What linux distro should I use for my next pc?
| Windows, maybe a Mac, maybe Ubuntu or redhat but I don’t know how they run stuff which isn’t in their package manager
| manjaro if you want a complete arch-based suite
| Just try a few major ones or ones you particularly vibe with, same for desktop environments / window managers.
| Arch linux Poopy
| arch or debian
| yeah, give endeavourOS a shot. if you'll don't like the preinstalled packages, arch is always an option. wouldn't recommend nix tho, it's more a server OS than a desktop one.
| Endeavor is like arch but fully configured? Sounds like a good thing to start with. You can always do real arch later. Afaik nix has a steep learning curve. So I wouldn't recommend that for a beginner.
(I started with antergos, btw)
| I believe that something more stable and less bleeding edge could fit your use case. I suggest anything that runs Debian wether that would be vanilla debian, devuan or Ubuntu. But if you prefer rolling release distros then sure, install arch.
| I’m happy using Linux Mint, but I’ve heard great things about Manjaro. I just liked Mint and haven’t felt a need to upgrade.
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I use Debian with a barely modified i3 and Brave, and it's super low maintenance.
I just run "sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade" like once a month and that's all. I literally never touch it again after that.
As a person who used to use Arch and Gentoo for years, I'm most satisfied with my computer with Debian. I don't have to worry about dracut or compiling Qt or cxxflags, i can just smoothly read manga and do Anki decks on my shitty celeron netbook
| yeah Debian is the shit. Just run autoremove from time to time to free some space in /boot :D
| +1 on endeavourOS
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| Do not listen to anyone telling you Debian, the newest Debian dependencies are from 1930 (maybe not now but as of a few years ago I remember it being horrendous, go with something arch based)
| Yeah I couldn’t run nice new things when I used Debian. Maybe with the bleeding edge Debian version or whatever
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| My current pc is dying, and it has windows, when I get my next one I'm leaving windows forever pretty much. My thoughts are to either do something arch based or use gentoo, but I feel like gentoo might be a bit too high maintenance. I've heard good stuff about endeavourOS and nix but never tried them. I'll be using this pc for everything including work, pcb making, games, ect ect.