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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?

#asknostr #linux #recommendations
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Hakan 5mo ago 💬 2

As time went on, I always switched to a more durable flavor. I was tinkering and breaking it when it wasn't really necessary, or updates over time would break it. I recently switched from Opensuse Tumbleweed to Fedora Silverblue. Fedora Silverblue (Gnome) is worth a try if Appimags and Flatpaks are enough (they are enough for me). For KDE, Fedora Kinoite.

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The Beave 5mo ago

I still barely understand flatpaks. I've used them, but have had issues with them.

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Hakan 5mo ago

Yes, I've had problems with some apps and distros too, but I still like to install apps without touching the rest of the OS. The fact that the number of apps I use is very small is also an important factor in this situation.