I’m pretty comftable with linux mint right now but i want to peruse the wares so to speak, what are some cool or interesting distros that do things differently than mint?

Edit: i dont wanna distro hop people cool your jets, i just wanna look around cos i find it neat :3

  • lemmyreader@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    7 months ago

    If you don’t mind reading a little bit and “work hard” to get some things done and “have fun” then I’d suggest to try :

    • NixOS (it can do magic!)
    • Arch Linux (easiest is the Arch based EndeavourOS and the shiny colorful Garuda Linux), learn some pacman and AUR.
    • pukeko@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      7 months ago

      I look back on learning to live with NixOS and laugh. It made my brain hurt, and if I’d only found the Misterio77 repo sooner, it would’ve saved a lot of premature aging. But, if you have some basic familiarity with programming concepts, it’s an easy OS to live with, just different. And so, so, so, so powerful.

      They do desperately need a set of opinionated example builds and much better documentation.

    • Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      7 months ago

      Garuda has been great on all my computers, even handled the upgrade to kde 6 without issue. It’s a bloaty boi tho. But that’s why I picked it, every tool I’ve looked for was either installed or easily installed via the pre setup chaotic aur