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I just started to distro-hop again to find the flavor of Linux I like. My current plan is to use a lightweight but slick distro for day-to-day stuff, to maximiz
by TheBozzCL 2y ago
I just started to distro-hop again to find the flavor of Linux I like. My current plan is to use a lightweight but slick distro for day-to-day stuff, to maximize battery life, plus GPU pass-through to a VM for gaming. If I don’t get that to work, I’ll just dual boot.
Any distro recommendations for a good small-footprint distro? So far Void, Sparky and Manjaro have caught my eye. If I decided to commit to gaming in Linux, I’d choose Pop!_OS though, just for the great nVidia driver support.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoIf you really want to minimize the footprint, Alpine Linux is amazing. Be forewarned that it has some sharp edges by virtue of being very different from most distros (musl, busybox, openrc). But like, I run it on my desktop and it's perfectly fine. Even runs the Steam flatpak with only minor effort; that was my main gaming rig for a good long while.
- TheBozzCL 2y agoOh, I hadn’t even considered Alpine… I need to add it to my Ventoy drive.
- timbit42 2y agoLinux Mint