• PropaGandalf@lemmy.world
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    1 year 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, …