Back again haha, I asked a little while ago about making the switch from Windows to Linux and general consensus was maybe don’t, as I use my PC for work doing voice acting, music production, and digital art.

Anyway, my PC has been crashing lately so I may be at the point soon of re-installing my OS, so I may as well bite the bullet if/when that happens. Right now I’m making some backups, making a list of Linux programs I’ll need, and just trying to get my ducks in a row so I’m not scrambling if I wake up one morning and have to do the thing. Which brings me to Distros.

I’ve done some research into it but already but there are a bunch of options (thinking maybe Bazzite or Fedora?), and I’d rather know what I’m going with if my PC dies so I don’t have to waste time trying to figure it out then. My PC specs are:

Processor 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Obviously the priority is to get up and running but I’d really like to use a distro that I can learn some as well. I’ve installed Mint on an old laptop (recommended for being similar to Windows) but ideally I’d like a distro that’s a bit more Linux-y. I’m ok taking some extra time getting up and running, though I’m not at a point for something like Arch yet haha.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    20 hours ago

    There’s TWMs which to me is what makes the linux experience, but those aren’t for beginners and I wouldn’t recommend you start with that

    Gnome has an extension called PaperWM, and it’s a fantastic middle ground between common stacking WMs and tiling WMs. It’s probably most similar to River WM. I use it, and it’s been a game changer.

    FYI, if you want to help get people on the tiling bandwagon!

    • TabbsTheBat@pawb.social
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      20 hours ago

      I started with pop!_os and their pop_shell on GNOME which also has tiling, and that’s been fun :3…

      At the moment pop is on the bench for me in terms of distro recommendations tho, cause of their work on COSMIC making it a bit behind, and possibly a bit unstable in the future

      (Though COSMIC will be replacing TWMs for me, as it’s imo a nice fresh spin on tiling with the window groups, which to me makes it the smoothest tiling experience even in the current alpha)

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
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        20 hours ago

        Same. I have my eye on Cosmic and will likely be hopping over, since I’ve essentially set up Gnome to work a lot like Cosmic