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► Chapters:

00:00 - Why I don't use other Distros
00:35 - KDE Plasma 6 problems are not Plasma problems
01:23 - Choosing a Distribution
02:11 - Stability vs Performance
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03:39 - Wrong reports
04:24 - Compatibility
05:11 - Don't believe everything
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#linux #opensource #discussion

[mkvoq]

Stability is not about bugs or crashes. Stability means no breaking changes. I.e. it tries to guaratee that tomorrow everything will continue to work exactly the same way as it works today. Even if something works wrong or crashes, you can rely on that behavior and be sure that it will continue to do so. With notable exception of security vulnerabilities of course, security patches tend to be backported.

[theworldoffun]

Linux distribution is basically a set of things, like init system, de sound server, display server etc, so I choose only those distros that are based on the most relevant system elements, like Fedora that runs on the newest yet stable software and have many maintainers. From this point of view there only few distros for an average user - Fedora and Ubuntu since they both have big teams behind them and use fresh yet well tested software.

[VektrumSimulacrum]

For Nobara, the other users and paying attention to GE's pinned messages mitigates a lot of the guesswork when there is a problem. Most of the time, it's not GE and Nobara itself having the problem. It's more often than not something outside of Nobara and GE's control. He does a great job keeping things running well on his end.

[maxirunpl]

Currently on Zorin. I like the design, it's modern and simple. My first distro.

[NiffirgkcaJ]

I think I just transferred to Linux in a very convenient, promising, and exciting time!

[theutgardianchannel]

Linux improves so fast each year as a daily driver. Compared to what I experienced 5 years ago, now fedora doesn't give me any headaches compared to what I remember what was like on pop os or manjaro. As a windows user the less I have to open the terminal and look for tutorials, reddit or wiki, the better for me and so far it has been like that on Fedora. I know the Linux community may get mad at me for saying that, sorry haha.

[katnax]

If I wanted newest DE, then I would use Arch and it's derivatives. I got Plasma 6 on EndeavourOS pretty quickly.

[adamloepker]

This feels like it is leading into benchmarking videos. It would be cool to see setting up different software for benmchmarking like sysbench, hardinfo, geekbench, phoronix, and mangohud, as well as testing different distributions to see which perform what tasks better on different hardware.

[drubizzy]

Some advice I’ve received in the past is to count the number of contributors to the repo of the distribution you’re considering. A lot of these specialty distributions only have one or two contributors which means you’re never getting timely support and are vulnerable to that person just burning out and walking away suddenly.

For my work desktop I won’t run anything but Debian but I might try all kinds of weird distros or desktop environments on my “project” PCs.

[F_Around_and_find_out]

I do write codes and using tools like Docker and VS Code and so for developers, sticking with the big boys like Ubuntu is the best since they are well known, they have packages for developer work. For gaming, Steam and Lutris can be installed as flatpaks, if not included in the linux repo, so that part is solved, pretty much an overwhelming majority of linux distro can gaming.

[famousmwofficial]

Fragmentation is the biggest battle gnu/Linux will always have.

[gorrumKnight]

I'm on CachyOS with Hyprland, been really great. Devs are responsive and we have a good community on Discord. I prefer Arch and Arch-based too much to swap at this point.

[Nybbler]

In early 2022 I bought a laptop with PopOS, and late in 2022 I installed Manjaro on my main PC. I did run into some issues, but nothing that prevented me from using my computers, and I eventually got them resolved. It seems as time went on, I had fewer issues, and I learned the systems better. I have recently finished completely leaving Microsoft Windows, after getting a couple ongoing issues resolved. One was just an issue with a relatively new printer I had purchased (I had purchased it only a few months before I decided to switch to Linux, so I didn't check to make sure it was supported in LInux). That was just a matter of time for the developers to provide the drivers for my particular model. The other was just a matter of better understanding the tools I was using (Lutris and Proton for playing Windows based games). Although my main computer has Manjaro on it, I have a secondhand computer that still runs Windows 10. Now that I'm able to do all I want to with my Linux computer, I'm considering installing a Linux distro on the secondhand computer, but likely something different than what's on my main computer.

[Totallynotmwa]

In fedora there is a issue in the firefox browser it cannot play videos
When i try playing them using vlc they crash
Installing nvidia drivers semi-fixed it

[KuruGDI]

_should have been reported to KDE neon rather than Plasma_
The problem is that the average user does not know where to put these bug reports. I - as a non-IT-professional just have no idea what really causes the issue. I also do not have the time to spend several hours to find out which bugtracker the right one is.
I would be also happy if I could just dump the bug report on a large pile and the bugtracker team or "AI" sorts it out. I would even be fine when I get a clear answer like "please do not report anybugs".

[stugeh]

As a noob it's too easy to get lost in the sauce with all the distributions there are certainly way too many forks of popular projects that have like 20 extra packages and a theme preinstalled with a fancy website that advertise themselves as a whole new thing for an entirely different use case.

[bear]

Fedora worksration is great so far. No problems at all. Also your battery saving video was great

[kodata]

I used to use Arch(EndeavourOS to be precise as my original Arch install got demolished by an update and instead of setting it up again I went for endeavour) with Plasma, but plasma 6 introduced some nasty bugs on top of already existing bugs, in general for me it wasn't that good even on 6.0.3, so I just went to zorin OS, now Reaper DAW doesn't crash when loading VST plugins with yabridge(wine bridge) and the DE is stable.

[Ryanttkelly]

After looking for my best distro i came to Debian and Garuda Linux, but Garuda needs some changes after installing but overall it's very good.

[dexterman]

I am on fedora beta with KDE plasma 6. No crashes. None. Had a kernel panic with nouveau but that isn't a KDE issue