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Don't know which one to recommend but I would never recommend Ubuntu. It is full of bugs to me. I used it for years without issues but now it is impossible for me. Installed it on my girlfriend's laptop recently and she has the same bugs I had years ago when I dropped it : network disconnects randomly and she has to reboot, bluetooth won't reconnect sometimes... I can help but it is definitely not working out of the box for users who are not into tech.
I believe I'm going for Ubuntu LTS or Linux Mint(I don't know exactly which version) what did you say about it?
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I would highly recommend fedora kinoite, it's immutable so the system doesn't break without you trying very hard, well configured out of the box, and uses flatpak for apps so the system can be stable and the apps can be updated regularly!
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I've got PopOs on my personal (framework) and work (System76) laptop. It's been super stable. Specially if you don't mess around with different PPAs.
Fedora
If you have to ask it probably means the answer is one of the following:
- Mint
- Ubuntu
- Pop!_os
In that order. Mint will be most likely the answer if your hardware is pretty normal. Ubuntu will be the answer if you're willing to give up some security and privacy for east of use (pro-tip: if this is your mentality I'd recommend a different OS and dual booting while you learn). Pop!_os will be the answer if you don't need super up to date software and want all your hardware to work because you have something odd
Personally I would strongly advise towards Mint. I used to direct people away from it but I've learned this was a bias I had against them for mishandling a security thing a long time ago that they've since become leaders in the security space for general use Linux operating systems.
I think one worth adding is ZorinOS, it might feel more familiar and modern than Mint, and it's worked well on the old hardware I've run it on. Still an Ubuntu derivative, so you can't really go wrong with any of these.
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just installed bazzite and after switching to x11 (one button thing) its the first district to have no screen tearing, no stutter
though this is a very gaming focused district, so maybe not for you
its derived from universal blue so maybe check that out
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My advice is to just look at the screenshots of a few mainstream ones and pick one that looks the most usable.
A few:
- Mint - Can't go wrong if you like traditional desktop.
- Pop OS - Great for gaming (and many other things).
- Zorin - Never used it, but it's supposedly easy, and very polished.
- Ubuntu - Has many haters (including myself), because of nuances, but honestly it'll do the job just fine.
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What do you want to do with it?
This request is impossible to fulfill
- people that dont care about wayland etc. may use Linux Mint
- people that want a server will choose Debian
- people dont care about malware will choose ubuntu
- people that dont care about all of that will use an Atomic Fedora Spin like Silverblue
A lot of folks would recommend Ubuntu as a start but it’s very bloated af so starting on Linux Mint or Zorin/Elementary OS (if you want a windows/macos experience in your distro) would be a great start imo
Bazzite. It's made for gaming, but it just works, 0% hassle. I used to love doing lots of stuff with the terminal in arch, but since I switched I haven't opened the teminal once.