I’m the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.

Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I’m nearly done with an IT Security degree.

TL;DR I am a nerd.

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  • I personally don’t like LTS Linux distros because Linux is always changing, and unlike Windows, overwhelming for better. Plus security patches are not always backported because the threat severity of fixed bugs isn’t always properly categorized. I don’t like the following LTS distros: Ubuntu/Mint, Debian, Leap. I also don’t like distros which don’t have good defaults in respect to security hardening. Fedora and openSUSE are my ideal distros.

    For example, I recently installed Mint for an older family member and it has been alright. X.Org kinda sucks and she has encountered buggy behavior with apps crashing or desktop freezing. I personally used the desktop I gave them with openSUSE Tumbleweed and encountered no such issues. I just went with Mint, against my best judgment because it is so widely recommended.

    Since GNOME and KDE Plasma have first-class Wayland support, I basically only recommend those two DEs. I personally like the look of GTK4 apps more than Qt, and GNOME apps over KDE, but the freedom of KDE Plasma is superior.

    The distros I recommend are as follows:

    General Use: Criteria: general purpose, SELinux, modern technologies (Pipewire, Wayland, close to upstream kernel)

    • Fedora Workstation/KDE
    • openSUSE Slowroll/Tumbleweed

    Gaming: Criteria: gaming focus, baby easy install process, modern version of Mesa and kernel, first class Nvidia support

    1. PikaOS (rolling-Debian)
    2. Bazzite (Fedora atomic)
    3. Nobara (Fedora traditional)
    4. CachyOS (Arch Linux)