I’d say you’re first job is to determine what you don’t want. Google the differences between distros and pick the philosophy you like. Some have corporate backing, some favor stability, some stay cutting edge, some are more community developed, etc.

I started with Bazzite (Fedora) and switched to Garuda (Arch). What got me to each was researching “best gaming Linux” and later deciding I didn’t want immutability.

I mainly just wanted it to work right out of the box, but now that I have it I also love that Arch is always keeping me up to date. There is still a lot of fear mongering about Arch, but Garuda was just as easy as Bazzite, which is recommended for beginners all the time.

I think Garuda is amazing, and recommend it wholeheartedly, but no matter what you choose there will be some learning curve, so pick something that sounds cool to you so you stay motivated to figure it out.

I use Garuda, it’s Arch and is just as easy as Bazzite.

I use Garuda. Yes, it’s Arch based, but it’s also all set up for gaming and newbie friendly. I started on Bazzite, then switched to Garuda, it’s just as easy.

We have passed the point where it has to be complicated. If you choose something like Garuda, Bazzite, or Mint, it should be a pretty straightforward switch.

No, that’s Garuda.

Also gaming focused, also super easy, not so locked down it won’t let you change your login background, also has great Nvidia support. Arch.

Yes, but you also don’t need a minority ruling class to treat everyone under their control as a disposable resource in order to be able to have money and buy things.

Instead of a system where money is power, let’s craft one where people have power. We do that by regulating away the capitalists.

“But other people who tried that ended up with despots!” Yes, well, despots will always try to take control, let’s build a society that doesn’t let them.

It amazes me how many people just think capitalism means earning money and owning things and don’t realize it is about having a minority ownership class that literally uses everyone else as a disposable resource.

Just remember, the only way to get a consistent experience across all users is to design to the least common denominator. In this case that means designing for a program that runs in an Internet browser.

That’s why the more advanced features have been disappearing over time. That’s why the older versions start having weird problems. That’s why they are dumbing everything down and making it less powerful… so it can run in edge.

Yes, Bazzite was my first. Immutability sounds great in theory but it wouldn’t let me change my login screen background and wouldn’t explain why. I bricked my drive permissions trying to get access and had to reformat.

That got me looking for alternatives and I learned about immutability and found Garuda, which let me do whatever I wanted, was also gaming focused, and has great helper applications.

How about insurance company employees who would be out of a job with universal health care?

What about all of the manual weavers put out of work by the power loom?

This happens with advancement. Grow up. “Someone might lose a job” is a terrible reason to perpetuate a murderous system.

I’ve used both Bazzite and Garuda. Both have an Nvidia install, both are gamer focused, and both have been easy.

Bazzite was immutable, which I ended up not liking.

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All your points are valid, but I’m not going to put in 3rd party hardware and their default slicer seems great to me. There’s a group of users for who this is all more or less not an issue.

My Bambu had also been soooo easy. So there’s that.

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I tried Bazzite first and switched to Garuda after. Both were easy and good for gaming.

Garuda is a gaming focused Arch distro. Super easy and works great. It’s what I switched to after Bazzite.

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I use the xfce version and it’s pretty bare bones. Other than a background image I replaced, it didn’t have any annoying UI stuff in it. It still runs all the gaming stuff just fine out of the box.

If anyone likes Bazzite but doesn’t want the immutability, Garuda is also gamer focused and easy.