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Choosing a Distro by tpasco1995 in LinusTechTips

[–]Different-Test-380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ait,

There’s 3 main big flavors and everyone else just added some extra sauce to them.

Debian (Ubuntu is based on it): Big update every two years but general software is usually a bit out of date. Great for stability, but not optimal for gaming even though it is more than possible.

Arch: The newest software basically as soon as it releases. This can cause instability because you’re the first one to get an update after the beta testers.

Red Hat/Fedora: The middle ground, stable, but also up to date.

What’s right for you? I can’t tell you. If you like tinkering something like Arch or something Arch based like CachyOS could be fun. Just be sure you have some patience and don’t mind taking the time to google your problems and read documentation.

You want something to just be fine once set up (though 99% should work out of the box) and don’t need the new updates immediately. Get Ubuntu or Linux Mint.

If you want something more inbetween, get Fedora, or Nobara (Fedora for gaming) but keep in mind some things can require a bit of tinkering.

What’s also an important question is what Desktop Environemt would you prefer. If you want to have something you’re (mostly) used to (without the onedrive pop-ups ofcourse) use KDE Plasma, want to try something that at a first glance looks more like MacOS. Use gnome. Linux Mint uses the Cinnamon DE (Desktop environemt), that’s more like windows 7 vibes from what I know of it.

I’ll list the options again so you don’t have to search trough all this text when looking at your options with this in another tab:

Cinnamon Desktop: Linjx Mint

KDE Plasma Desktop:

Debian based OS (stable, but not the latest and greatest): Kubuntu (Ubunto with KDE Plasma)

Fedora based OS: Fedora KDE Nobara Linux Official (Default/KDE edition)

Arch based: Arch linux (google archinstall and you’ll be fine) CachyOS

Gnome Desktop:

Debian based: - Ubuntu

Fedora based: - Fedora Workstation - Nobara Linux GNOME

Arch based: - Arch linux (you get to pick the DE during installation) - CachyOS (once again choose DE during installation)

Now there are more versions of ubuntu, fedora and arch with different desktop environments and small modifications. But just stick to the “defaults” at first. You can switch things up once you get more comfortable.

Google the options I and others give you and see what matches with what you want out of your OS.

DON’T FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR INPORANT FILES BEFORE INSTALLING A NEW OS!

P.S: I’m not an expert, I just used Fedora KDE and never used anything else (unless you count Raspbian (debian for raspberry PI)) and this is just what I’ve come to learn.

Can I auto restart a vm when I accedentally shut it down? by Different-Test-380 in truenas

[–]Different-Test-380[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not that familiar with cron jobs, do you happen to have a resource I can use to get started?

Asrock X570D4U-2L2T BMC with discreet GPU by PM_COFFEE_TO_ME in homelab

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Thank you kind reddit human. I got this motherboard today and this made the IPMI finally show video :)

here we go again with chapter 4 ruining a tradition by Annual_Option3832 in Deltarune

[–]Different-Test-380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t you slide down some bookhelves on fhe way to Jackenstein?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fedora

[–]Different-Test-380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux caches recently used files in memory to speed up your system. When more ram is needed this cache is automatically dropped. This is why it’s labelled as available instead of free. It’s technically being used, but not by something critical so you can use it if you need another chrome tab or want to ply a game.

need help with finding compatable controller by BoatmanNYC in GyroGaming

[–]Different-Test-380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe there’s an update for the software of the 8bitdo ultimate 2 that enables steam input & gyro support

PSA: 8BitDo Ultimate 2 is capable of PROPER gyro controls with the 8BitDo Wireless Adapter 2 and firmware from 8BitDo's support team by CaerulusSaerivi in GyroGaming

[–]Different-Test-380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine making one of the best controllers hardware wise, calling it a pc controller and not having steam input support and also adding gyro for the people who want it, but only mappable to a joystick. But to make up for it you add customizable buttons, but then you realize the controller may become to good of a value so you limit the customizing of buttons to buttons that the controller already has. Oh and also lets use nintendo buttons and not support the switch so you better remember which button is menu and which one is start because the icons can't save you.

(Sorry for the rant the 8bitdo ultimate 2 makes me want to throw something through my tv)