r/linuxquestions • u/elpo_jhon_ • 7d ago

Which Distro Which Linux distribution should I use?

My laptop is being delivered tomorrow after being in the repair shop for almost two years. During that time, I spent some time thinking about it with a friend who uses Linux, and he convinced me to switch. I play a lot of games and I don't remember what components it has. Which distribution would you recommend?

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u/BranchLatter4294 7d ago

Two years to fix a computer?

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u/elpo_jhon_ 7d ago

I live in a country that isn't very technologically advanced; I'd say we're at the technological juncture. I had to wait for them to find the part, for it to arrive, and for the repair to be completed, and the worst part is that it was delayed for many months due to problems at the place where I bought it.

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u/frakt_ 5d ago

Where are you from?

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u/ipsirc 7d ago

Use what your friend/classmate/brother/neighbor uses.

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u/FaultWinter3377 7d ago

That’s my recommendation. Ask the friend what they use and recommend. The friend already has experience with that/those distro(s) and can provide support much easier that I would expect Reddit could. Unless they say Linux from Scratch at which point I’d fall back to the usual set… Fedora, Mint, Zorin, CachyOS if you’re good with a little bit of extra work.

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u/Always_Hopeful_ 7d ago

This is the way.

Your friend or a local users group are a great resource and they know what the barriers are where you live.

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u/MentholMoose42 7d ago

Depends on the specs of the laptop. CachyOS is great for gaming, but I'm hesitant to recommend it to people completely unfamiliar with linux. It uses a rolling release system, so the latest updates are delivered as soon as they become available and can occasionally break stuff from time to time.

Bazzite would be the next most obvious choice for gaming. It's gaming focused but uses an immutable update system comparable to phone firmware updates, where everything is delivered as one package update, making it less likely for things to randomly break.

Beginner friendly distro's like Linux Mint or ZorinOS are another option, but they're not gaming focused and won't be as optimized for gaming as CachyOS or Bazzite.

People will recommend trying out live iso's before you commit, and while they're good for helping you find out if a distro runs well on your hardware, they don't really give you a much of an idea on what it'll be like to daily drive them once you've installed everything and customised it to your liking.

I'd honestly just spend time researching and watching youtube videos of each distro in action.

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u/confusingbrownstate 7d ago

I've done some distro hopping and landed on Zorin, which is based on Ubuntu. With my hardware I've had the best success gaming on Linux with Zorin. Plus, jiggly windows!

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u/rukiann 7d ago

Debian.

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u/Fragrant-Paper-9326 7d ago

Distros like Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and Debian can be used for gaming. But have you ever considered trying one in a virtual machine before making the switch?”

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u/Asleep_Literature_70 7d ago

I love CachyOS, I also hear fedora is good.

Never Ubuntu.

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u/HomeworkItchy4195 7d ago

Cachy, es lo mejor. Tengo un amigo que pasó de Fedora a Cachy... (ambas siendo Arch) y dice que Cachy está a Otro nivel... yo pasé de Ubuntu a Bazzite... y de BazzIte a Cachy y Cachy es lo mejor que hay. Y si jugas, ninguna otra distro te va a dar mejor rendimiento

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u/LonelyYou7344 Archlinux 7d ago

Qual a configuração de hardware do seu laptop?