I've been using Arch, and very happy with it. Very low maintenance except updating once every one or two weeks.
I just installed Fedora. I think it's good for a laptop which you plan to seldom open or update. I'll continue using it.
I'll stay far from Ubuntu, because I do not like snap - and it reminds me of Windows on how I have to tinker to avoid something the OS wants to push on me.
If you were considering Ubuntu then you'd like Debian - and wouldn't go wrong with it.
Honestly the news seems to be about RHEL. Fedora should still be good.
Yeah, but I've already seen a few developers state they were dropping Fedora testing of their programs because they feel like they're doing Red Hat's work for free. And I don't even follow Linux that closely.
Yeah, I assume I'll be wrestling with package managers regardless (I remember YAST having it's own thing that didn't always play nice with others), and supposedly Ubuntu was looking to move away from snaps, so another major factor that will be changing soon.
But Arch? I dunno, man. Younger me used to update shit daily and read changelogs, but current me lets stuff go a few months. I;m not sure that attitude or my level of comfort are quite at Arch levels. I'll give it another look, though. Or maybe I'll just go FreeBSD to spite everyone and embrace my masochism!
I've been using Arch, and very happy with it. Very low maintenance except updating once every one or two weeks.
I just installed Fedora. I think it's good for a laptop which you plan to seldom open or update. I'll continue using it.
I'll stay far from Ubuntu, because I do not like snap - and it reminds me of Windows on how I have to tinker to avoid something the OS wants to push on me.
If you were considering Ubuntu then you'd like Debian - and wouldn't go wrong with it.
Honestly the news seems to be about RHEL. Fedora should still be good.
Yeah, but I've already seen a few developers state they were dropping Fedora testing of their programs because they feel like they're doing Red Hat's work for free. And I don't even follow Linux that closely.
Yeah, I assume I'll be wrestling with package managers regardless (I remember YAST having it's own thing that didn't always play nice with others), and supposedly Ubuntu was looking to move away from snaps, so another major factor that will be changing soon.
But Arch? I dunno, man. Younger me used to update shit daily and read changelogs, but current me lets stuff go a few months. I;m not sure that attitude or my level of comfort are quite at Arch levels. I'll give it another look, though. Or maybe I'll just go FreeBSD to spite everyone and embrace my masochism!