Please recommend me a #Linux desktop for my daughter’s laptop.

[yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social]

Please recommend me a #Linux desktop for my daughter’s laptop. #Ubuntu just refused to boot yesterday. Also all that #snap shenanigans… Looks like I need something more stable, but less harsh than #Debian. #Mint maybe?

#UbuntuDesktop #LinuxDesktop #LinuxDistribution #AskFedi

[matsuzine@hachyderm.io]

@yehor I am a big fan of Linux Mint. I think it's one of the best desktop distributions.

[codedude@floss.social]

@yehor what about #fedora
Stable and updated.

[yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social]

@codeDude will look into it, thanks

[oohokaykay@beige.party]

@yehor
I use Linux Mint Cinnamon and it's easy to use. When I was looking to switch to Linux lots of people suggested Mint because of it's stability and easy of use. So far I've had very few issues and the ones I did have, I was able to find tutorials on YT or asked on here and received help quickly.

[codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org]

@yehor if you want a nice set and forget with auto updates, immutable with flathub Integration. Check out my project nixbook. Ive deployed it thousands of times

Nixbook OS

A set-and-forget modern operating system designed for simplicity, speed, and peace of mind.

(nixbookos.org)

[yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social]

@codemonkeymike oh nice! I will, thanks

[menel@snikket.de]

@yehor@glitchy.social
I actually would use plain debian (personally with KDE) on mine if its hardware isn't extremely new.
I just like how hassle free it goes.
I've got it on a laotp and a desktop, and you can still install a flatpack for a few programs that you need to be extremely up to date while having low maintainance.

I've got some with Manjaro KDE too, they work good too, but it's a tiny bit more to manually maintainance after an upgrade sometimes (seldom)

[laird_dave@chaos.social]

@yehor check out https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/silverblue/

Immutable image means if you fuck it up you just reboot and there it is again, working as before.

[kaosk@mastodon.social]

@yehor I've been enjoying @system76 #PopOS
https://system76.com/pop/

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@yehor I use plain Debian in all my installations

[jlcarrasco1@mastodon.world]

@yehor another vote for Mint!

[jadziamd@hostux.social]

@yehor I can recommend both Mageia, https://www.mageia.org , for a slow stable release distribution. If you or her is interested in something that has a faster release cycle and generally stable as well Fedora (or one of its spins), https://fedoraproject.org/ , is a good choice as well.

[yehor@mastodon.glitchy.social]

@mattesilver I don’t know… stereotypes? ))

[paolabonacini@snowfan.it]

@yehor
I'd go with #LinuxMint. In this moment it's the best beginner (and noto only) linux distro.

[nawordar@mstdn.social]

@codemonkeymike @yehor How did you do update on reboot?

[theparadoxfactory@dice.camp]

@yehor I would personally recommend Mint as it using for over years now with few issues.

[ggrey@social.thelab.uno]

@yehor

Been playing with #zorinOS (Debian) and #cachyOS (arch) recently. They both decent distros but I'm more comfortable with Debian based OS.

[brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org]

@yehor@glitchy.social yeah mint works a lot better than ubuntu, even though based on ubuntu

[kontrollierterwahnwitz@sueden.social]

@Laird_Dave @yehor I would also say that immutables like Silverblue are worth giving a try.

I use Silverblue as my daily driver and it is quite simple to use.