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So now what distro are we running for LTS desktops? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubuntu has too many problems for me to want to run it. However, it has occurred to me that there aren't a lot of distros that are like the Ubuntu LTS.

Basic requirements for a LTS:

at least 2 years of support
semi recent versions of applications like Chrome and Firefox (might consider flatpak)
a stable experience that isn't buggy
fast security updates

Distros considered:

Debian (stable)
Rocky Linux
openSUSE
Cent OS stream
Fedora

As far as I can tell none of the options listed are quite suitable. They are either to unstable or way to out of date. I like Rocky Linux but it doesn't seem to be desktop focused as far as I can tell. I would use Debian but Debian doesn't have the greatest security defaults. (No selinux profiles out of the box)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah I do not want Arch or recent packages. I want something I can set and forget.

Right now Pop OS and Linux mint seem like the best options even though they both lack the support of a larger company.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Both Pop and Mint offload much of the heavy lifting to Ubuntu. They are not rolling everything from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True, but unlike Ubuntu they get it right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I was responding to “they both lack the support of a larger company”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I run Mint Cinnamon. It's been Rock solid for me. You can modify, add, remove whatever you want. With Flatpacks you are mostly up to date. If you want to install a newer kernel you can, and if you have Timeshift running and something breaks, you just roll back.

I see Mint as an Un-enshittified Ubuntu.

I find cinnamon very frienly and comfortable, which I need in a daily driver. To play I have things like NixOS. I could Arch, but I'm not vegan. :)

That said, I'm giving Fedora Kinoite (Atomic) a try in a VM

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Arch can definitely be a "set & forget" type of distro. Just install it, use it correctly, and that's really it. No need to upgrade to new releases; just keep the system up to date....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to keep the system up to date

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Fair enough....

[–] sparr 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

just keep the system up to date…

The idea that downloading gigabytes of packages every week is a normal and required aspect of using a computer is part of why I left Windows...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't have to be every week. Could be every other week or at least once a month. I haven't used Windows since 2002, but personally, I update once a week, and it never takes all that long, maybe 2-3 minutes tops. But I understand that it's not for everyone....

[–] sparr 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

2-3 minutes on what kind of internet connection? How long at 10Mbps?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Computer is connected to the router via ethernet. The connection to the router is I believe fiber optics....