The way Distros welcome you

Linux is the family, you're just meeting different people at the different spots of the buffet

I switched from Pop_OS! to KDE Neon because I wanted to try out the latest Plasma features. I was tired of GNOME's bloat and needing an extension/Tweaks for basic functionality.

Then KDE broke screen sharing, bricked my install once by breaking LUKS disk encryption, and then it booted to a black screen on updating to the latest LTS.......

So now I'm on Mint and all of my servers are on Debian because I want something that just works. Lol. No more distro hopping.

How did KDE break your LUKS..? I find that hard to imagine
Also KDE Neon is a test distro (they don't call it that from what I remember) for those who want to try out newest KDE lol
- No idea. It could no longer unlock the LUKS encryption after rebooting from an upgrade. I had to work and just nuked it and started fresh. It happened on both my laptop and desktop after updating, so seems like a bad update.
im a mint user too and every few months i start distrohopping but always land back in mint. all other distros always have something that doesn't work or is just irritating. but mint feels like home.
- If Mint ever supported KDE plasma 6.2 I'd consider switching back to Mint. I just can't stand how Cinnamon doesn't give a crap about multi display users and gives them a "There. Good enough. Fuck you." solution.
I use Debian as the daily and Mint on my server haha
- That’s… something.
- I question your life choices.
- Why do you need a DE for your server?
KDE bricked my install on my main desktop after updating to the latest LTS too. No idea how that happens. I'm on opensuse leap now.
- Yeah I tried Tumbleweed, but I really don't like RPM-based distros. Mostly because I've been a Debian-based boi most of my life.

That's about once every 10 days. Are you okay, op?

Sticking to Endavour OS I think, but I said the same thing about Archlinux and Mint and Neon and Debian so who knows!

Ah those days when I was all fired up and re-installed Linux at the drop of a CD-R.

This is my distrohopping log for anyone interested

    
Linux Mint 20.1 Xfce 
February 21, 2021 

Zorin OS 16 Beta
April 21, 2021 

KDE neon 
May 12, 2021

Solus 4.3 Budgie
August 13, 2021

Debian 11+ KDE
August 18, 2021

Started Gentoo Experimentation
April 27, 2024

I'm still using Debian (now Debian 12) with the exception of Gentoo on my desktop PC that I rarely use

Me:
Mint -> was too outdated
Majaro -> died
Manjaro again -> died again
OpenSuse TW
Arch (new machine)
EndeavourOS (had to reinstall after HW change and was too lazy for Arch again 😂)
No Arch? Strange...
Mind sharing your reasoning?

Anyone got advice for a Linux distro that will run good with 2 in 1 laptop (the touchscreen tablet ones) I tried an os and the keyboard was meh. Or alternatively, how I can set up an is to work best on a laptop of that kind.

I have Linux mint on my 2 in 1 laptop with touch screen, it’s been good.
- I literally was up until 5a this morning helping a friend try to search and distrohop because Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora all had issues with returning to desktop mode after being put in tablet/slate mode. Keyboard and touchpad just never reenabled. It goes into tablet mode just fine, but refuses to come out. Tons of threads about disabling the keyboard and touchpad because they don't disable for users, almost none for enabling when put back into laptop form.
  It's their first experience with Linux and I'm super frustrated.
- same here!
  X380 Yoga with Mint works like a charm
- How's the keyboard?
I run EndeavourOS on a Lenovo Yoga and it works great for the most part. Only thing really missing for me is programming thr buttons on the stylus, but it's too minor of an inconvenience to deal with IMO. Keyboard, track pad, and touch screen all work as intended.
- The screen didn't rotate for me and the keyboard was very awkward on EndeavourOS
I don't know which distro is best, but you might want GNOME desktop for tablet. Its desktop control is ideally suited for touch and gesture methods on a tablet
- Gnome devs are UX design geniuses. They made a desktop environment that is highly suitable for both touch and desktop usage (Windows wasn't successful with that goal). It's also beginner-friendly without being cartoonish like Windows XP.
Personally i am using pop os with Wayland enabled on my surface pro 3
I've been using Pop Os on my Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd for about 2 month now. It's great but i have touchscreen problem with touchscreen not working after i left the laptop to sleep/standby

I can't wait to get my new laptop in November. I'm going to make my old one a Linux-only machine for all non-gaming purposes, and 100% going back to Mint.

You can get a cheap Chromebook too, I got one in front of me! 140€, corebooted with MrChromebox coreboot, runs LUKS encrypted Fedora Kinoite just fine!
Battery lasts 8h, but that thing has no storage and a pretty damn slow CPU
- Thanks for the tip.

Real

Been using arch with DWM for a decade, why would I want to try anything else?

Just use Windows.
(uno reverse on ya'll)

95 it is then
- [ nostalgia intensifies ]
- 98!

Distro hopping is for noobs.

In general you should change distro only if current one fails to meet your needs

- You forgot the /S.
  This isn't sarcasm - operating system isn't a toy. Most people aren't using OS just for the sake of it. It's a tool to run stuff you need for work/entertainment
People should do whatever the hell they like.
There's no harm in trying out a lot of different distros for the fun of it if that's what you find entertaining, and it's educational to see the state of what's out there.
Not needing to stay locked to a specific distro is part of why Linux is great, and very unlike Mac or Windows.
If you like being loyal then be loyal, that's a fine choice too, and freedom of choice is what this is all about.
My need is to distro-hop.
Gatekeeping in the open source community is kinda ironic
You drive a gold '93 Corolla in base configuration, don't you?