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Choosing a Linux Distro (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by Verax@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hi there. I m changing away from windows. I already tested some stuff. I started with fedora GNOME. But GNOME wasn't for me I felt. So I did go with Linux mint cinnamon. That felt better but not as snappy and fast as fedora. Then I did go with fedora KDE plasma and man I like KDE plasma. That's a thing for me. Then I tried because of recommendations popos with cosmic. I don't know why but it didn't felt right. So another recommendation later I tried cachy is with KDE. KDE was good but catchy gave me some erros and problems so back to fedora with KDE.

Now my real question.

  1. Manjaro Linux is a European distro? Only I often see it with popos and Linux mint and fedora that these are good beginner distros? Is it stable? Customisation in KDE is the same everywhere I guess? Does many people use it? Is it really beginner friendly and snappy? Is it stable?
  2. Opensuse also has KDE but it seems that its not a beginner distro. Also online its not often spoken about. Is it harder to use? Or is it beginner friendly? Customisation KDE again. Is it stable or does it break often? Does many people use it.
  3. Fedora, manjaro, opensuse? Which off these with KDE is most beginner friendly and stable. Is used much so I can find help when something is going on. Customisable. Stable?

Or any other Good KDE Distros out there.

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[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago

The distro itself is OK, and it's fine if you switch to their "unstable" repositories so it directly mirrors Arch. Where the problems lie is in the admin. In the past they have:

  • Let their certificates expire and suggested that users put their clocks back to work around it, several times.
  • DDOSed the AUR with coding mistakes in pamac, at least twice.
  • Had controversy regarding their finances.
  • Other things that I can't remember right now.

They seem to have sorted themselves out as their have been no reports of mistakes recently. But trust once lost, is hard to regain.

[-] PlatonicGin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Remember when they dropped hardware acceleration a few years ago? That was what got me to move off.

[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Now that you come to mention it, I have a vague memory of a few distros doing that because of licencing issues.

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