This is why you need to have 2 computers. One to run a boring distro that just works. And the other one for installing distros that you can ride for fun as it goes down in flames.
The best of both worlds.
Pick a side bruh
No. Is there an Italian distro?
ArcheOS
So.Di.Linux
BOINC.Italy Linux Distro (BILD)
DEFT Linux
Sabayon Linux
openmamba
Time to learn kernel maintenance
NixOS – now I’ve finally found the endgame distro!
several days later CachyOS is actually much simpler.
NixOS’ learning curve is brutal.
CachyOS
maybe gentoo?
GUIX GUIX GUIX
Tune Arch ONCE. Sets you for life
Until you switch laptops or upgrade your PC parts.
In this economy? Really, GreenBeanMachine?
and also back up in case a borked package(s) appears in an update
Just use Fedora. It just works.
That’s literally Bazzite in this chart
I meant Fedora Workstation.
But even so, “it just works” = “this is boring!”
You can keep your Plasma release, I’m happy to wait.
Fedora is just a straight line, as I’ve found.
The answer: Fedora
You’re welcome.
Bazzite is already pictured, and OP already complains that it’s too boring!
But I don’t want to use American software 🤷
Opensuse is also great: Like Fedora its rpm-based and backed by a corpo and with Tumbleweed you’ll get a nice rolling release experience without worries that it’s gonna bork itself
Isnt leap the stable release?
Fedora is the best. My friend who recently started using Linux persuades me to install NixOS (which I’ve already tried 2 years ago), but I really can’t leave Fedora. Everything just works and are up to date.
debian unstable
Roll with Debian Testing? Or even SID?
Debian Testing kinda sucks, it’s like the worst of both worlds of Debian and Arch; updates for some packages can be held back for months because of some blocker, while stable at least gets fastracked to important fixes for security or system stability, and Sid just naturally gets them faster because it’s more up to date. Sid is probably better overall, but why use an unstable rolling release without all the convenience that Arch’s tools offer? AFAIK pacman is really nice for stuff like making your own packages. Plus it has a much larger user base than Debian Sid, which helps when you’re looking for a fix for recent issues.
I’ve found Testing works rather well as a compromise. It’s actually very stable, while most of the time, constantly updating. It’s only during freeze time it stops noticeably changing. At unfreeze, there is a load at once, but it’s yet to be a real problem for me in like 15y. SID is a bit too bleeding edge for my liking. The Arch and SID guys can be on the front line, that’s fine. I thank them for their service, but I don’t want it quite as interesting as that.
Well, you do you. My Debian Testing install was my only bare metal install that ever broke because of an update (not to say that Arch etc. would have been any better, I just haven’t been using rolling release distros since then).
Slackware in 2026? Didn’t know it was still around
It’s not a “hip” distro but it is very much used, just not talked about.
Yeah, but in my experience it isn’t great. Salix is a lot nicer.
Of course, your mileage may vary. There are definitely still a lot of true slackers out there!
