As I’m moving more to use open source software I would like to start using Linux as my daily. I’ve used Ubuntu and Debian for work but nothing more. Do you have some good distro to recommend?

EDIT: Thanks everyone for the suggestions, they helped a lot

  • Micalet
    41·
    5 years ago

    I love Manjaro, it is arch for human beings.

    I can use arch, but as I do like to “spread the word” Manjaro can be installed in non-techie friends & family computers.

    But whatever you will use you will love it (comparing with your MS WOS experience GNU is heaven).

    My recommendation is to have 2 or more distribution installed in the main computer (I use 100 Gb for each one sharing data partitions), one deb like LMDE linux Mint Debian Edition or UOS / Deepin and other with any Manjaro spin

    Your second one may work as fail-safe, to make some tricky software work, to experiment Desktops Environments and Windows Managers, to change it to distro hop having the main one free of tests to work, and sometimes to switch to that distro that you think is better than yours.

    But I am rare.

      • Micalet
        3·
        5 years ago

        That is not true, last edition ask you to choose, and you can install LibreOffice.

        It is a non-mandatory advertisement if you want, being able to install non FOSS software or even put it as default as Steam is not being against FOSS.

        And of course you always would have Trisquel and pure FSF distributions that do not allow even Nvidia blobs as Debian and derivatives do.

        And being purist there are 2 options or Trisquel and similars or the other ones.

      • Micalet
        2·
        5 years ago

        That is not true, last edition ask you to choose, and you can install LibreOffice.

        It is a non-mandatory advertisement if you want, being able to install non FOSS software or even put it as default as Steam is not being against FOSS.

        And of course you always would have Trisquel and pure FSF distributions that do not allow even Nvidia blobs as Debian and derivatives do.

        And being purist there are 2 options or Trisquel and similars or the other ones.

    • Micalet
      2·
      5 years ago

      Re visit Manjaro or articles about it. You can choose freeoffice - take that as an ad - I never had problems upgrading With debian based ones better reinstall than upgrade the version in my experience. You always can install Trisquel if you want pure FOSS, and unfortunately the others work better, and we choose them more.

      • Micalet
        3·
        5 years ago

        Default configurations are not distros. It seems that Manjaro now support full confinement snaps. This requires apparmor.

        AppArmor is maintained by Canonical, and present in all debian based distros, plus snap compliant ones.

        Critical security patches are not delayed If 2 weeks delay is a security a risk you can choose the testing repository, but you cannot be at the same time a risk for being too bleeding edge and a risk for 2 weeks

        Only arch based distros (or Manajro testing repo) would pass the always up to date barrier.

        So no Ubuntu Debian Fedora or SUSE baed distribution would pass that bar

        AppArmor is newer than SElinux and now is needed to use snaps

        What is unacceptable is to trash talk a distribution, that is doing things so well that others hate it so much because of that with half trues and lies.

        After Ubuntu is the one with more market share, and as Ubuntu has much more share than Debian, Manjaro has more market share than arch. Being both, Debian and Arch wonderful distros, but I do prefer Arch and Manjaro as I love AUR more than PPAs.