So basically i want try other rolling release distributions besides Vanilla Arch Linux So Give your thoughts on which is the best and also how to install the wifi drivers on Endeavour os and Gentoo Linux For a better experience
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
And if it does, roll back to the previous snapshot.
Second this
Tumbleweed
I love openSUSE Tumbleweed. It has a solid automated testing process that means packages will be held back rather than updating and breaking things.
That’s what im going to use daily use anyway and for gaming as well but that because fedora doesn’t detect my wifi drivers at least opensuse slowroll is looking good for a backup os
Happy Tumbleweed user here, since 2006!
Ok thanks for your Amazing experience
I’ve been running the same arch install for atleast 5 years… I honestly can’t recommend any other distro because I haven’t used many for a long enough period of time
Ok but I won’t use stable distributions until im need to use them and how did not crash from maintenance and downloaded too many softwares
Most Linux distributions are quite reliable, even rolling ones. What usually causes instability are the closed source applications people choose to run on them.
I’m not just pointing out nVidia drivers, I’ve seen Teams and Visual Studio Code crash an otherwise stable Ubuntu LTS.
NixOS because you can roll back when anything breaks, install stable versions of packages, and put your configuration in version control
And if you need to reinstall – look at that, your whole config is documented as code.
I have used debian for 20 years, I am very happy with it. Also zero problems with gaming nowadays
Debian stable
Liquorix kernel
Flatpak the apps
thanks will do later
I mean it’s not really rolling, but since this is Linux Gaming, I recommend checking out Nobara Linux. It’s a Fedora fork made by GloriousEggroll of the proton-GE fame. It’s the easiest Linux gaming experience I’ve had so far, at least with the non-modified Gnome version.
IMHO, you should avoid KDE – I’ve had nothing but bad experiences there – but if that’s your favourite poison go ahead.
It’s always really interesting seeing how people can have completely different experiences with kde and gnome!
I have had nothing but a great experience with kde for years but every time I’ve tried gnome it’s always been a buggy experience!
Yeah, I wonder about that too sometimes. Perhaps a matter of hardware choices or just plain taste.
thanks but I comfortable with using rolling release Distros for Gaming
Sure. Rolling distros aren’t an “advanced form” of Linux though, just different.
Debian testing or unstable.
Ok do you know sparkly Linux is great rolling distribution in addition to pclinux os
Debian hands down delivers the most stable experience of em all – even after updating from stable to sid.
t. Did exactly that on a unsupported sbc, “Orange pi zero 3”, and everything works.
thanks but Debain isn’t easy to use
…wait what
So you think Gentoo is okay but Debian isnt?
I was guessing but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work And yes I know Debain is easy nowadays but regardless I will try Debain or even better MX Linux and Linux mint Debain edition
Delving into the realm of non-rolling distros, yes MX is quite good (sits on top of Debian). I’ve used the latest version on a laptop seeing almost daily use for 1.5 years or so and zero issues. And thread originator is correct, Debian is the gold standard for a stable linux experience.
that’s why I want to try it later because it’s the really Best Distro for most of my old computers that otherwise use puppy or antix
just use arch and don’t do anything stupid (like not updating regularly)
I don’t know how there are people that wait a month between updates, it’s like they don’t actually want a rolling release.
Have you considered a fixed release in combination with rolling applications (i. e. Flatpak, Snap)?
If you choose Fedora (preferably one of the atomic variants, like Silverblue), you would also get a rolling kernel and rolling KDE Plasma desktop, so overall the experience can be quite close to a rolling release distribution if you install the desktop applications via Flatpak.
Ubuntu “interim” (non-LTS) releases are usually also fairly current and could be a good choice if you don’t mind Snap. There’s also the option of following the Ubuntu “devel” branch, which always refers to the current pre-release version of Ubuntu (e. g. 24.04 at the moment) and is rolling.
Just wanted to give you a different direction to think about. ;)
thanks I haven’t known about it but I have Opensuse Tumbleweed for gaming use and endeavour os for the aur
Just FYI, if you like EndeavourOS, you should know that it’s essentially an installer for Vanilla Arch (unlike Majaro which is Arch-based).
So you may have just had bad luck when you tried Vanilla Arch that you didn’t have with EndeavourOS – but there’s no real difference between the 2 besides manual vs GUI installer.
If you want a desktop distro up to date with kernel, DE, etc. which does’t crash I can advice Fedora. Aftet the six month release cycle it is easy to update. I used it for a couple of years on my home pc and it was very good.
