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I'm between distros and looking for a new daily driver for my laptop. What are people daily driving these days? Are there any new cool things to try?

I have been using linux mint recently. I have used nixos and arch in the past. Personally, linux mint uses flatpacks too much for my liking. Although, I might have a warped perspective after using arch. (the aur is crazy big)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubuntu. It's working and I don't have the time to try out other distros.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wanted to try Ubuntu after using mainly Manjaro but I have only 4gb flash drive and the iso is like 5-6gb so I can't install it. But so far I'm satisfied with Manjaro Xfce and prefer it to gnu

[–] homesweethomeMrL 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s the universe telling you to put an 8GB flash drive on your holiday wish list.

[–] xohshoo 1 points 1 year ago

is it that big because of the snaps? It used to be (well after it breached to 700M CD limit) ~1.5G and AFAIK doesn't include a lot more default software?