Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.
Anything that's not Windows.
My favorite is NixOS, but for the love of GOD do NOT try to install and use it. It's like one of those puzzles you buy in a store, it makes you happy every time you solve it, but it pisses you off every time it breaks and you can't figure out how to fit it.
They're almost all the same bar installation and package manager.
I've heard a lot of good things about Zorin OS.
yeah, but they do try to sell you a version of the distro with stuff preinstalled
And Gnome customized to look like Windows, rather than Cinnamon or KDE.
So what distro would James May be bringing up the rear and is total rubbish?
Okay, so, Richard Hammond would be the first to arrive with Linux Mint! ...xfce Edition. It's the sports version, it's lighter, sleeker, faster than the standard version.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Clarkson would arrive with Ubuntu Server, under the impression it somehow has more POWAAA!!!
James May turns up, having done this properly. With FreeBSD.
James would probably come in with Panda Linux, especially if he's in Bolivia.
Unless its like arch or gentoo does the distro matter that much? Like its mostly just the default settings which you can tweak. I feel like 90% of distrohopping is just wanting to try a new UI which can you just install yourself.
The main difference is package management so rolling release vs LTS vs 6 month cycle.
In practice we really need to stop using dynamic dependencies/package managers for most applications, for desktop usecase its just not a good pattern anymore, honestly I feel its like 99% of the reason the linux desktop never took off, app dev is just a pain. Thankfully stuff like flatpak and appimage exist now
Debian.
The only people I met in real life that use Debian are over 50 years old
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