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I have already tried out Linux Mint. But I want to try out other distros.

PC specs:

  • Intel Core i5-10400

  • 16 GB of RAM DDR4

  • 1 TB NVME SSD

  • 256 GB SATA SSD

  • Intel UHD 630

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobara Linux. Fedora's better looking younger brother.

[–] necrxfagivs 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why not using Fedora and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of Nobara over Fedora?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why not use Linux from scratch and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of a distro over Linux from scratch?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

NixOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

NixOS, makes it easy to have the same setup because it's all in one config file. I didn't check it out until last year when they released a graphical installer, now installing/using NixOS is a breeze.

Even if I didn't install NixOS, I'd use the Nix package manager (which is separate, but part of a NixOS system) since it has more packages than the AUR. It's easy to contribute to, so I've been maintaining a package.

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