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I need a distro that can work right out the box without too much hassle to configure it, which one would you recommend? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Thx in advice.

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Still I don't think it's a good idea to recommend a rolling release Wayland immutable distro to someone who wants a system that works out of the box with no configuration. If someone is asking for a just works distro recommendation you should give them the simplest most reliable option not whatever flavor of the month project you think is coolest. Simplest and most reliable is mint/Ubuntu

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I don't think you're correct, immutability is great for long-term maintenance and makes everything, especially updating, much easier for new people.

    Non-immutable distros will often have conflicts, or when a dist upgrade happens, issues occur, immutable distros largely sidestep those issues, and I believe kinoite is the simplest, most reliable option for someone unfamiliar with performing these upgrades.

    The moment there's a dependency issue or conflict, they will have problems.

    Fedora is not a flavor of the month project, it has just as much history as mint/ubuntu, and there's a reason they're shifting to atomic. Furthermore wayland is better for the vast majority of people right now, imagine you bother to switch to the linux desktop and then in a few months everything completely changes because wayland happened, it'll look like linux is absolutely insane from the perspective of someone who hasn't immersed themselves into the nature of this transition.

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