I got rid of my window from my secondary partition(gaming addiction) and now I have a 128 GB m.d. i have been running Linux mint for most of my Linux experience but want to try out something out side the traditional windows setup

I have tried those setups

  • Linux mint xfce
  • Linux mint cinnamon
  • fedora workstation(gnome)
  • fedora silverblue(gnome immutable)
  • fedora kde
  • majaro cinnamon

I would hope for sometimes were the learning curve isn’t too extreme for me(i3 was too much)

  • TackyThump@piefed.europe.pubEnglish
    141·
    10 hours ago

    I’d find a distro to settle on, not a desktop environment. Most distros have most desktop environments. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Debian all ship the major desktop environments. I would simply choose the one that best fits your needs.

    Want to run on the newest software available? Fedora

    Want long-term support for the install and am okay with using slightly older versions of software? Debian

    Don’t care about the software part, and the most ready install out of the box? Go for Ubuntu or Linux Mint

    In terms of desktop software. KDE is the most like Windows, but still far better in my opinion. Gnome is its thing, more similar to a mac, but still not quite the same.

    • Cactus_Head@programming.devOP
      36·
      9 hours ago

      Did you read my post like at all?

      I meant something that breaks the traditional windows environment. Stuff outside xfce , cinnamon and kde. gnome doesn’t work for me on keyboard and mouse. I want a distro to mess around with, not distro to settle on, i am fine on linux mint as is, just wanted to try a distro as a side hobby

      • TackyThump@piefed.europe.pubEnglish
        61·
        9 hours ago

        I’d still find a distro to settle on, not a desktop environment.

        What desktop environment do you want to try that you can’t find on Debian, Fedora or Ubuntu?