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Linux Desktop Question:

I currently use a Mac, but I'm thinking my next machine might be a desktop. There's no way I'm gonna use Windows so that means Linux.

I'd like Distro recommendations.

My applications:

1. Brave

2. Thunderbird

3. VSCode

4. Libreoffice

5. Terminal

6. CPU & Memory meters in the top bar

My requirements:

NO BUGS, absolutely not one single bug. I will move heaven and earth to get the thing setup right, but I will not tolerate one single screw-up, no apt-get dependency conflict fuckery, nothing.

I'm open to minimalistic UIs like XFCE or LXDE if they can deliver no bugs. I need control+tab and control+tilda for switching windows.

Any recommendations?

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mister_monster 1y ago

No bugs? This is software man. You build it, you know how it goes.

If you're partial to arch, I like endeavorOS. Pre built desktop, minimal fuss. I'm partial to Wayland and use labwc and sfwbar for a quick easy setup that just works for when I want to use a normal cascading window system. I usually use a tiling wm but if you're not into that those two work great together. Login/display manager, ly works good. It's a simple shell based TUI login manager. This approach requires a little set up of course.

If you just want a DE with all the software already installed and virtually no setup, KDE works good on Wayland, but bugs. There are always a couple little things with KDE. If you don't care about Wayland I've always liked lxde. Simple and no fuss. Used to use xfce but it's not very performant anymore and has a bloated codebase now.

Debian apt get dependency issues are going to affect any distro based on Debian, which is why I won't use them. I'd say Linux mint, easy and all that, but you'll get problems with apt because you always do.

Monkey Pox Denier 10mo ago

Use SlackwareLinux if you can stand it 🤷‍♂️

Best distro in that regard.

Use the FAQ to set your WM (KDE) and the runlevel (3 or 4, it doesn't matter) and read the FAQ/DOC about updating/upgrading -- thats it. Never again any dependency hell caused by packet managers.

Monkey Pox Denier 10mo ago

Yeah maybe pay attenrion how to perform a kernel update if you aren't used to do it.

Greysack The Mildly Retarded 10mo ago

Just my 2 sats: I'm a big fan of Kubuntu. The latest LTS version runs on all of my machines. As far as bugs go, I don't think you are going to find any OS anywhere that doesn't have them.