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    [–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What distro would you suggest? I abandoned windows 10 for Ubuntu but it didn't grew on me. I know Linux Mint is friendlier but I thought giving Ubuntu a try

    [–] neonred@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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    [–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Depends on your use case honestly. Do you play a lot of games? If so I would recommend against stable distros like Mint. Without knowing more I'd probably say:

    • Mostly Browsing or Work in Office Editors: Linux Mint or Kubuntu since Updates are stable and generally don't break anything.
    • A lot of gaming: Arch via Archinstall or ArcoLinux (ArcoLinux is imo a bit more confusing while getting the image file, after it is superior to ArchInstall for newbies because the installer is a bit more familiar) since you'll benefit from a shortened update cycle. The drawback here is that occasionally (or often depending on what you install) updates break things.

    Edit: Also a general recommendation: Stick to Windows-like Desktops for the beginning, these are (to my knowledge) XFCE and more prominently KDE Plasma. It will save you the additional task of getting used to your desktop environment while you get familiar with how Linux "works" as your main OS.

    [–] neonred@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Debian sid is just as fresh and a (nearly) rolling release distribution. I game on it with Wine, Cyperpunk, X4, Baldur's Gate and others are no problem.

    [–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 3 points 1 year ago

    Didn't know about that, would go into the same category as Arch then.

    [–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I played around with Kali(I know I know) and raspberry pi for a bit and I got the hang of it a bit. Think I'll go with Mint on one drive for school and such and on the other drive Arch for gaming. Thank you for your time.

    [–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Think I'll go with Mint on one drive for school and such and on the other drive Arch for gaming

    Nothing exactly wrong with that but I don't think you'll need the extra layer of separation. Most Apps on Mint should be available Arch as well and run generally as Bug free as on Mint (Edit: a "graphical" representation of what level of Bugginess you can expect: Many Bugs > Some Bugs > Few Bugs > Windows 10 (personal experience) > Arch Linux > Almost no Bugs > Linux Mint > No Bugs). Not splitting the OS would save you some hassle (for example after school work is done you can start gaming faster as well as simpler disk partitioning) on the other hand depending on yourself it might offer advantages (can't get as easily distracted from schoolwork with games if you have to reboot the PC for it)

    [–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I know that you apps are available across distributions but I wanted to use a stable distro for school that I trust not to brake and another one where I can experience and customize without worrying to much about breaking it.

    [–] neshura@bookwormstory.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    as I said nothing wrong with it, just wanted to add some info in case the decision was made based on some misunderstanding. If you think that's the best fit for you go for it

    [–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    I'm not yet sure but I'll try them out. Thank you for taking the time