What new Linux distribution should I try?
2026-07-16 00:56 UTC
Replies (20)
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@uint8_t@lemmy.ml 2026-07-16 01:26
Trying for fun or trying to settle? I like NixOS but Void is cool too
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@moistracoon@lemmy.zip 2026-07-16 01:46
Hannah Montana
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@dlsloop@lemmy.zip 2026-07-16 01:46
If you’re looking for something that won’t give you any headaches then I wholeheartedly recommend Bazzite. IMO it’s the best distro for the casual user. I’ve also been interested in NixOS lately for the ability to easily transfer and back up the config, but I have yet to make that jump. It seems like a really great way to set up an OS though.
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@SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2026-07-16 03:48
Qubes OS. Enjoy a taste of absolute security.
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@phanto@lemmy.ca 2026-07-16 04:11
I’ve been enjoying LMDE. Mint without Ubuntu.
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@Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-16 04:30
I’ve been dipping my toe into CachyOS, decent so far. Running Bazzite on my main gaming PC and…yeah, is nice but does lack some freedoms by being locked down a bit. Works well enough for what I use it for 99% of the time.
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@Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2026-07-16 04:53
Fedora. Its not new, its not special with some big changes or special kernels, it has sane settings. It has releases every 6 months, and updates about as much as arch
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@hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2026-07-16 10:08
it’s more like the oldest linux distro but slackware is good
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@bad1080@piefed.social 2026-07-16 10:35
hannah montana linux
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@Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 2026-07-16 12:04
Ubuntu server (headless) Install pulse, x11, awesomewm. Building the gui stack yourself on top of Ubuntu server gives you all of the debian/Ubuntu stability and issue searchability with none of the gnome/canonical cruft.
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@GunnarGrop@lemmy.ml 2026-07-16 13:28
NixOS and Guix System! I’m currently using Guix System + Nix (via home-manager, mostly) but you can also do it the other way around. NixOS uses systemd, but Guix System does not. They are both awesome though. Absolutely my favourite distros. Incredibility flexible, and reproducibility and “declarativeness” are core concepts. The only negative is that they both have quite a steep learning curve, compared to other distros.
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@chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2026-07-16 19:08
Fedora. I prefer the KDE spin over GNOME, but I hate GNOME. Whatever DE you prefer, pick that one.
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@br3d@lemmy.world 2026-07-16 21:44
I’ve just switched to Pop_OS and so far I’m really impressed. Very fast, and Cosmic desktop has a totally different design and aesthetic to any other DE
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@osanna@lemmy.vg 2026-07-17 01:11
I’m on Zorin, and i love it.
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@marcie@lemmy.ml 2026-07-17 04:15
i noticed you havent tried fedora atomic cosmic. if youre just looking to run the gamut of Des its probably the best cosmic distro right now.
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@offspec@lemmy.world 2026-07-17 19:09
Nixos
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@whassssup@lemmy.ml 2026-07-17 19:19
cachy os. it’s just the best distro. use limine bootloader, it makes rolling back snapshots incredibly easy.
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@witness_me@lemmy.ml 2026-07-17 20:27
I recently went back to fedora workstation (gnome) after using Arch (Manjaro) with kde and hyprland for the last 3 years. Got tired of things breaking with hyprland and Manjaro every other month. Had a few issues with AUR packages too (I know I’m supposed to carefully read release notes to figure out what breaks, but how many people actually do that?) With fedora at least, I won’t have to worry about packages breaking and not working together. Gnome isn’t my favorite but I’m sticking to it for a while to give it a fair chance.
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@Cricket@lemmy.zip 2026-07-17 21:21
openSUSE. Either Tumbleweed (rolling) or Leap (stable). A few reasons for this: Their snapshot system is awesome (they develop snapper) and configured by default when you install it. It takes a snapshot of your system before and after updates and at other times as well. Uses minimal space because they use BTRFS and also have maintenance jobs by default. This is the main factor that made me settle on it. To me, it was the best of both worlds between the stability but restrictive nature of atomic/immutable distros and the freedom but potential for breaking your system of the traditional distros. They’re reputed to have one of the best KDE integrations of any distro. I’m not sure what this means in practice because I’m still a newbie, but I’ve seen this mentioned by others a few times. Other major DEs are also options at install time. They’re one of the traditional big distros. SUSE has been around since the early days of Linux. SUSE is also a commercial corporation, similar to Red Hat. The rolling distro, Tumbleweed has a reputation for being one of the most stable rolling ones because they apparently have an extensive automated testing system for updates. Their system configuration tool (YaST) is also supposed to be awesome and one of the best around, minimizing the need to resort to the command line, but I also haven’t used this too much. Their community is supposed to be really helpful as well. I haven’t experienced this myself, but have heard it.
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@kiol@discuss.online 2026-07-23 17:48
Here are options, which I’ll choose by dice roll. Laptop arrives eta today. Project Name Window Manager Devuan — Fedora default Gnome Gentoo Libreboot firmware Void Sway or Niri + noctalia-shell MXlinux Sway CachyOS Niri + Limine Bazzite NixOS Cinnamon + Guix + Flakes QubesOS Whonix Zorin Gnome LMDE OpenSuse Slowroll EndeavorOS Plasma Slackware Alma Aurora