Cool distros to try

lemmyreader , 10 days ago

If you don't mind reading a little bit and "work hard" to get some things done and "have fun" then I'd suggest to try :

• NixOS (it can do magic!)
• Arch Linux (easiest is the Arch based EndeavourOS and the shiny colorful Garuda Linux), learn some pacman and AUR.

pukeko , 10 days ago

I look back on learning to live with NixOS and laugh. It made my brain hurt, and if I'd only found the Misterio77 repo sooner, it would've saved a lot of premature aging. But, if you have some basic familiarity with programming concepts, it's an easy OS to live with, just different. And so, so, so, so powerful.

They do desperately need a set of opinionated example builds and much better documentation.

Shareni , 10 days ago

Nix + home-manager are a much better starting point than NixOS

• your system still respects FHS and can still use like npm
• you can still leverage decades of Linux knowledge
• it's much easier to slowly build up knowledge than to have to immediately learn everything

pukeko , 10 days ago

That’s pretty much how I got where I am. Started with Fedora, then Silverblue, then Ublue, then fleek (a custom front end for Home Manager), then, when I saw what Home Manager and Nix could do, dove into NixOS fully.

Glitch , 10 days ago

Garuda has been great on all my computers, even handled the upgrade to kde 6 without issue. It's a bloaty boi tho. But that's why I picked it, every tool I've looked for was either installed or easily installed via the pre setup chaotic aur

amberSuperMario , 9 days ago

What actually makes Endeavor easier than Arch? I switched to Arch from Mint a few months ago, and so far I don’t think it’s that difficult.