This is definitely not a Shitpost. Pick a Linux distro and advertise it for me.

(wanted something else than Ubuntu or Mint for my laptop that BinBos destroyed)

  • whodoctor11@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 years ago

    Arch

    • Minimal or powerful, according to your needs.
    • AUR.
    • Do you distro-hop? After fully configurated Arch, you will never sense that need again. And you will learn a bunch of things about how every Linux system works.
    • Community-driven, none of that Red-Hat like crap will never happen until it exists.
    • AUR.
    • Rolling-Release, relatively bleeding-edge, with no big updates broken concerns.
    • Pacman.
    • The best! - Click the link if you don’t believe.
    • Did I mention AUR?
    • dditty@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Any suggestions for a first time arch user installing it on a second SSD in my existing system with Windows 10? Do I need a boot efi partition first when setting up partitions? I plan disabling secure boot so I can use reFind for my boot manager

      • whodoctor11@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        That was exactly my setup before I erase Windows 10, except that I use GRUB, not reFind. Yes, you will need a EFI partition, normally located in /boot or /boot/EFI. You won’t need to disable secure boot if you use some tool to create your own keys, only in installation secure boot has to be off. For that matter I use sbctl.

  • _thebrain_@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 years ago

    Garuda is beautiful. It is arch based using the original arch repos. It uses btrfs with automated snapshots which is pretty handy. It runs awesome on my two laptops.

    • Vahenir@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      I too use Garuda. Running it on both my gaming desktop and my laptop, works really well on both.

  • krazylink@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Let me offer a different direction. FreeBSD has been around since the mid 90’s. Is damn featureful. Has a wonderful package management system. Full disclosure, I use Linux on my personal machines but FreeBSD is my server install of choice.

  • PINKeHamton@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    okay so we have LINUX FROM SCRATCH or LFS and it will eat all your time and if you don’t get it like me then your kinda out of luck.

    but in all seriousness I use Arch for everything and freebsd for my school laptop I know this is for Linux but I feel the need to say that other os can be more beneficial depending on the use case (btw I use bsd because it’s harder to run steam games on and it keeps me on task) but I archinstall because I have done it so much manually with Kde for beginners because of discover it helps some newbies that aren’t comfortable with the terminal but if you are use what you’re comfortable with and I recommend not using Arch install for your first use of it

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Late to the party, but I was going to recommend Fedora except someone mentioned OpenSUSE which might be better for stability.

    Real question is why is top answer Arch and Debian Flatpaks lmao.

  • Marduk73@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    2 years ago

    If you’re not aquatinted with distrowatch yet, you should pop on there. It gives overviews of many distros. Asking for recommendations is fine too, but DW is a great resource. On an older machine that needed something light, Sparky Linux was fun. I didn’t use it for it’s particular bundling but still felt smooth and solid. I’m assuming you want lightweight since you mentioned a destroyed laptop? There’s things like Puppy Linux but that feels almost too light to me and maybe didn’t feel finished to me either. Normally Id just straight up suggest Mint but you said you didn’t want that.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 years ago

    Arch Linux using arch repositories and aur only with no flatpak or snap on Gnome Desktop pamac for software store

    we have tested most major distros on several hardware setups and arch uses the least amount of resources hands down and is able to be installed on dual core using the same install script as our ryzen 7 4k arch linux media desktop Arch uses the least resources and you choose what software store to use or not use and what packages you want to populate your system with

    Need a package but in a different flavor either with patches or maybe an older or newer version etcetera the aur repositories more than likely will have what you are searching for such as mutter-dynamic-buffering or a reverse engineered port of Space Cadet Pinball With Arch Linux the World is Yours

    In our experience arch has been the easiest to install albeit not a traditional install Arch Linux OS is a container full of Legos you get to pick from and choose how and what to build like Yes, reading is involved but at the end of the install you will have a better understanding of operating systems both Linux, Microsoft, Unix, or any of them and why it is important to you as a user Other distros choose for you and leave no explanation

    As long as the hardware requirements were met for the games Arch has been able to run it even newest of games Some games do require a separate run script to play but most custom run scripts are already available somewhere on the web for download

    All operating systems have pros and cons but at least with Arch Linux at the helm you can be sure your voyages will be full of adventure and exploration