Stick with something better known. Linux Mint, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Ubuntu…If you’re just getting into this for the first time, full time, a niche meme distro is not your best choice.
Linux Mint is best for stability, but will be a bit more “stale” for updates, since it’s based on Ubuntu LTS. It is an incredible distro and is my daily driver for mission critical desktops, like my work PC.
Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed will both be great non-Arch distros that have fairly recent, yet stable updates.
Arch is basically the king of rolling, bleeding edge, always on the latest and greatest, but since it’s bleeding edge…you might get cut on occasion.
Ubuntu is Ubuntu. I don’t like Ubuntu, but it is the defacto “newbie/first timer” distro for a reason. Debian-based, lots of guides, both LTS and non-LTS options, and has variants for practically every major desktop environment out there.
Stick with something better known. Linux Mint, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Ubuntu…If you’re just getting into this for the first time, full time, a niche meme distro is not your best choice.
Linux Mint is best for stability, but will be a bit more “stale” for updates, since it’s based on Ubuntu LTS. It is an incredible distro and is my daily driver for mission critical desktops, like my work PC.
Fedora and openSUSE Tumbleweed will both be great non-Arch distros that have fairly recent, yet stable updates.
Arch is basically the king of rolling, bleeding edge, always on the latest and greatest, but since it’s bleeding edge…you might get cut on occasion.
Ubuntu is Ubuntu. I don’t like Ubuntu, but it is the defacto “newbie/first timer” distro for a reason. Debian-based, lots of guides, both LTS and non-LTS options, and has variants for practically every major desktop environment out there.
I’m surprised LMDE almost never gets shoutouts. I’d assume since people don’t like Ubuntu they’d recommend it over Mint.
I like LMDE, but for gaming Debian is too stale without pulling in backports.