• PropaGandalf@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Basically, you should choose your distro according to the available UIs (DesktopEnvironments) as well as the philosophy and back-end configuration of the distribution.

    UI (desktop environments):

    • KDE (Windows like)
    • Gnome (MacOS like)
    • XFCE (very barebones, windows like)
    • Cinnamon (also windows like)
    • CosmicDE (comming soon, mix of KDE and Gnome)


    Distros:

    • Fedora: very stable yet a very progressive philosophy (usually implement major changes first). Comes in Gnome, KDE and other variants (spins)
    • PopOS!: “Just works” distro, great for NVidia cards. Currently still using Gnome but will soon switch to CosmicDE.
    • ArcoLinux: If you want something beginner-friendly but want to be able to change everything later. Extremely flexible, comes in many flavours like Gnome, KDE, …
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      10 months ago

      Nobara is Fedora with some additions that make it easier for new users to stay in point and click mode and have more things working out of the box…