Thx in advice.
@PoliticallyIncorrect Fedora Silverblue, for sure.
Or Gentoo
Pop_OS or Linux Mint. Both just work. The Atomic idea is nice, but still too soon for complete beginners or the lazy (not a pejorative).
Q4OS, a more user-friendly version of Debian.
Sounds pretty solid but dont use Trinity lol.
I think Plasma is the default desktop environment now, but I still use Trinity because it was the only DE in older versions and I’m so used to it.
What in the world…
What’s the problem?
That’s a nice OS! Never heard of it before, but it looks like it delivers exactly what ir promises.
this is why I read through threads like this. looks cool.
I would recommend Vanilla OS, especially Vanilla OS 2 once it’s released. It’s a very stable distro with an immutable system. It also allows you to install arch, debian, fedora, etc. packages using the apx package manager
Ok, this depends.
I had some trouble providing support for a friend after I’ve recommended Vanilla OS. I believe it will be a good OS in the future but not now.
linux mint
Seconded. I’ve been using it for years because it just works, but if I want to try to
break shitdo things myself I can.I researched this question for a laptop to sell on eBay. I tried Pop OS and Mint and choose Mint.
It seems that Mint may be the most popular distro for older Linux laptops sold on eBay.
That’s exactly what I did with my old Core2Duo laptop because I couldn’t in good conscience sell it with factory-loaded Win-Vista LOL.
If somebody with knowhow gets it, they can put whatever they want on it. If someone without? They get a solid OS that gets security updates. Win-win.
More specifically, Linux Mint Debian Edition. Canonical has been very weird, I would get the debian based branch
The one and only objectively best answer, imo.
Thirded. It just works. Even deployed to elderly relatives with wifi printers with no issues.
Pop os or Mint
Ubuntu if you’re used to Mac, Zorin (based on Ubuntu) or Mint if you’re more used to Windows.
Never used Pop OS but I hear that’s another that works well out of the box.
What are you trying to build? A work laptop that you’re going to take on trips, a gaming computer, a server? Something else?
For you, what is too much hassle? Are you a new Linux user or an experienced user with no spare time? What are you accustomed to doing when you install an operating system and what do you expect to be preinstalled?
What is your favorite colour?
Experienced Linux user, but I was just wondering what people think about this, I believe I’m going for Ubuntu, I’m not exactly the kind of guy who will fall on malware anyway, I need something pretty easy to use, configure and working stable WO errors, as my experience I’m tired and have no time to fix shitty OS things.
I will use it as desktop in a NucBox.
Ubuntu isn’t my favorite, but I used xubuntu for many years. A lot of noise gets thrown around about Snaps, but from an end-user perspective they tend to work fine unless you have very low system constraints. Better than adding a half-dozen repositories that may or may not be around for long. A lot of developers work to make sure that their software runs well in Ubuntu and the LTS releases tend to be a good long-term option if you don’t want any significant changes for a long time.
Even with their regular releases, I daisy-chained upgrades on an old Core2 laptop for something like seven years without any major (computer becomes a paperweight) issues. Sometimes (like with Snaps) Ubuntu insists on going its own way, which can result in errors/shitty OS things that don’t pop up in other distributions. I’ve had to deal with some minor issues with Ubuntu over the years (broken repositories, upgrades causing hiccups, falling back to older kernels temporarily), but I think that you’ll get issues like that regardless of what distro you pick.
Mint, it just works.
EndeavorOs, just works, like Mint, but Arch Based so much better
Well, I just use arch, btw. 💁🏻♀️
Not exactly the hassle free experience op is looking for
Yea, that is why I recommended Mint in top comment.
With the statement about Arch I wanted to say, that I have no experience with endeavourOS 😂😅
Edit after reading endeavourOS web page: what is even the difference between endeavourOS vs. Installing arch using the archinstall python script and using yay as package manager?
Only the installation is harder for Arch, EndeavorOS is easier to use then Mint, and installation is same thanks to the gui installer.
The difference between Arch with archinstall vs Endeavor is still the ease of installation.
So, the only difference to arch is, that you have a gui for installation? In that case, I like archinstall script more. Mostly because I think it’s faster.
What you think and what is the reality to casual users are two different things
Until it doesn’t lol
@PoliticallyIncorrect For a person’s 1st distro, Ubuntu. Available with different desktops too.
just installed bazzite and after switching to x11 (one button thing) its the first district to have no screen tearing, no stutter
though this is a very gaming focused district, so maybe not for you
its derived from universal blue so maybe check that out
And a non-gaming focused equivalent would be Bluefin.
Linux Mint. Always.
@pastermil @PoliticallyIncorrect
I second this. It’s powerful enough, new enough, stable enough, and simple enough for me to prefer it over all others I have tried.This is subjective though, but I would recommend trying it even if it’s not your final choice
I’ve got PopOs on my personal (framework) and work (System76) laptop. It’s been super stable. Specially if you don’t mess around with different PPAs.
Debian.
agreed with debian, it’s by far the most stable and no bullshit system i’ve ever used. however, BIG condition: do NOT install .deb files manually. that’s an extremely easy way to break your system. use what’s in the repos, and if it’s not in the repos, use something like flatpak (not sure how well it works for debian since i haven’t used it).
in general though, if you want a stable linux system, just don’t try to install stuff that isn’t packaged in official repos.
Yes, Debian + Flatpak is a good way to have a very reliable system with all the latest software.
Bazzite. It’s made for gaming, but it just works, 0% hassle. I used to love doing lots of stuff with the terminal in arch, but since I switched I haven’t opened the teminal once.
