Based onUbuntu : PopOS (not so sure about its current state, their cosmic desktop isn’t released yet)
Beginner friendly : Mint, most of gaming distro (cachy might be a bit more advanced )
I do not know much about the current state of snaps, so I won’t recommend Ubuntu and derivatives (kubuntu, Xubuntu…). I guess it is easier to use .deb now, but I can’t call beginner friendly a distro that require terminal or tweaks to change packages you can install on it.
Keep in mind that 1060 will give you a lot of headache for games using DirectX 12. If you can, get an RTX 20 series or GTX 16 series card, or dual boot with Windows.
I recsntly set up my PC again and had fomo when selecting a distro.
First ai helped to choose, just tell it what your requirements are.
Second, its Linux. After the installiert you can do whatever you want with it. Just pick one if the 3 best fitting ones
I am using Bazzite with Gnome as a first linux distro after windows and its been a pretty seamless transition. I did run into some trouble with the bazzite packaged installer so I installed fedora, then rebased to bazzite but since then its been great as a dd.
Thinking about making the move from Pop!_OS. Pop has been good, and it’s not like I need to be on the latest thing, but it’s still on Gnome 42 I think. Pop is starting to feel a bit long in the tooth.
+1 for tumbleweed. Swapped to it from Ubuntu a few years back and it’s been great. Up-to-date everything, very stable, built in recovery just in case the last update had some regressions. Highly recommend
If you want an out of the box ready to game experience with no maintenance, then I suggest Bazzite.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Install a tool called
opiThen run
opi codecsto install the codecs you need.For gaming and having it work out of the box ?
Beginner friendly : Mint, most of gaming distro (cachy might be a bit more advanced )
I do not know much about the current state of snaps, so I won’t recommend Ubuntu and derivatives (kubuntu, Xubuntu…). I guess it is easier to use .deb now, but I can’t call beginner friendly a distro that require terminal or tweaks to change packages you can install on it.
Keep in mind that 1060 will give you a lot of headache for games using DirectX 12. If you can, get an RTX 20 series or GTX 16 series card, or dual boot with Windows.
Yea my laptop is running Linux mint with a 1060 and it’s kinda a pain to run. I just flat out don’t want to use windows at all.
Mint because shit is easily labelled on the programs and shit just works. Tons of info online.
I recsntly set up my PC again and had fomo when selecting a distro. First ai helped to choose, just tell it what your requirements are. Second, its Linux. After the installiert you can do whatever you want with it. Just pick one if the 3 best fitting ones
If you care only about gaming: Bazzite or Nobara.
I am using Bazzite with Gnome as a first linux distro after windows and its been a pretty seamless transition. I did run into some trouble with the bazzite packaged installer so I installed fedora, then rebased to bazzite but since then its been great as a dd.
Rhino. it is a new, but very promising distro, ubuntu based and rolling, which is great for gaming
I’ll try some VMs tonight. Never heard of it
just search ut up on youtube, there are many great summaries about what is it.
Bluefin is nice.
I use it too. I am too old to tinker with my OS, Bluefin has some nice defaults and stuff just works (mostly)
Fedora! It’s great
Thinking about making the move from Pop!_OS. Pop has been good, and it’s not like I need to be on the latest thing, but it’s still on Gnome 42 I think. Pop is starting to feel a bit long in the tooth.
Why? isn’t it 22.4? And five versions old Gnome. Have you tried the new alpha?
I haven’t tried the alpha. Maybe I’ll spin up a VM later.
Its just feeling a little old. Missing out on newer features and more modern looking ui. Nothing critical, just nice to have.
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). It, with Cinnamon, is what I use for my home servers.
Debian get it from the source
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Why not Mint? Just use what you like. It doesn’t matter nearly as much as people say.
Personally I like OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
I think you’re right, but if I don’t ask and see what else is out there I’ll stay stagnant and it isn’t going to help me find anything new.
I’ve been a Linux user for nearly 20 years and my main gaming rig is Mint because it’s convenient and gets out of my way when it’s time to game.
+1 for tumbleweed. Swapped to it from Ubuntu a few years back and it’s been great. Up-to-date everything, very stable, built in recovery just in case the last update had some regressions. Highly recommend