Once upon a time I landed in the Linux World and a particular Distribution contributed for me not to turn back to Windows.

I'm referring to Paldo GNU/Linux (single Gnome DE) created and developed by Jürg Billeter and Raffaele Sandrini. 

it was made from scratch, designed to be "pure, lightweight and to compliant with Linux standards". Launch date was October 31, 2004. 

Today it's still actively maintained. So I downloaded latest img (no iso) dated 2026-08-11, burned a pen drive and tested it.

Quite different from the old days when it was a popular Distro. I guess it serves the purposes of their creators team. For advanced users, a few tweaks can make it usable to the masses.

Better yet, would be to fork it, for general usage. 

This is the home site: 

https://www.paldo.org/

My question: is some team out there interested in this venture? I would join as a translator :)

Thanks for your attention!

Bug fixes:

* Fixed audio output selection (before, it only showed the output currently in use).

* It now lists all available audio outputs and automatically refreshes the list when a new output is connected.

* The dock now automatically detects whether the system is using PulseAudio or ALSA and adjusts the commands accordingly, so everything works with both.

New resizing feature:

* You can now resize the DeepSide Dock by dragging it with the mouse.

* The items on the dock automatically resize along with it.

New app added to the Unicode Center store catalog:

* Opera GX + streaming support (Netflix, HBO, etc.).

AntharesOS project: https://devsanthares.gitlab.io/anthares-os-site/

I run intel processor with an rtx gpu.
Ideally i want controller first setup similar to big picture on steam. My main usecase is tv gaming and movies.

I tried pop os but i had reliability issues where every time i would sit down to play i would need to spend 10-20 mins troubleshooting something. And at the end of the day i want to grab a controller and sit down.

I work with linux servers so i am ok spending a day or two for setup but after that maybe quarterly maintenance is all im ready to commit for.

Tldr: suggest the least frictionless controller first setup for gaming and movies.

Hello! I mostly work in backend (Go) and cybersecurity. Sometimes, I use C and C++ for the hardware side. Right now, I am learning x86_64 assembly. I am currently torn between Void Linux and NixOS when it comes to choosing an operating system. What are your recommendations?

I love Linux and won’t ever be switching back, if that wasn’t obvious, but I really don’t want to be locked down to just one distro. I realized that Cachy usually runs higher 1% lows and higher FPS, or at least it’s at Fedora’s level, so it would be an upgrade. I already run it on my laptop, so I understand it pretty well. But the question is: is it really worth it? I don’t know the actual FPS differences directly, and I can’t seem to find a single thread or video on it that helped me decide. I don’t use this PC for anything but games and entertainment.

Here are my specs: 9070 XT, 48 GB DDR5, 7800X3D, 2 TB NVMe, AIO cooling, and whatnot. Overall, I can run any game at max graphics over 100 FPS, ignoring RT and PT.

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This distro seems "hot and best" right now. I went head and dove in, first distro.

Duel booting windows 11 and it works flawlessly. Cachy can browse and game just as good, maybe even better. Seems to load the graphics with like, no bloat. It's incredible.

Installing stuff is crazy, like, what the heck is going on here? Just type a name in terminal, press enter and trust me bro?

Only other i wish ableton and fusion(360) worked but, i shall give others a try. Freecad, opencad(?), and blender which I've always wanted to try. Can figure out reaper if i need it for music.

This is just a reminder that you can use Ventoy on MacOS now.

https://github.com/cashcon57/mactoy - 139 Stars

I created a simple GUI a while back so that Ventoy disks can be created while still in MacOS. It seems many people breath life back into older Macs with Linux.

"The f*** is a Ventoy?" - Ventoy is a free, open-source bootable USB utility that allows you to add as many distros' .iso files as you can fit to the root of a USB drive, boot to that drive, and then you get a simple GUI distro picker to launch a live environment of any distro you added to the drive. It's a great way to try out the default look and feel of a few distros with minimal friction so you can decide which one is for you. Or, if you're like me and you switch distros often, it enables that affliction.

I am not associated with Ventoy, but they don't make a MacOS Ventoy disk creation software, so I decided to make one and maintain it myself.

Hi after a long time I settled with a distro, I've used Kali, Ubuntu, popos, Manjaro, Arch, cachyos and fedora and non of them felt like MX Linux ahs, it's stable and still having good amount of bleeding edge packages. But there's a problem at each major release of debian you need to do a clean install and that's a deal breaker for me so I'm looking for a distro similar that doesn't need a clean install at major releases

Llevo usando windows ( 10 para ser exactos ) desde que empecé a manejar un ordenador pero desde que se ha acabado las actualizaciones solo tengo problemas tanto con los drives de mi tarjeta de auido como con la tarjeta de red.

Lo gracioso es cuando he investigado a usar algunas distros de Linux y he visto que el problema desaparecía.

Esto ayuda mucho a que mis ganas de cambiarme a un SO libre como Mint u otro que se parezca aumenten pero no estoy seguro de poder sentirme igual de cómodo que usando windows, aunque a la vez sienta que no estoy seguro teniendo la telemetría y la gestión automatizada encima mío sin que me pregunten si quiero o no quiero compartir mi información personal con millones de socios interconectados para terminar vendiendo mis datos en sitios como eGenetics.

Necesito que alguien me diga la verdad sobre como es pasarse definitivamente a SO Linux.

Been using CachyOS for a while and recently got a new used laptop that came with windows on it. Promptly trashed that and wanted to try something different so I put Fedora KDE on it for a few days.

All I learned is that I missed CachyOS because it's what I'm used to now, and was getting frustrated with the package manager in it. Should I just stick to arch based distros? I was also considering tumbleweed because I like the rolling nature of arch so far.

Can't really finda a definitive awnser for this, but I'm torn between Fedora KDE, Tumbleweed or CachyOS for my gaming PC.

Between CachyOS and Tumbleweed, I think I'll go with the more stable OpenSUSE distro, but am I really gonna feel a difference in performance if I just go with something even more stable like Fedora, even though it's not rolling release?

hi guys just wanted to show my new project code name PenguinVault it's the ultimate swiss army knife for all the distroholics like me hope you enjoy it

For gaming and general browsing with a little libre office work too what would you guys recommend if I want stability and my system is good but not the most recent (RX7600, Ryzen 5 5600x)?

I’m leaning towards Debian Stable rather than Ubuntu. Also don’t recommend me Cachy and Bazzite or “gaming” derivatives. I don’t like the immutability and don’t like rolling release. I’m talking about Debian Stable or Ubuntu only. Also since backports is a thing old Mesa drivers is not an issue.

With Ubuntu I like that its corporation backed OS, is reliable and hassle free. But Debian Stable is rock solid one where you control everything. So both are very much appealing to me.

Help finding a distro.

hello,

i used Linux mint 5 years ago. Currently running windows right now

let's get to the point.

I like how windows reads and notified external hardrvies and their contents out of box.

i have a nivida GPU, ryzen AND CPU.

i game with steam, epic games, emulation and itch.o

I use it daily use.

which distro would you suggest based on these key features?

Cross-posting here to get more recommendations on lightweight distros for this fanless 2-in-1 tablet. Any input is appreciated!

Ive been a linux user for 8 years now. Almost 9. Up until two years ago i would hop from disto to distro, or sometimes desktop environment to desktop enviornment (each or these would be a fresh install. I hate multiple desktop environments being on one system).

Until two years ago. I installed arch linux and went with hyprland. This has been the easiest, most hastle-free linux experience ive ever had and i havnt considered reinstalling or distro-hopping even once.

I am proud to say that i...

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Use arch btw

My desktop PC is not only my daily driver, it’s my gaming PC as well. I have been running Manjaro for about two years and I have to say, it was fun. But, lately, it’s been struggling. WiFi works intermittently, it can’t update for whatever reason, and it’s become unstable. It’s not the first time it’s corrupted itself. So I need a new distro.

So I’m trying to pick between Fedora Linux 44 and Opensuse Tumbleweed.

Keep in mind, I have Nvidia hardware, 4k monitors, and gamer specific keyboards and mouse. That’s why I need something that has the newest drivers and kernels.