I used Ubuntu once a few years ago but had compatability issues so I went back to windows. Not a great programmer but I’d like to learn. I’m not looking to do much gaming beyond DOOM2 and factorio. Mostly looking for privacy and a way to get back into programming (I have this pipe dream of learning Assembly). I’m not to particular on UI, I can use whatever.

Edit: https://distrochooser.de for anyone who stumbles upon this post with the same question

  • heleos@lemm.ee
    5·
    9 months ago

    I’ve been using arch for years, but finally removed my windows install a week ago and ended up on opensuse tumbleweed. It’s rolling release like arch (so there’s never a need to reinstall or have a big update once a year) and it has some extra fail-safes for when updates go wrong (there’s an automated QA that tries to find package breaks before they’re pushed for updates, and they have a tool called snapper that let’s you revert back to a working state if you run into problems)

    • Fjor@lemm.ee
      1·
      9 months ago

      I really liked OpenSuse when I tried it, but personally want slower releases. Very glad to hear that they just released the new Slowroll distro regarding this. Might have to switch back now… 😅

      • heleos@lemm.ee
        3·
        9 months ago

        I like bleeding edge (or leading edge as they call it), but leap is their slower release distro