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Finally done with the distro-hop: My return to Fedora (unknownuniverse.uk)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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Two years into full-time Linux and I’m finally burning the distro-hopping cycle. I fell for the Arch/AUR trap for a while, but I got tired of spending my weekends debugging file manager crashes instead of maintaining my home lab.

Switched back to Fedora, and it’s boring in exactly the way I need it to be. It’s a stable launchpad for my projects, not the project itself.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I was interested in Pika, but I took the leap and just went straight Debian. I'm happy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    Are you on the stable branch? Curious how it is for gaming. I was having issues on Mint (which is similarly stable), but they all went away when I swapped to PikaOS, kinda skipped over Debian

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It's great, the bad experiences I've had are due to my shitty non muxing or whatever dual graphics card laptop, which pika won't fix. Just make sure you check your card is supported by the current version of the driver. I'll reply again to show you where you can look for that info.

    I'm assuming you can also "back port" it from unstable.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Pika might fix that actually. Most of the patches and custom stuff Pika adds is around obscure and difficult graphics card configurations, with extra kernel modules and stuff like that specifically for gaming on modern graphics hardware. That's literally its main value proposition. You could try a LiveUSB and see if it works any better, but the PikaOS second-stage installer (after the base system is installed) also has a bunch of options for various driver and kernel versions and variations that might help.

    That said if you're happy where you're at there's no reason rocking the boat, and Debian's pretty solid. But maybe keep it in mind for next time you feel like trying something different on that system.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yes, but I tried Pika after realising I had the issue, and it didn't solve it, so I'm good. Like you said, this OS is stable and there's no use rocking the boat.

    Also, I prefer the security of the slow and steady direct debian packages instead of the packages as looked after by two guys.

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