Replying to Avatar The Beave

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?

#asknostr #linux #recommendations
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Cyphernomad 5mo ago 💬 3

Ubuntu is widely supported. If you run into any issues, you'll probably find a solution quite fast, Debian + xfce for rock solid, boring workhorse, arch if you like tinkering.

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Richi 5mo ago 💬 1

Is Debian + XFCE with a custom, modern theme also rock solid?

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Cyphernomad 5mo ago

I don't think the theme has a big influence, but I only use default.

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Richi 5mo ago 💬 2

I think it depends on the extent to which you rice it. You cannot tell me that all the custom ricing themes with Hyprland are stable.

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Cyphernomad 5mo ago

You probably can tweak everything into oblivion and break it, but xfce within the usual configuration options should not affect stability IMO. Everything else 🤷‍♂️

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Richi 5mo ago

Alright 👍

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The Beave 5mo ago

This really does seem to be the most widely held consensus.