I’m currently on Win11 but I’m getting that familiar Linux itch and want to dual boot a while again. I tend to gravitate towards Ubuntu simply because it’s so big and well supported by most things.

I’ve run Arch in the past but I’ve gotten too old and lazy for that if I’d be completely honest. I have played with manjaro and endeavour though… and opensuse tumbleweed, rolling is kind of nice.

Not sure what I’d try out first this time so I figured I’d get some inspiration from you guys!

  • hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Mint Cinnamon. Things generally work put of the box. There’s the occasional weird config mess to get into but it’s Linux.

    • Bucket_of_Truth@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      The standalone Nvidia driver install panel makes installing the right gpu drivers a breeze.

      The only problem I ran into is that it won’t boot with my main monitor (1440p 165hz) plugged in. I have to use my secondary monitor (4k 60hz) to install the OS and Nvidia drivers first, then shutdown and plug in the main monitor and everything works on the next boot.

    • BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I use Cinnamon too. It’s fairly polished and can delve into Ubuntu or Debian when missing something you really want. I find the Nvidia drivers are easy to set up and maintain, and Steam works reasonably well (I have had a few quirks but nothing that I couldn’t resolve).