what are the best "second distro" for people who tried linux mint and want to try something else now?Zorin? Manjaro? Puppy? Trisquel? Debian? Pop?
>>108006393>and want to try something else nowI heard knitting is good
>>108006393No one size fits all hands. What are you personally looking for in a Linux distro?
>>108006393Slackware
I suggest asking it on >>108005178
>>108006393Unless you have a problem with Mint, there's no point in distrohopping.If your goal is to learn how to configure a Linux system without Mint's pre-config, Arch, Slackware and Linux From Scratch are good choices for that.
>>108006393From my experience, I stared with zorin and toy around with every desktop mode, then I tried damm small linux, puppy linux, and manjaro. At the end of my rope I installed mint (mate) and my life changed. Right now I use winbugs 10 'cause i need it for work, and microsoft basically steal every feature I liked about linux.
>>108006421mostly just curious to see if there's something I'm missing out on by picking the most commonly promoted one. I'm looking for something that's stable and unlikely to give me issues if a regular old retard uses it regularly, if that narrows it down.>>108006513I don't like /flgt/, they tend to ignore most questions from nobodies
>>108006564>mostly just curious to see if there's something I'm missing out on by picking the most commonly promoted oneDo you miss something?
I JUST WENT FROM LINUX MINT(10 YEARS) TO ENDEAVOUROS (ARCH)I year in, I am still loving the upgrade. KDE Plasma looks superb! And the apps repository of Arch has EVERYTHING. If you go for EndeavourOS or vanilla Arch, BAUH (is the best GUI app manager I found)
>>108006575not something specific, I just know I haven't explored all my options yet and I'm looking for another direction to go in with advice from people who know more than me about the subject.
>>108006393install gentoo
>>108006692you need fedora immutable with Flatpak only you won't want to go back afterwards
>>108006599>just went>1 year inhmmmm
>>108006564The feature I appreciate most about Linux is that you can do almost everything with the keyboard. But you don't have to install a different distro for that, just install vimium, i3/sway and Doom Emacs.
>>108006393Why not try the PuppyOs?
>>108006393Use Arch use the install script. Or just use cachyos.You'll learn more with default arch and it has loads of support online (has a whole dedicated wiki) and it's great for gaming.
>>108006692I mean... It's a distro. All of them are pretty much the same.
>>108006564>stable and unlikely to give me issues if a regular old retard uses it regularly, if that narrows it down.Yeah, that helps, try Big Sur.
I'm beginning to think nobody on here actually uses linux
>>108006393>>108006692What you're probably looking for is really just fucking around with different desktop environments rather than the underlying operating system. From the average normie usecase you won't notice a difference when the shit under the hood changes.If you wanna stay in the retard proof "just works" tier of distros try fedora with either gnome or kde. If you wanna fuck around with tiling window managers try installing i3/sway/hyprland or whatever else catches your eye.
>>108006393Nigger linux nigger edition (it's niggerlicious)
>>108006393My second distro was Arch
>>108006393What's your usecase? Are you familiar with the terminal? Do you want to get familiar with the terminal?
>>108006393windows 10
>>108006527I have a problem with mint, it's ugly and the Devs are massively incompetent.
>>108006564> I don't like /flgt/, they tend to ignore most questions from nobodiesTrue, there’s like a weird tranny clique thing going on there.
This is kind of like asking "hey guys I bought all these tools to build a table and it went great, I had everything I needed and now I have a table too! what tools should I buy next?"I know you want to see what you're missing, but if there were some universal thing that everyone wanted but some distros lacked, those distros would just integrate that thing. There really is no one general answer. Tell us what you use your computer for, what you like doing, what you like about Mint, and what you don't like about Mint.
>>108006564>unlikely to give me issues if a regular old retard uses it regularlyYou have the wrong mindset, fren. You should tinker and mess with itand poke at it trying to understand stuff until it breaks. Then you buke it and distrohop to another distro randomly and do it again. You'll learn what theh do differently and what they do the same. The good and the bad of which one, the trade-offs. Make sure you keep your data backed up and try to break it. Also, don't jump from Mint to Ubuntu or Debian as they're too close and you'll learn less.My journey:(from Windoes XP)UbuntuFedoraArchMint (sharing laptop with normalfag gf who used for basic college stuff)CentosOpenPepePlayed with Nix a whileSpend some years working with Windows and too tired when got home to play with LinuxNow I installed Fedora XFCE because I know I don't care much about anything else it just werks well enough for all I care. I'm eyeing Slackware on a VM to play around with and maybe afterwards install Gentoo for the meme. Or BSD.
>>108006393>Need more and it has to be cutting edge but breaks sometimeArch.>Need less and want it to be stableDebian.The only real options once you leave the normalfag trying Linux options.
>>108007881>>108009019Thanks for the well-thought-out advice
>>108006393Debian or Fedora, everything else is a bit pointless
