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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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HODLudek 5mo ago 💬 2

Manjaro XFCE is a good option.

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The Beave 5mo ago

What makes you recommend it over others?

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HODLudek 5mo ago

Have been using it on my good old Thinkpad for years. Archlinux based with support for everything you may like to use, superb documentation, lightweight, stable, simple ui with great default themes. Could not recommend it more.

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