• lotanis
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    1 year ago

    You’re going to hear a lot of recommendations, but I strongly suggest going with Fedora for your first distro. It’s the least pain to get up and running with a modern, performant, up to date distro.

    Ubuntu these days is its own little corner of design choices, Arch is designed to need configuration, Debian is a (purposefully) a bit slow to keep up. A lot of people say good things about Linux Mint, haven’t used it myself but have used Fedora for years (including at work) and it’s rock solid without much faffing.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve tried Ubuntu before but never stuck with it, maybe Fedora will grab my interest! Is it easy to customize? I’m mostly focused in art, web development and gaming, do you think it’s a good fit?

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        1 year ago

        those requirements seem to specify the desktop environment, which sounds like you’d want KDE or Xfce, for the customizable taskbars and for the window management shenanigans associated with gaming. (games often force window dimensions or force full-screen, which screws with Gnome Desktop somewhat.)

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      1 year ago

      I recommend Debian specifically because it’s slow to keep up, and most people just don’t need the latest features anyway. Especially if you’re new to Linux, stability is important.

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        1 year ago

        It’s great for a server system but I find it less great for a desktop environment. Hardware support take longer to get to the kernel, UI improvements take longer to get to the desktop etc.