Mastodawn

Aug 13, 2025

@bulqa With Linux, its the level of choice which often bewilders new users, but also what makes it Linux, as that's the point. As that does mean you can try as many as you want before settling with one.
I should also mention that the level of stability is often more about hardware in the machine, with the possibility of some distros working a bit better than others.
New users tend to pick a distro that's going to work more like what they're used to - with something more polished and user friendly.
As a rule of thumb, people coming from Windows tend to choose Mint / Cinemon, and people coming from Mac choose Ubuntu / Gnome.
Though Ubuntu also comes as Kubuntu, which has the KDE Plasma environment, which is more like Windows, and also popular with new people migrating from there.
You can try most distros first, by downloading the image, putting it on a USB stick, and loading the 'live boot'. This will be quite slow though as it's running mostly in RAM.
There is also a website that let's you try different distros first. https://distrosea.com
But, my advice is to just go ahead and install something and have a play. You can always just try a different one afterwards.

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Mark ⛵️🏳️‍🌈Jan 25, 2024

OK #Linux chums... the new SSD has been ordered so I can't put it off any longer - I've been on Ubuntu for the last 6 years and I'm bored of it / going off snap / it's becoming increasingly flaky so I'm looking for recommendations.

Needs to be a stable, 'just works' daily driver on a 6 year old XPS13 with 16Gb RAM and no GPU.

Preferably no Snap, works with Secure Boot, has systemd, and deb or rpm based with up to date apps...?

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Stefanie Schulte Apr 22, 2017

Bumping up my #whichdistro thread again (starting here: https://mastodon.cloud/@stefanieschulte/788364).

I've installed #Debian Stretch on my new (used) ThinkPad last night and everything seems to work fine (even the Wi-Fi!).

As desktops, I've installed both Xfce and LXDE, but I'm currently sticking with Xfce.

I'm planning to test BunsenLabs (suggested by @oswriter ) in a VM.

Thank you to everyone for the suggestions!