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Ask HN: Done with macOS: to which Linux distro are you going?
With all the MacOS shenanigans people suggest linux as an alternative.
- sawaruna 7y agoDepends what you need to do I guess. For ‘normal’ usage I like Solus.
- bristleworm 7y agoPersonally I like Manjaro and Mint a lot. If you want something that feels familiar after using macOS, you maybe should try Elementary OS: https://elementary.io/ https://elementary.io/
- da-x 7y agoChoose a distro that doesn't have middle-men between the packages you use and upstream open source. Like Fedora or Debian. For what I mean by middle-men, I'll give a counter-example: Kubuntu, that is based on Ubuntu, that is based on Debian, that is based on upstream projects. I think that these chains add unnecessary complication to all parties. I recommend Fedora due to the superb packaging done by the Fedora community (and supported by Red Hat giant). And if you like a desktop environment like KDE, you can just install it, or start straight from their KDE Plasma Desktop spin.
- karmakaze 7y agoNot a good example. Kubuntu uses the same package repository as Ubuntu just installing different desktop packages. Also Ubuntu is used much more than Debian so its packages get more in-the-field testing. Xubuntu is my standard default or Ubuntu with LXDE for mobile tablet-sized laptop.