I need run windows games . My laptop specifications are:

AMD PRO A4 4350B 4GB RAM AMD R4 GRAPHICS

Currently I am using linux mint so suggest other than that. Maybe suggest one from debian fam and arch fam or fedora

Looking for a different experience on a new extra laptop. My gaming pc runs arch, tinkering thinkpad runs gentoo, touchscreen laptop runs nixos, a bunch of vm's in proxmox cluster running fedora, mint, ubuntu server, rhel based stuff, you name it. I am looking for something fun to build onto a Dell laptop, preferrably different in nature to stuff I already got. Tried Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch, Endeavour, Mint, Gentoo, NixOS, unsure if I am forgetting one or three now.

I like to make minimal builds but also battery efficient. I was considering Void but as it is discontinued, I dropped that thought (or better said, abandoned?). Alma doesn't really reel me in, idk. Quite a lost cause.

BTW I tested a bit them both, and I appreciated them both (Nvidia user)

As 1000s of other people are doing the same i want to switch over to linux but i still want to dual boot back into windows for certain games that i play due to Anti cheat blocks (call of duty, battlefield)

I’ve watched a couple of videos and read a bunch of posts regarding different linux distros like bazzite, nobara, fedora and cachyos but i thought i’d come here and see what people would suggest would be suitable for a beginner.

I have an all AMD setup so i wont need to worry about any nvidia workarounds

Over the past 6 months, I have used various distros with no objective, just trying out new things. But the one distro that has been the best experience(at least for my specific hardware) has been openSuSE Tumbleweed(or GeckOS, probably). It's poetic how it was my 1st distro as well. I started with openSuSE, then Fedora->ElementaryOS->Manjaro->OpenSuSE->Mint->TuxedoOS->PoP!_OS->Ubuntu->WSL then finally back to openSuSE. The major problems were with glitchy hardware and unsupported software. openSuSE, however, managed to be either fully set up or very easy to set up with my exact development-cum-daily use ecosystem. So I guess there will be no more distro hopping for me (until cosmic Beta is launched, I will try that out, or until I learn a little bit more about Vanilla Arch, which I will try then). Either way, this has been an incredible journey; from the slow dnf (I know about dnf5) to AUR packages breaking frequently, it has taught me a lot.

Big thanks to this subreddit, as you all helped me a lot!!

Hi,

after 2 years of linux mint, I would like to try something else, Ubuntu would be good or other distros?

suggestions, except arch...

thanks

So my Steam Deck is my main and only PC, I've been a Linux user for longer already before I got the Steam Deck. SteamOS and Steam Deck is great, but sometimes it being a "closed" read-only system just gets in the way, whether it is certain widgets, printing services, themes or certain apps not available or not working.

My plan is to have SteamOS on the internal disk for Games/Movies/Entertainment and have a second OS installed on external SSD for browsing/internet/music/documents/ maybe some video editing, overall very "general" use, obviously in a desktop setting with monitor & kb/m.

Although I've been on Linux for a while I'm not an expert or power user, I would say on a scale of 10, I'm a 4, I know my way around and can follow basic instructions, but like to tinker a bit and learn new stuff. I would say an Arch based distro with KDE Plasma has always been my favorite, but I'm open to suggestions.

I've tried out Bazzite as I thought it could replace SteamOS completely, but I wasn't really satisfied it had some issues here and there. I also really love Garuda (Dragonized), but also some issues here and there and the fan was almost constantly running.

Not sure if I'm gonna get any answers here, because anybody with a Steam Deck usually just runs SteamOS, so I'm probably just gonna trial & error a bunch of distros, but if anyone has ideas or suggestions, that would be great.

I am not sure if this is the right sub for this but, I'm looking to stop this urge of distrohopping. I have tried multiple distros, from the Arch, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo families, including openSUSE. I have a Dell Inspiron N5110 laptop that is currently running EndeavourOS. My urges to distrohopping start when I find a distro with a certain feature that made me install it or when some other distro has a major update. On my laptop, VMs are either slow or crash. Do you guys have any tips?

I do not like stock xfce. I would like to know which distros make xfce look good out of the box. I have seen mint xfce and mx linux xfce.

I use mint cinnamon btw.

That's at least. So there could be even more.

Enjoy.

Edit: I'm reading through the official Puppy Linux forums right now and it's absolutely hilarious. Everybody is using a slightly different distro so in case of problems nobody can really help each other. Also people keep making new distros and announcing them. I've never seen anything quite like this.

Hi, I am thinking about switching to linux as my daily-driver, and I am not sure what to pick...
I say beginner in quotes as I am relatively used to systems, (and doing thing most users don't) I just have not fully dipped my toes into the linux pool of things.
My main needs is a system that is mostly hassle free (I know I can't avoid it forever, just want to mitigate)
Trusted, and lightweight, has a desktop (which most do... I think) and has a broad set of support for things such as drivers) and good support. That's about it, and anything helps!

I've been using Linux Mint for about a year now, done some light customisation, and am halfway done with Harvard's CS50x course. Just got a decent pre-owned laptop, and am looking to branch out and experiment with something more advanced.

I've narrowed it down to either CachyOS or NixOS.

CachyOS: Sounds like a smoother faster Arch? I had a go at installing Arch manually, that was fine but I didnt want to finalise anything before seeing what else there is. CachyOS sounds like a good compromise on customisability and stability?

NixOS: I really like the sound of the file system and easily exported setup. However, learning Nix sounds a bit daunting.

Personal preferences:

• I'll be honest, I really want to do some ricing. Linux Mint is very nice but my eccentricities compounded into a very ugly setup. I've had great delight in customising VS Code's theme to suit myself.

• I hate preinstalled programs. Linux Mint has some very nice things installed but it feels so cluttered, and I have a hard time distinguishing between preinstalled programs and my own. I use like 10 things on a daily basis, and that's all I want.

• I just like computers really. Breaking into programming has been really fun! I want to take this opportunity of a blank slate to learn more. But I dont want to learn too specifically to a single system.

• The real trouble, I'm not very good at maintenance. I fix things when they break, but that's usually when my brain arbitrarily decided it wants to break and fix things. Arch/CachyOS sounds like I'd have to deal with the occasional unexpected breaking. That a justified worry?

In short, I feel limited by Mint, but Arch sounds a bit too high maintenance, so I thought CachyOS might suit me better on reliability/setup. NixOS sounds really nice, but also quite daunting. I just want a customisable experience that I can set up once and not need to worry about until I want change.

I am a human rights defender in Bangladesh. I really like Tails OS, but Zoom and Signal cannot be easily installed on it. Furthermore, regular internet cannot be accessed on Tails and Tails is not suitable as a daily use operating system.

That's why I am looking for an alternative to Tails that can be used on my laptop in dual boot with Windows 10 and that I can use for everyday tasks. I should be able to install Zoom and Signal easily and regular internet should be easily accessible.

Like Tails, the operating system should also have the following: 

- Be easy to use

- Users cannot accidentally break security

- Secure from top level adversaries and advanced persistent threats. Secure enough for human rights defenders and journalists.

- Can run on my Lenovo IdeaPad 100 laptop from 2016 with 4GB RAM. 

Please suggest an OS.

Obviously, please do not suggest Qubes OS, since it's difficult to use and resource intensive.

I'm looking at getting a Ryzen 7600 or 7700 (depending on the Black Friday prices). With that, I want to install a new distro. I'm coming off Kubuntu 22.04, and while I was/am pretty happy with it, the automatic Snap updates and constant notifications about available updates (even when snap refresh showed none) are pissing me off. These issues might've been fixed in the latest LTS version, but I'm ready to try something new anyway (automatic updates are also probaby easy to disable).

I’ve been thinking about Fedora (I'd prefer semi-rolling) or EndeavourOS, but immutable distros have also caught my interest.
What I'm Looking For:

• Mainly for programming
• Occasional gaming (I’ll probably get a dedicated GPU in the future)
• Listening to music (more on this later)
• KDE Plasma is a must
• Stability and a hassle-free experience (doesn’t exclude a bit of tinkering)
• No automatic updates—I want to be notified via Discover and install updates when I feel like it

What I've considered:

• Aurora (based on Kinoite): Looks interesting, but from what I’ve read, the developer version comes with preinstalled stuff like Visual Studio Code, and worse, it seems you can't uninstall it. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
• Kinoite: Also on my radar, but I’m not sure if it comes with the necessary tools and preconfigured settings out of the box.

Back to music.
I need a good EQ program. I currently use PulseEffects, but I know that newer releases use PipeWire instead of PulseAudio. There's EasyEffects for PipeWire, but I’m not sure how well it integrates with Flatpaks on an immutable system.
I have an old audio interface (E-MU 0204), which has some issues with games (Steam, Proton), so I’m a bit worried about compatibility there.

Any suggestions or insights?

So, I’m in the market for a Linux distro. I’ve been interested in gaining experience with Linux and have used several distros in the past. The issue I’ve encountered is the amount of fiddling required, from basic to advanced levels, just to get things working. I’ve tried Ubuntu, Zorin, Mint, Pop!_OS, Debian, and others, but inevitably something goes wrong, and it frustrates me to no end.

Currently, I work in the civil engineering industry within a traffic signals team, but I’m looking to pivot back into Electrical and Electronic Engineering, specifically into embedded systems and IoT. My current industry is no longer worth my time, and I want to transition into something more aligned with what I studied at university. Having a solid understanding of Linux under my belt would be a great asset for this career change.

I’m running an old Dell XPS laptop with a spare SSD. My plan is to use the spare drive for Linux and the other for Windows, setting up a dual-boot system. However, I’ve had issues with Pop!_OS in the past where systemd wouldn’t detect my Windows drive during boot, causing the system to go straight into Linux without giving me the option to choose the OS.

I’d say I’m more comfortable with GNOME or GNOME-based desktop environments, as I used Ubuntu during university for my final year project.

Here are my main criteria for a distro:

1. It has to be Debian-based. My familiarity is limited to Debian-based distros, and I don’t have the time or mental bandwidth to tinker with Arch (apologies to the Arch enthusiasts).
2. I’m not particularly fond of Snap and would prefer to avoid it where possible, though I don’t have a major issue with it.
3. I’m not intimidated by the terminal – in fact, I often prefer it for certain tasks as it can simplify things. That said, I don’t want to spend so much time troubleshooting that I end up deeper down the rabbit hole than I intended.

I think I’ve covered most of my requirements for a distro. Let me know your suggestions or advice!

After several years happily using Tumbleweed I have had to leave this distro because of the amount of errors it is giving me in the last months (Mesa, Plymouth, wifi,...) so I would like to know what you can recommend me to replace Tumbleweed.

Thanks

I have brought all of my passwords over and now many sites are asking to log in using 2-factor authentication. Is there any way around this when?

There was a distro in which if you do not agree to the terms 3 steps screen you will be presented with only a shutdown button

I keep distrohopping and have to transfer everything to a drive then back to the new distro. I know there's a not-smooth-brain way to do this. Give me some recs.

This will be an overview on my experience using both DEs to help you a bit to decide what DE to choose. I’ve been using both KDE and Gnome for several months in a real use case scenario.

##Customisation The first think that people talk about when comparing DEs is always customisability. KDE does have a bit more options exposed in the settings than Gnome. And in Gnome you further customise the DE by using extensions. But the overall look of Gnome after customising is both more appealing and more coherent than KDE. Even simple sensor monitors you would put in your status bar look horrible on KDE (built ins) and awesome on Gnome with the Vitals extensions. So is the extended built-in customisation on KDE worth it?

Well. Do you actually need a lot of customisation here and there? That’s an interesting question. Of course, you may reply. I, as a heavy customiser, would like to reply to this question: not always, as it turns out. After spending days customising KDE I wanted to backup my customisation somehow. I don’t want to spent so much time again, I thought. But you can’t. KDE config files are all over the place and this is a mess to deal with. Now Gnome is not better in that regard, but I just didn’t need to spend so much time customising Gnome to make it look great, that I just don’t even need to back up anything really. All of the customisation I can recreate within a few hours at most. And even then you can do some of it with commands and back up those in case you need to recreate your environment. I thought - it’s great to be able to place window closing button on left or right as in KDE. But then again - do I really need it? Less is more. If you want more, you have extensions in Gnome to expend.

##Functionality KDE has the window management tool you can use to set specific settings for specific windows. I found it useful to specify specific applications to open in specific workspaces. But then again you can extend this functionality to gnome with an extension if you need it. Using the same KDE window tool you can also hide title bars from some application which is really nice. KDE also has a Builtin functionality to bounce keys if your mechanical keyboard is chattering. Though I would wish you could adjust it with values lower than 50ms. Don’t know why they capped it. Was not helping as much as I was hoping. Otherwise I found myself much more productive with Gnome. These workspaces just feel much smoother to work with than in KDE. Under heavy load (gaming for example) Gnome always renders all of the animation smoothly. You can switch workspaces mid-game and it’s smooth as hell. On KDE it reminded me of windows. Choppy and laggy.

##Performance KDE for some reason was pulling 25W from my battery in idle, where Gnome was using 12W in idle. My laptop was therefore much cooler and was rarely using its fans. On KDE my fans were on every 5 minutes while doing nothing. Both DEs were snappy though.

##Quirks With KDE I was booting into Grub every other boot. I’ve never seen the Grub menu on gnome after installation. KDE must have been doing something weird while shutting down. Dolphin has been also doing weird stuff. I couldn’t for example copy some files although they were in my home directory. KDE, perhaps for being not as polished as Gnome, crashed a lot as well. Didn’t have a single crash on Gnome.

Again. This is just my experience using these DEs. It is clear that I enjoy using Gnome more than KDE. The reasons for that have been described. Please don’t take it as hate towards KDE. KDE is a great DE. Just not for me.

I tried a lot of distros, I switched lately to Fedora KDE, so far my experience with it is excellent. I think fedora should think to make their flagship version It is way better than the gnome version

Currently using Zorin OS 17.2, I've been researching the last few days about which distro might best suit my needs and I tried fedora because it seemed the best however I really hated all of their DE implementations, so I decided to make this post. Perhaps someone who did more distro hopping can give me some useful advice.

These are the requirements:

- Support for plasma KDE
- Works OOB
- Isn't a rolling distro because I don't want to have to fix things when i have to do some work instead
- Has support for the necessary drivers for my graphics card (Nvidia) aka. i don't want to have to fuck with drivers too much
- Is stable enough for multi platform software development
- Is stable enough for gaming and screen recording (doesnt have many issues with wine/proton)
- Doesnt have weird issues with flatpaks
- Doesnt have telemetry that i can't disable

Edit: Arch linux.

Edit: fuck arch linux im going with ubuntu

Can anyone related to software devolopment guide me to know about software devolopment cost in a smart paper tab for around 1-10 lakh units per product cost with customized linux for notes and pdf ? And what if we increase production units?

Is fedora cinamon a good fedora flavor or should i chose one of the atomic desktop (why there isnt a attomic cinnamon whhyyyyy)

I recently got my hands on a stunning Sun Ultra 24. At first, I thought about turning it into a sleeper build, but in the end, I’ve decided to use it as is. So, what Linux distro would be ideal for someone who’s comfortable enough with the terminal but far from mastering it?

Now, I know some of you are going to say, "This is the perfect time to learn!"—but honestly, I neither have the time nor the motivation right now. I’m a Mac user at heart and appreciate a clean, efficient interface.

The PC would mainly be used for browsing the web, email, and the occasional light games for my 5-year-old daughter. Oh, and please—no Ubuntu (or Slytherin... SlytherinOS would be a nice name, though)!