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Skipping those I've already used

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/42673820

Looking for suggestions besides Kubuntu, KDE Neon, Debian, Arch Linux, or Kali.

Would be on a modest Dell Latitude with i5, 14" 1080p display with intel graphics, and maybe 16gb ram. I have previous experience with XFCE, Ratpoison, Openbox, KDE Plasma. Recently started trying out LXQT.

      • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
        2·
        18 hours ago

        there’s a stable release 15.0 released in 2022 and -current rolling release that’s up to date for everything. i recommend -current for desktop/laptops.

        there’s not much automated tools like other distros, but the system itself is extremely simple and well documented. many tools in the system (package manager, init, etc) are all simple shell scripts.

        there’s also distros that are based on slackware like salix, could be easier as it comes with apt-get afaik

        • kiol@discuss.onlineOP
          1·
          17 hours ago

          Cool, so you are on the rolling release. Does it do everything you want as a daily driver?

          • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
            1·
            15 hours ago

            yes, i prefer it over other distros mainly because of its low complexity. tried gentoo recently but the toolings felt too complex for me. the package repository is a bit small so you might have to compile some from source.