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Linux suggestion (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 days ago by Cris16228@lemmy.today to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm currently looking for a new OS, coming from KDE neon and I like it, but the fact I have to FUCKING restart because someone decided to push an OS update that broke my previous install, now the OS freezes my whole PC (never did before!) and I have to restart.

I'm looking for good apps support so Debian? Idk Using it for daily usage (Android/games development) and gaming.

I'm also looking for:

Wobbly windows (yes useless but cool lol)
Good customization
KDE connect support (a must)
Krunner or equivalent (MacOS like search)
Idk?

Thank you!

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Atomic distros were created to solve exactly that problem. I like Bazzite because it also has seamless background updates (among other reasons).

I'm looking for good apps support so Debian?

Any Debian fork will run .deb packages. But plain Debian is just very vanilla and will be missing a lot of stuff you'll probably want.

Wobbly windows (yes useless but cool lol) Good customization KDE connect support (a must) Krunner or equivalent (MacOS like search)

These are all going to be features of the DE, and you can install any DE on any distro (AFAIK).

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I tried Bazzite as my first try with Linux for a while and liked it; it was super easy. I didn't like that the immutability went so far as to lock me out of some parts of the OS that I thought should be open, like lock screen customization.

Now I am on Garuda Arch and it has been really easy too.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I meant Debian based OS

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I see. Deb is definitely the most package-friendly.

GNOME combines Mac's "stage manager" and "spotlight" into a single function activated by the Super key (windows key/command). It's really excellent and probably my favorite thing about GNOME.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stage manager?

Yes, I prefer deb because its easier for me to install stuff

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Stage Manager is the one where it zooms out to show all of your open windows and switch between them.