Thanks! I’m actually settling into bluefin right now. It’s based on Fedora, but is closer to bazzite. Supposedly has great framework support, which is important I realized

Thanks for the recommendation! Nothing wrong with simple and standard. I won’t lie though, I fired up Fedora last night to play with, and I really liked what I saw 😅

I’m excited to go full Linux. It’s been a long time coming for me. Like I say, I tried to do it years ago. I recently did it for a year or more. I don’t remember switching back to Windows, it just kind of… Happened 🤷‍♂️

I’m really thinking I might go Fedora. I haven’t spun any of these up yet, busy busy.

My new laptop is a framework 13, AMD version. Apparently bluefin, which is Fedora based, is super compatible with all the features of that laptop.

😅

Thanks for the recommendation, and the explanation!

Hmmm yeah that doesn’t sound amazing… Thanks for the heads up

Thanks! Lots of votes for bazzite. I’ve never tried it, but I plan to

Nice! Glad to hear it! I’ve heard mixed reviews on Manjaro

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve used xfce in the past, and at least back then, it definitely wasn’t my jam. I appreciate how lightweight it is for older machines though!

And yeah I’ve definitely learned a lot through these discussions. Snap vs flatpaks, and the benefits of Wayland.

I’m leaving the op as is though, a record of things I didn’t know before haha

Thanks! HDR isn’t important to me right now. Though I think I need to specify that I’ll be installing this on a framework laptop, and therefore, from what I’ve learned recently, Wayland is actually preferred because it enables some track pad gestures that x11 lacks somehow.

I’m definitely leaning towards bazzite, because people seem to think it’s not that bad even for general use, and it ticks a lot of boxes.

Though nixOS is on the table. I at least wanna try my hand at configuring it.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Yeah honestly, I set up a Windows SD card for dual booting, and I’ve used it maybe once. SteamOS is where it’s at for the steam deck. Premium.

Thanks for the recommendation! I’m excited to give these distros a try!

Thanks for the input! Glad it’s working for you!

There are some great recommendations on this thread, I’m excited to try them out!

Yeah I’ve been using a steam deck since it’s release, Linux gaming is definitely a million times better than days of yore.

Thanks for the Debian recommendation! Not a bad idea.

Thanks for the recommendations! Lots of Fedora in here, I feel bad for never having checked it out.

Another vote for Mint! LMDE was on my radar too, thanks!

I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Fedora in this thread. Never tried it, definitely gonna spin one up! Thanks!

Nice! Thanks for the recommendation!

That’s quite the glowing recommendation for nixOS!

Definitely a learning curve to installation, but I like the idea of config once/cry once, then in the future you’d never have to do it again. I’m just wondering how true that is in practice? Like, I configure it once, but over the course of a few years I install a bunch of stuff. Do I have to keep my config file manually up to date? Or once I’m up and running does this happen automatically?

I’m not opposed to a fair amount of cli legwork to things up and running, if the payoff is as good as you say.

I’m definitely curious about this distro, thanks!