Caption: "When an average user who's new to Linux asks for recommendations and the usual discussion errupts".
Below two panels from an anime where first a girl holds up two grocery items (in this case two Linux distributions known to be very user friendly, Mint and Ubuntu). Then the guy holds up a single item that's NixOS, a highly technical distribution aimed at enthusiasts and professionals.
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[–] 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Imo a just works, deb based kde distro with nvidia drivers, flatpaks and no snaps is what we need to bring forth the year of the linux desktop.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago

    And one that you can get pre-installed on devices you can purchase. The "just buy and be happy" aspect is important for a lot of people as well, not to mention the valuable customer support. People with dispensable income who wish for this are usually furthest away from hackerspace culture though, so a lot of Linux enthusiasts seemingly overlook it. Or, when it comes to far-left people around, want to overlook it.

    If I remember correctly TuxedoOS checks all those boxes. And I think if you want "same but Gnome" that would be SlimbookOS. πŸ€”

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I dunno, we live in the age of ChatGPT. Between my generic but sufficient computer skills and ChatGPT's hallucinatory ramblings, I've been smooth sailing on EndeavourOS for a few weeks now.

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