whether i like the default settings or not. im not sure i have a preference between the 2
(DIR) Post #AzFUhz0YwQwJSvM4Js by slash@pl.starnix.network
2025-10-15T23:45:42.165849Z
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@lottev Alright, I'll sift the through tea leaves a bit on these answers:The answer to the last question hints that you may end up liking KDE's design philosophy over Gnome, as the latter makes a lot more decisions for you in design language that can be more inflexible (or inconvenient to go against, at least). It is worth noting that some creative software uses Gnome's adwaita library (specifically Inkscape and GIMP) and so there can be some configuration involved launching them so the toolbars/titlebars work correctly within KDE (for me that means launching with GDK_BACKEND=x11 as an environment variable, might be different for you depending on what you go with. Easy enough to configure the shortcut and never worry about it again).There are a few paths you could do down with respect to software availability. Odds are pretty good that many of the tools you use are available, if not in repositories for most major distros, then in a containerized package format like appimage, flatpak or snap. If you want maximum flexibility with respect to native software instead of virtualized software, then something adjacent to Arch would be a good choice, since the pkgbuild format it uses allows for very wide software availability (subject to some degree of user trust) in the AUR. If instead you want an environment that a lot of devs still tend to target first, something using apt as the package manager (Debian/Ubuntu based). Then there's virtualized software as a priority- Both of the two options I've already mentioned can virtualize fine, but Fedora does put a lot of work into that stuff and tools like Distrobox are built and configured with that branch of linux in mind first.-Your answer to the terminal and support questions indicate you're not going to have issues doing stuff under the hood, so distros that try to push everything graphically are probably going to hinder you more than help (Elementary, for example) and distros that prioritize thorough documentation (Arch is well known for this) will probably matter a bit more than human infrastructure for issues you run into.-Finally, stability. You rate it as important, but you also can probably debug issues without a tremendous amount of trouble so it's a matter of time saved and convenience. The big remaining question related to this is whether you want to try something with an immutable filesystem or if that would be a hassle. I'll give some suggestions for either one.So in short: Not committed to a particular DE, but might prefer KDE in direction, portable package format support is necessary, prioritize the ability to tweak stuff and run containers/virtualize, and wide native package support. These traits (and admittedly some bias from me) point toward either something based on Arch or Debian. Your use of creative tools especially leans me toward distros with a rolling release model (push changes fast instead of prolonged testing) since a lot of those tools often like to sync up with recent video drivers, which lately have made a lot of changes. That pushes Debian/Ubuntu away a bit as a priority. Fedora has some immutable distros that might work ok (Fedora Silverblue), but also defaults to Gnome. I personally use Garuda, which is based on Arch but uses btrfs filesystem snapshots that you can load straight from the bootloader so that if things get unstable you can usually roll back to a working system. That might work for you, with the caveat that when using containers you would want to use podman (docker's daemon doesn't play nice with btrfs). Another distro that lines up under Arch would be Endeavor, which prioritizes being lightweight and pretty close to the vanilla Arch experience (very flexible, but pay attention to the necessary maintenance when updating). Finally, there's a pretty early distro that's affiliated with Garuda called Shani that is probably worth your attention. Shani is immutable by design, Arch based so you'll get system updates quick, and the main compromise is that pkgbuilds won't be available- Shani depends on the flatpak format only for native packages, but a major plus is that it's also built around supporting containers so distrobox and other tools are included preconfigured and you could pretty quickly set up other packages you need to run in those containers. So that's the first one I'd look at, Garuda behind that if immutability is a step too far.
(DIR) Post #AzG0lGJAH2diWSfBmy by lottev@veenus.art
2025-10-16T05:44:44.922741Z
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@slash alright, thank you for your answer, will check them out