Crest of Light

Hmm, I should probably put a slower updating distro on my laptop, because I don't use it as much as my Desktop.

openSUSE Tumbleweed has had so many updates over the course of a few days...That might make my laptop a bit too out-of-date if I am not careful.

As I only tend to use it at least 2 times a week at best (or when going to the coffee shops.

Ubuntu is probably the safest bet for that, as it doesn't update nearly as much as openSUSE Tumbleweed. I'll have to think about it, as I do like having the latest stable kernel and the like.

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Mar 15 at 7:14pmWeb
Show threadBryan Redeagle Mar 15
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds You could try OpenSUSE Slowroll.
Show threadCrest of LightMar 15
@bryanredeagle I could, but they mention it's still in a beta state...Low-key miss Ubuntu a little bit, I am leaning heavily towards Ubuntu at the moment for the laptop. As the last time it was installed on there, it was perfect and didn't give me any issues.
Show threadMaâtMar 15
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds to stay in rpm world you can also try #mageia10 -> https://www.mageia.org/en/10/ 😇
Show threadCrest of LightMar 15
@maat Mmm, looks like an alpha version distro. Not really interested, but thanks for the recommendation.
Show threadMaâtMar 16
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds it will not stay alpha for ages :-)
I gave you the link towards the new (future) version for a better experience.
Note that installing the alpha and getting updates will lead you to have the stable version running.😉
Otherwise you can try the slow opensuse which is cool.🤔
And if you want to try .deb world go straight to #linuxmint (Debian edition) which is really cool.
Show threadCrest of LightMar 16

@maat It won't be forever, as all alpha projects eventually reach stable. However, I'll have forgotten about Mageia by then. Or be too comfortable with my chosen distros to bother installing or using it in a VM.

I did say to another replying user that I would use Ubuntu instead or a slower rolling release. I need to check out Solus if their pace is manageable.

I'd likely choose straight up Debian (if I do choose that) nothing Minty, as it ran rather well on my laptop...It moves at a calculated speed and stays stable if you miss a few releases. Their net installer is so damn fast it took just a little under 10 minutes to having a full desktop (just requiring a few app installs).

There isn't really much for me to try at this stage besides becoming competent enough to use Arch, NixOS or build my system from scratch...First, I need to skill up to become a better computer user.