i had a dream last night where i was using linux. that was like most of the dream. i opened my computer and used linux
i feel like this is like the bionicle dream where i'm now destined to change my operating system
what's a good linux to get into if you had a prophecy dream about using linux
being able to open a linux computer and just use it is truly only possible in dreams
Honestly I've been all Linux Mint for five or so years and just never really wanted to switch.
Well, you're a game dev, and the Steam Deck runs Arch Linux, so, there you go I guess?
Arch does offer plentiful opportunities for tinkering, which Mint doesn't prevent but is mostly designed on the assumption that you want to just run your apps
really depends on the themes of the prophecy. you don't want to apply a save-the-kingdom debian to what needs to be a search-for-inner-meaning void linux
uh theres not really a phophecy appropriate linux,.. templeos is close but not linux. id just run mint tbh
mint or fedora if you dont want to tinker (nobara is billed as fedora for gamers, but i havent tried it) if you do mint, get the debian edition to avoid potential upstream ubuntu fuckery.
if you do want to tinker, go arch -- preferrably with a tool like archinstall -- with kde on wayland as your desktop environment. kde 6 is really snappy, responsive, and customizeable, and wayland is better than X11 imo (although it is a little buggy sometimes!)
Use Fedora (or Mint) if you want to get work done, Plasma and XFCE desktop environments are the most familiar desktop environments that Just Work™️
like half the comments here, mint is a good one. i use the cinnamon edition. only distro i've ever used because it just works yknow, so why change it at this point. does pretty much everything i want it to, though i have a windows partition for some games (but proton works really well with much of what i play though [protondb is a very good site to check how games performed for others under linux, and their specific setups])
+1 with the mint recs, it’s not my daily driver but I have it on a partition and “it just works”
I don't hate Ubuntu nearly as much as some of the other replies. It's easy enough to use. Mint is probably better if you haven't played with Linux before, though.
Fedora Linux has a very good balance between stability and regular updates.
I would personally recommend Ultramarine Linux, which is based on Fedora. Ultramarine ships with a lot of potential Fedora configuration pains (like Nvidia GPU support) already taken care of, so it's a lot more welcoming to newcomers.
Ultramarine will ask you to pick an edition when downloading: The KDE Plasma Edition ships with a desktop environment (the actual UI of the computer) very similar to Windows. It's the same one Valve chose for the Steam Decks desktop mode.
The normie answer is Ubuntu, it's the Linux flavor that most mainstream software makers will support. If you want a better desktop environment Kubuntu is just Ubuntu with KDE.
But if you want to be a meme, you can always install Nyarch Linux.
As nearly everyone else has said, Mint is a solid choice. I personally use Ubuntu Budgie, but I’m starting to get tired of their changes in the desktop. So high chance I’ll be moving to either Mint or Pop_OS! which has some nice features for developers while having some very stable components (it is also Ubuntu based)
https://endeavouros.com/ is Arch Linux made much easier, I use it with the Plasma desktop environment
