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Since I bought a new laptop, I'll need to install linux on it. (I may not bother installing windows on it at all.)

I have used Linux Mint and Pop!_OS (The dumbest OS moniker ever, IMO). Pop has been wearing thin. Mint was stable but not exactly . . . cool? Inspiring? And also just another debian fork.

If you were to recommend to me a flavor of linux, what would it be? I am NOT a dev, I don't game, and I mostly just complain on nostr, surf, and use freecad on occasion. I would like to eventually be able to run more local nostr stuff. I do not need to do anything too heavy with graphics of compute as I will never run an LLM on the laptop directly. If my T420 wasn't literally falling apart and costing more to fix than a new used laptop, I would be totally fine with it forever.

So . . . Whatcha got?

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cloud fodder 5mo ago 💬 4

archlinux, the install may take you a little bit longer but it will be worth it because you will be on a rolling release that will keep working and be up to date forever after that.

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The Beave 5mo ago 💬 1

But do I need that?

cloud fodder 5mo ago 💬 1

mm, probably not, you can have ubuntu up and running in 10 minutes. but you will be wipeing it every few years

The Beave 5mo ago

That's what I'm running into now...

That's an interesting point.

Bill Cypher 5mo ago 💬 1

Arkane is an immutable arch derivative.

Breakage from rolling updates is why I'm on Ubuntu now so immutable arch really has my interest.

The Beave 5mo ago

Interesting. Arch and immutable.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

i use Zorin OS, it's nice, like Pop but has a better theme system and supports AMD hardware well

The Beave 5mo ago 💬 1

I don't have any amd stuff, so that makes it simpler on my end.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 5mo ago

yeah, i'm probably gonna go green for my next video card, i want to have local LLM