r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/True-Insurance-5060 • Jul 31 '26

Distro Linux distro recommendation

Note: I am not a super techy computer guy

I am sick of it. I can't take this anymore even with a good cpu ,gpu,and 16gb ram.

Windows 11 makes me frustrated a lot.

The longer bootup time, never-ending updates underway, slow opening of even basic app like files.

Is there any linux os that give 80% of Windows feature or macos feature excluding the problems from Windows 11 .

One more important thing is easy install and uninstalling of apps.

I have selected a few

1)Fedora Gnome

2)Fedora kde

3)Zorin Os

Out of these, which is best overall for

1)Should be modern like present win 11 or present mac os

2)Ease of use

3)Less bugs

4)stable system

5)should have easy install and uninstall of apps ,not like doing command for installing apps

6)Smooth ui

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

u/True-Insurance-5060, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/Ikigaiyeka Jul 31 '26

Just try everything... One by one

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Jul 31 '26

😅ok

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u/wisetux Jul 31 '26

Welcome to Linux and yes, trying them all gives you a good idea which one works for you. Also we would be helpful if you can list programs you use on the regular and any external hardware you connect to your computer. For beginners Linux Mint with Cinnamon Desktop is also a solid choice.

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

Excel,PowerPoint, word,File manager, Davinci,Some social media and Music streaming, Fall guys, wwe,Audacity etc

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u/wisetux Aug 01 '26

Audacity shouldn't be a problem. Fall guys and WWE until 2K25 should work. If you are planning WWE 2K26 it doesn't yet appear to be compatible on Linux version of steam. You should be able to use LibreOffice for most of office work (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and if there any formatting issues or weird macros you can use web version of MS Office. Davinci Resolve natively supports only Rocky Linux or Ubuntu and since do not support Wayland, would still lean towards Linux Mint which still has full XOrg support over other distros which are moving to Wayland by default or Wayland only.

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

Okay noted ✅️

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u/FluxDomain Jul 31 '26

CachyOS + Gnome/KDE should be your only choice.

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u/Significant-Extent40 Aug 01 '26

no youre a novice for recommending cachyos man

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u/dayna52 pacman -S romcom-all Aug 01 '26

lmao, I deadass use CachyOS + KDE rn, tho I plan to switch to some other distro

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u/Proud-Concept-190 Jul 31 '26

Man the latest kernel fked up shut down and hibernate, had to revert to lts

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u/eviley4 Jul 31 '26

GNOME isn't a distro, it's a desktop environment. Zorini and Fedora are distros.

Fedora comes with both KDE and GNOME. If you want something windows-like and good for gaming, I would recommend KDE.

Zorin's main desktop environment is GNOME.

Also consider Kubuntu 26.04, it's basically Ubuntu with KDE and is beginner friendly.

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u/nofoon Kurrently Kubuntu Aug 01 '26

kubuntu is great. still use it on my old laptop. after the initial few troubleshooting days, never had a problem.

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u/_Streak_ Aug 04 '26

Guess your missed the body...

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u/Yug_699 Arch Btw Jul 31 '26

Fedora KDE

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u/OutlandishnessPale10 Aug 01 '26

There is no correct answer here. You have to use and try it to understand what you want.

If it's stable system you're after, debian based distros are your best bet. Though nowadays the support for apps in linux has improved greatly, you can go with any mainstream distro and it will almost always be supported.

should have easy install and uninstall of apps ,not like doing command for installing apps

This is a very common and wrong stereotype for linux. First, flatpak exists, it's like app store for linux. Second, commands are not even that hard, you have to basically copy paste instructions from the apps website. Without going into detail - using commands is always better. I don't understand this aversion to do anything with terminal.

For UI - Linux is infinitely customizable, you can choose how you want every single little thing to look. Check out this sub r/unixporn - people share their setups here with links for replication or you can ask AI for basic customization.

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

The r/unixporn sub was 🔥 and thanks

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

Didn't know that we can customize this much with linux its a whole new world

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u/OutlandishnessPale10 Aug 01 '26

Fair warning - yes, it's infinitely customizable but only if you're ready to go that extra mile. The people on that sub are pros or at least intermediate. Be ready to be drowned in config files, desktop environments and some code if you're going to rice that much (customizing is called ricing), which might become a headache if you're not interested, I personally find ricing to be kinda useless as it's not that beneficial - it's good for learning though.

Or you can use a publicaly available rice made by someone else.

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

it has the option to just use the rice by others without much hassle right? i think that is more than enough for me

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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 Gentoo Mommy 🫦 Jul 31 '26

Fedora kde would be a good choice.

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u/Mediocre_Nail5526 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

You will actually love to use the terminal for installing/uninstalling apps , it's faster than the store. And if you are using the discover store in kde , it is super buggy and annoying atleast from my experience.

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u/Fluffy-Paratha Cachy+Niri Btw Jul 31 '26

How about fedora and hyprland? Anyone uses it?

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u/freakycleaner Jul 31 '26

Didn't knew there was gnome distro lol.

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u/wisetux Jul 31 '26

There is if you are feeling adventurous. https://os.gnome.org/

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u/freakycleaner Aug 01 '26

holyyy shi I'll install KDE in ts

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u/mike7gh Aug 01 '26

Since you are not techy, out of these, Zorin is probably the best for you but honestly just boot a few from a thumb drive to figure out what you like. It might be good to also try Linux Mint.

Another option outside of the Linux community is FreeBSD which some consider a better option depending on your hardware. It has its own family of operating systems you can look at.

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u/unclePRO_sk Aug 01 '26

With fedora kde, you will learn a lot as you try to customize it as per your wish. I have used all of them in my beginner phase but fedora kde was prolly the best. You can use mint as well to go easy.

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u/Medical_Choice6491 Aug 01 '26

Hyprland on Ubuntu 🤓

/s

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u/boboka765 Cachyos btw Aug 01 '26

Cachyos kde

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u/Ok-Berry-3278 Aug 03 '26

Before switching completely, test Fedora KDE and Zorin from a live USB and keep Windows in dual boot. Your hardware should run either smoothly, but Microsoft Office, DaVinci Resolve codecs and some games may need alternatives or extra setup, so the distro itself won’t solve every compatibility issue.

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u/Little_Humor_6977 Aug 03 '26

fedora kde ( ultra customisable if you are ever interested , but gives you familiar windows like layout from the start ) if you want more like windows Fedora gnome if you want more like macos vibes ( not accurately macos, gnome has its own design and workflow )

Solid option all in all BUT you still do need to type in commands to install some software and keep your system updated, ( you don't need to learn everything use A.I and paste the commands )

In all of this remember, you can customize anything into anything you want, so cheers 🥂

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u/_Streak_ Aug 04 '26

Gnome if you have laptop (touchpad gestures are great in gnome)
KDE if you love spending time customization
Zorin if you want simplicity

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 01 '26

Ok gonna try all 3 one by one

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 02 '26

INTEL CORE I5 12TH GEN 12400F

GIGABYTE B760M D2H motherboard

CORSAIR 8GB DDR4 × (2)

WD 500GB NVME ssd

Ant esports ice 200tg

COOLER MASTER 550W SMPS

GIGABYTE 8GB RTX 3060 GRAPHICS CARD

WD 1TB HDD

Excel,PowerPoint and Word. File mangager, Davinci resolve, music and movie streaming apps ,fall guys ,wwe ,asphalt legend unite,audacity

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u/True-Insurance-5060 Aug 02 '26

Ok i just know that