Hello guys i have a qustion about which distro i should use?

I want to dual boot windows and linux

I just want a safe place away from microsoft eyes to do edit and drawing and other hobbies on my pc. And playing some games like cs2 & 2d games Also the distro run my wallpaper engine Should be popular distro so if i have a problem i can ask about it

Please dont tell me linux mint because i tried it 3 times and everytime i do anything simple the distro goes off and i should re install i won’t give it anymore chances thank you 😖

Edit: thank you guys for typing your suggests. after some search i will give bazzite try and if won’t work like i want. I will go with the other suggests I really enjoyed reading all your suggests

  • RawHex@lemmy.ml
    45·
    2 days ago

    The age old question. You have to understand that Linux the kernel is made in such a way that anything built on top of it will always require way too much from the user. It feels like something made from programmers for programmers, just like how UNIX was designed. No distro will be able to change that. Windows is packed with bandaids to make it behave closer to what users expect, but anything that comes from UNIX has it’s focus in making the code nice, not making ordinary users happy necessarily.

    So picking a distro is entirely a choice on how you wanna interact with the kernel’s interfaces, but they’re still the same interfaces. No pretty UI will change that.

    Just make sure that the distro you choose has a mature community behind it and that packages are being actively maintained. Make sure that if you file a bug report it will get some attention. That’s the only thing you should care about in a distro, everything else is flashy nonsense.

    Edit: Also as you can see by the replies to my comment, Linux is kind of a cult, so beware of that.

    • squaresinger@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 days ago

      Android runs an only slightly modified Linux kernel, and yet the OS requires much less from the user than e.g. Windows or MacOS.

      Chromebooks run a bog-standard Linux kernel and the target audience is kids.

      My car’s entertainment system runs a standard Linux kernel, and the UX is so cut down that PC expertise really doesn’t matter when using it.

      MacOS and iOS, two systems known for their ease of use, both stem from BSD, which comes from Unix.

      The kernel has nothing to do with this.

      In fact, the only mainstream kernel used in user-facing operating systems that doesn’t “come from Unix” is Windows. Everything else is derived either from Linux or BSD, which both are derived from Unix.

      There isn’t even a mainstream phone OS anymore that doesn’t “come from Unix”.

      • RawHex@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 days ago

        If you don’t root your Android, you can barely do anything. The UI on Android hides all of the ugliness of the implementation and that shows up as jarring bugs, which you can do nothing about as an ordinary user. If you use the manufacturer’s stock OS it’s always a horrible experience as well. They also use kernels which are very far from upstream and have a ton of custom proprietary patches. That’s exactly my point regarding flashy nonsense. And that’s exactly what Windows does as well.

        Chromebooks rely on containers and web apps, but once you need to configure your OS, good luck.

        MacOS and iOS rely on the company’s complete control of their hardware, OS and apps. They have the most closed system out there and rely on things not changing too much. They also expect users to pay for every little inconvenience.

        I’ve been using Linux for plenty of years now, I’m a fan, I love the model, I love the way it’s developed, but I also recognize the issues it has. I love programming and going deep in the system, but that’s not what ordinary users necessarily want. That’s just the reality, the kernel is not setup and documented in a way that would allow easy comprehension and configuration. If you don’t have that, then what can a user do when they have to configure the OS and you always need to do that for one reason or another. Companies like Canonical tried to market a model of keeping the system stable and comprehandable, but it never worked out in practice.

    • malin@thelemmy.clubBannedBanned from community
      23·
      2 days ago

      This person has no idea what he’s talking about and his input can be safely disregarded.