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There are many good Linux distros to choose from, start with Linux Mint if you are new to Linux, then you will know your way after that by trying other distros.
Which Linux OS best for everyday work?
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- Dec 3, 2018
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Check out this: Test Linux distros online - DistroSea
Gives you a good idea about different distros out there.
You cannot go wrong with a mainstream distro in terms of security updates and levels of unofficial support via forums or other social platforms. You can, within reason , add anything you would like to a distro.
I would highly recommend having a flash drive with more than 4GB available to really test drive a distro on your hardware. There are things that might need to be ironed out or it might be smooth sailing.
If you want a fun read about Linux distros, check out Dedoimedo - the guy is a riot.
Gives you a good idea about different distros out there.
You cannot go wrong with a mainstream distro in terms of security updates and levels of unofficial support via forums or other social platforms. You can, within reason , add anything you would like to a distro.
I would highly recommend having a flash drive with more than 4GB available to really test drive a distro on your hardware. There are things that might need to be ironed out or it might be smooth sailing.
If you want a fun read about Linux distros, check out Dedoimedo - the guy is a riot.
- Apr 16, 2017
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fwiw, I stepped away from fedora 41 for a few days, returned this evening and it had 97 system updates. Not a big deal, except after a reboot (in VMware) the reboot balked aka froze on a black screen and never went to login! But fedora is robust and chatgpt suggested do x then y, and all good again. that was my first fedora snafu, and overall very minor.
- Oct 3, 2022
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Decided to give Manjaro a try on my spare laptop since @TuxTalk says it's good. A little diversion for the evening.
Security wise it uses ufw firewall and apparmor. And it support snaps, so I uninstalled firefox, and installed the snap version, which has better security: apparmor + seccomp + containment.
I was a bit disappointed to find only 3 updates. It's Nov 24 now and the iso release date was on Oct 1st. There should be more than 3. That's a bad sign. Patches must be provided quickly.
Back to Fedora I go.
Security wise it uses ufw firewall and apparmor. And it support snaps, so I uninstalled firefox, and installed the snap version, which has better security: apparmor + seccomp + containment.
I was a bit disappointed to find only 3 updates. It's Nov 24 now and the iso release date was on Oct 1st. There should be more than 3. That's a bad sign. Patches must be provided quickly.
Back to Fedora I go.
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- Apr 16, 2017
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f-e-d-o--r---a!! yes! but Manjaro is a distro I keep on the side ready to go -- like it (not that my opinion re linux distros means anything).
PS fedora did NOT have an update for me this morning! a first.
- Nov 9, 2022
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As soon as you run Manjaro it updates, no need to worry about the iso build date.
* but currently not running any Linux Distro, i am quite happy with Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC.
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And with a free Ubunto Pro account, you can get 10 years of updates for each Ubuntu LTS release.
- Oct 3, 2022
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I performed the install Offline. And did not connect my USB Ethernet adapter until I needed to update. So perhaps I missed the update you are talking about. And that update I did only brought down 3 packages.
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OK I will test again. Or maybe they updated the ISO after the initial release.
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- Aug 8, 2015
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i would say cachy os. arch based and very optimized kernel for all kind of cpu's. im using it on my ideatab. it has pentium gold 8805 cpu and 4gb ram. it's touchscreen model. im using gnome. very snappy and battery efficient. compared to win 11 lol
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