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penguin202124 (he/him) @ penguin202124 @sh.itjust.works
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Distro suggestions for a dumb-dumb who only knows linux through meme osmosis

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  • Fedora KDE. It's easy to setup, modern, customizable and fast. Only issue is that it doesn't come with proprietary codecs, so that could be a problem.

    Second would be Mint, it's only flaws is that it ships an older kernel (might be a pain) and uses X11 (insecure).

    • New setup because I accidentally nuked my last one

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    • Recommend me a distro?

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  • I second this. uBlue is amazing if you want something that just works and doesn't break.

    • Super Simple Sway

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  • The menu is rofi-wayland. The customisation is just one of these with slightly tweaked colours (I'm too lazy to do it myself lol)

    • Best Distro

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  • just works

    After compiling and configuring for a few hours sure

    • Super Simple Sway

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  • Thank you! (-:

    • What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user?

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  • That's very true. However even still I don't think beginners should use distros which are unstable until they learn Linux a bit more.

    • What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user?

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  • Flatpak exists and even if you don't use them its repos are huge.

    • What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user?

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  • I agree. Whenever I use Arch or Arch-based distros they are always very unstable. That is fine if you like a learning curve, but if you don't (like OP) then they probably aren't for you.

    • What Linux distro without opt-out telemetry would you recommend a Manjaro user?

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  • I'd say Fedora KDE. It just works, the docs are good, it has a big community and large enough repos. You may have to install proprietary codecs though.

    • What distro do you use and why?

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  • Alpine Linux. It's pretty lightweight (uses ~250MiB on idle with sway), is easy to install and is super stable. My only criticism is that there is quite a lot of software not available in the repos, but this is mainly fixed by flatpaks.