Time to move off #Ubuntu has finally come. So many #Linux #distros to choose from, though. Makes my head spin I need one with:1. Great #driver support (maybe get that webcam working finally)2. Smooth & slick #UX / #UI (I'm less of a terminal guy)3. ...
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@smallcircles I would definitely say tumbleweed honestly the KDE version at the very least if you want Wayland stuff pretty concurrently. They have yast which takes away a lot of the need to use terminal. But you can use terminal for zypper dup to update if you want οΏΌοΏΌοΏΌοΏΌ
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@smallcircles
Talking about security you bring up the guy, who upon entering a room let's everyone know his real name? James Bond would probably prefer Windows 98. In 2024. -
I have installed Mint on several different laptops without any issues. May not be what you are looking for but driver support was great.
(Why did I read this thread? Now I want to try Bluefin but I am already using 4 different OSs at work!!).
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@smallcircles Have a look at the big desktop environments and pick which one you think is slick (it is such a personal choice), look at their list of distributions that they recommend/ensure this desktop environment is up to date and support offered at the top level for any distribution you choose. Most big distros have a reasonable level of support for the biggest desktop environments, but it is not universal and you may want a less popular one.
A distro with good SELinux support gives you #3
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@smallcircles I'm personally an elementary OS fan (Pantheon desktop)!
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@alcinnz ah yes indeed! This build always had great appeal to me.
Couple things I wonder about..
- Is driver support good?
- Isn't this a quite experimental choice for my dev machine?
- community size (including everything related to being 'up-to-date' e.g. wrt fixing security issues)
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@smallcircles I am happy with Fedora, after moving to it from Ubuntu, which I've been using for a couple of years prior. It has a nice look and feel along with relatively recent software, making it rather pleasant to use.
As for security, Fedora (among some other recommendations you received) is listed on Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop/. Since privacy cannot be achieved without proper security, I'd assume there are no major issues with Fedora in this regard.