I’m trying to figure out primary distro for framework 16. Currently using fedora for about year. I’ve package installation automated through ansible so technically using new distro is not big hassle still want to see if there is any other way of easily distro-hoping on bare metal.
I’m long time user of Ubuntu and now pop os so that’s one option and other is bazzite (or similar immutable). I would like to try at least those 2.
tldr: try the Qubes distro
HUGE disclaimer: The hibernate/sleep function doesn’t quite work on qubes on my framework and can freeze the computer. My framework is from 2020 so I just removed the old battery and basically power on and off the laptop every time I move it. It’s at home on my desk most of the time but can be REALLY ANNOYING for traditional laptop use cases.
I would recommend qubes. I love it and run it on my framework 13 b/c I can run multiple virtual machines of different distros at once, and also partition my personal, work, amd different hobbies into different “qubes” (vms).
The different distros I do run through qubes all use xfce so you dont quite get the full feeling of trying new distros through its vms. I do recommend trying the qubes distro in general though esp if you’re comfortable with linux and you’re interested in a distro that partitions out your hobbies/pc-uses.
Thanks. Adding qubes to the list. I may not use it for trying distro but separating workflow is good idea.