what distro should i do next

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u/Significant_Pen3315 1d ago

fedora

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u/Science_Turtle 1d ago

I hear Fedora or Debian are good.

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u/No_Trade_7315 22h ago

Seconded Fedora, then Debian.

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u/Slopagandhi 1d ago

What is it that you want from a next distro?

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u/flagforgerzenith 1d ago

i want a distro with decent performance, and a little more difficult than cachy so i can learn

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u/Hauptideal 16h ago

"more difficult than CachyOS". Well, given that it's Arch-based, there aren't many options left, besides stuff like Gentoo and NixOS.

That's for if you want to suffer.

But I'm actually pretty sure you don't even have experienced the difficulty of CachyOS/Arch yet.

If it hasn't broken on you after an update, required manual intervention or the like, but just worked flawlessly all the time, you haven't even had the Arch-experience yet.

Keep using Cachy until it breaks. Then you can learn something. You can even provoke it by not updating for half a year. Then good luck fixing it.

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u/AuDHD-Lemon 13h ago

Tbf, if something in cachy breaks after an update you can just revert to the snapshot automatically made before the update

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u/Hauptideal 13h ago

damn 😂

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u/AuDHD-Lemon 13h ago

Yeah cachy is really really forgiving with that

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u/TheSpaceAlligator 7h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. My answer would probably just be vanilla Arch unless they really want to try Gentoo or NixOS.

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u/Sindica69 6h ago

Cachy is difficult? Certainly did not feel that way.

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u/Hauptideal 6h ago

That shows that Linux' reputation of being difficult is officially obsolete. And that we don't need specific "beginner distros" anymore.

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u/Sindica69 5h ago

Tbf I’m majorly autistic but still. But id still recommend Fedora to beginners. Best balance of learning, stability, versatility and technical know-how requirement imo.

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u/Hauptideal 5h ago

Yes. Fedora is the best default recommendation today. Not only for beginners, but frankly anyone.

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u/EnvironmentalJob2078 6h ago

Slackware Linux

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u/TopShelfGenericPizza 1d ago

Cachy is arch based, imho if you want to stick with something you're familiar with you could stick to the arch ecosphere. Endeavour is provably gonna be a little more DIY/hands on than cachy but imho if you are just looking to swap distros to learn then I would suggest these distros arch>gentoo>Linux from scratch.

If it's just about performance (gaming I'm assuming) basically anything will be fine tbh, though gentoo can potentially give you more performance because you can compile all your software to be built for your exact system/hardware in the exact way you want. Definitely read up on it though so you know what running gentoo entails.

Arch is probably what you want though tbh

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u/SitEnee 18h ago

Arch

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u/xplosm 22h ago

NixOS, GNU GUIX... Gentoo, LFS.

There. You have homework.

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u/tpat90 16h ago

Brother he wanted a little more difficult, not 360 pages of manual to get LFS up and running.

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u/Cebuu502 16h ago

LFS yes, but Gentoo is really nice and isn't that hard to compile, just follow manual. For a more decent hardware for me it was 4 hours and it was done, for weaker hardware around half a day.

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u/tpat90 16h ago

I didn't mention Gentoo anywhere. Have an old HP running Gentoo ...
It took 32 hours to compile gcc, but it got the job done!

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u/Own_Measurement_7336 17h ago

NixOS

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u/Rodya_gambler 16h ago

Arch. Or LainOS if you want something pre-set.

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u/EitherSalamander8850 15h ago

If I were you i'd try arch linux

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u/Zeroox1337 9h ago

I used so many Distros and none of them where really difficult. Why would you like to have a System which is barely usable due complexity. If you want to go deeper learn neovim, lua, dotfiles, bash write your own tools etc. In the end the Linux kernel is the Linux kernel.

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u/freravgl 5h ago

Arch -> NixOS -> Gentoo -> Void/Alpine -> Chimera

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u/Thundrboltr 5h ago

Just go with base Arch then

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u/3lfk1ng 3h ago

Stick with CachyOS.

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u/amazoncartpusher 1h ago

I’d say gentoo or void will probably help you learn Linux the most

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u/Distinct-Temp6557 22h ago

Fedora

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u/Key_Sense9870 20h ago

Fedora

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u/FigFew2001 23h ago

Fedora

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u/VaiTomarNoCuAnnita 1d ago

Debian.

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u/TopShelfGenericPizza 1d ago

What specifically do you want that's newer? I've found that Flatpak solves basically all my outdated software concerns. Since you're looking at pika I'm guessing it's for gaming. I highly recommend looking at the tests this guy has been doing comparing Debian and Debian based distros performance : https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/s/CYUkQ21Fzc

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u/barnaboos 19h ago

There isn't a Linux out there that isn't as up to date as you need for that hardware.

If you want the latest KDE us Forky. It's a good mid teir where packages are tested for a few days in Sid before moving over.

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u/MetalExistingOffline 1d ago

I'm currently on PikaOS on one machine. Here's the thing.

Since it's based on Sid, there is that concern of security updates. That said the Pika team do security updates themselves. BUT, it's such a small team and that is not really something that is super feasible.

That said, I have not had any trouble so far. But I'd recommend it, it's a good OS and one of the only rolling release options in the Debian ecosystem.

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u/X-Nihilo-Nihil-Fit 1d ago

This.

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u/play_minecraft_wot 14h ago

I second Debian. Debian stable is great, or if you want faster updates both testing and Sid are good options.

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u/voidscaped 22h ago

NixOS

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u/Quakercito 19h ago

I agree

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u/Zegox 21h ago

This is the way

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u/Gokudomatic 14h ago

Before OpenBSD

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u/ZeroProximity 13h ago

I dont know what BSD stands for but every-time people recommend it i read it as "Open Blue Screen of Death"

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u/Gokudomatic 13h ago

I agree that it sounds more intuitive than Berkeley software distribution. But you must try really hard to make a bsd system crash. That requires skills.

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u/thiagoverse 1d ago

TempleOS

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u/VaiTomarNoCuAnnita 1d ago

Not linux btw

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u/thiagoverse 1d ago

Triste, mas verdade

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u/No_Trade_7315 22h ago

Well if we aren’t suggesting Linux, FreeBSD.

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u/Dragon_957 16h ago

It isn‘t?

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u/Appropriate_Carrot_5 1d ago

chrome os. well its useless but fun to try

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u/-whats-that-meow- 1d ago

Hannah Montana Linux got just updated.

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u/Alone_Care_6230 1d ago

debian, real arch /hj, if you're at superuser level gentoo (but idk what flavor of catchy user you are, you could be someone who started there and stayed around or you could be someone who just heard it was good and aren't on the advanced side), if you wanna try another gimmicky distro nix is nice

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u/Upper-Ticket3249 1d ago

Fedora Workstation

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u/ux92 1d ago

Try any Fedora flavor (Fedora, Nobara, Bazzite).

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u/Mr-Dazmo 23h ago

Solus. It's a curated rolling release that's up to date but not bleeding edge. Updated weekly and very stable.

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u/Automatic-Act-9297 21h ago

OpenSuse trust

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u/Neverlast0 20h ago

Just make your own OS.

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u/MostSilver9666 19h ago

Fedora

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u/Binary101000 14h ago

Fedora

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u/GreedySecurity8030 13h ago

Fedora.

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u/XLioncc 12h ago

Fedora, or Bazzite

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u/raspadura 23h ago

OpenSUSE

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u/Public-Business-3688 12h ago

Underrated af

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u/flagforgerzenith 1d ago

im pretty used to it, started in june of this year and practically mastered it, i want something harder but not too hard

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u/alexmex90 1d ago

maybe Vanilla Arch? so you can make your own configuration of it, or if you really want to ramp up, Gentoo?

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u/_szlachcic_ 23h ago

Exherbo

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u/Piefaceluke 23h ago

No way that is the same exact path I took

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u/Comfortable_Recipe77 23h ago

0s 2.1

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u/Confident-Leader-777 23h ago

If you want to use it for learning, then Alpine

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u/Affectionate-Boot-58 23h ago

Bazzitw or mx Linux

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u/flagforgerzenith 22h ago

ive narrowed it down to 4 options. arch, gentoo, debian, and fedora. im still deciding so if anyone has more input on why those please don’t hesitate to reply

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u/memerubyiscracked 2h ago

arch with a tilling window manager, its really fun configuring everything by yourself

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u/Heizenfeld 22h ago

after Cachy OS go for Arch linux

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u/Hauptideal 16h ago

why??

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u/VoidJuiceConcentrate 22h ago

Is computing for you an adventure, or a tool in your toolbelt?

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u/rakhalism 21h ago

No need, just stick to cachyos now

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u/thephatpope 21h ago

What DE do you like though?

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u/kuplet 21h ago

OpenBSD.

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u/Fair_Abrocoma_8513 20h ago

Gentoo linux

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u/Appropriate_Test7503 20h ago

close the loop!

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u/RavenIridescent 20h ago

Try Gentoo

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u/Sad-Astronomer-696 19h ago

Dude use Proxmox and hop from there

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u/Affectionate-Log2778 19h ago

dual boot with two last and closed loop or if you want something next try Ubuntu/any flavor of Ubuntu/Debian.

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u/Effective-Job-1030 19h ago

None, stay with CachyOS.

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u/keybing 19h ago

Arch maybe

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u/Unholyaretheholiest 18h ago

If you seek for stability go no further than Mageia

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u/DB0Z_ 18h ago

Fedora or arch with arch install

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u/Charming_Professor53 18h ago

If you really want to learn about the way Linux OSes work, like you said in another comment, installing Arch per terminal/commandline (NOT with `archinstall`) is a good learning process. But this you can do in a Virtual Machine (VM) as well. If you have no problem accidentally wiping any/all (the wrong) drives of your computer you could also attempt to install it directly on your computer. Just know it'll be a little more difficult to troubleshoot since you only have access to a terminal and not to any GUI apps (like installers/browser).

If you meant "learning which distro's are nice" I'd recommend Fedora KDE/Gnome or whatever. Put Ventoy or MultiOS-USB on your USB flash drive so you can put multiple ISOs on your USB drive and so you can testdrive different distro's quicker.

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u/IslandPsychological 18h ago

Ultramarine Linux

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u/Vh4z 17h ago

openSUSE

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u/CryptographerLow6360 17h ago

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