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What new Linux distribution should I try? (wiki.livingcartoon.org)
submitted 2 months ago* by [M] to c/linuxprepperpodcast@discuss.online
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Looking for suggestions besides Kubuntu, KDE Neon, Debian, Arch Linux, or Kali.

Would be on a modest Dell Latitude with i5, 14" 1080p display with intel graphics, and maybe 16gb ram. I have previous experience with XFCE, Ratpoison, Openbox, KDE Plasma. Recently started trying out LXQT.

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

I liked zorin for the install and go aspect. It has a bunch of default software someone would expect to use and tries to be friendly to somone familiar with windows. Its an unbuntu respin which is based on debian if that makes a difference but there are only a few core distros. I now use bazzite whos main thing is steam integration off the bat as well as being one of the immutable ones.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Bazzite is on the list. I'll add Zorin... got a particular window manager to recommend? Like I posted, I'm already very experienced with Debian and Ubuntu spins. So, fyi.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    so bazzite is kde and zorin is gnome. I ended up adding kde plasma to gnome as it has better window snapping. I have not used much of the other window managers. I used to love the next step workstations but openstep just never really felt the same. I think part of it was os things that were not strictly part of the window manager. its similar to how windows like linux is not going to be totally like windows.

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