Windows 11 ruined my old laptop, but this lightweight Linux distro brought it back to life
Windows 11 ruined my old laptop, but this lightweight Linux distro brought it back to life
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After Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distros
2d agoI ditched traditional Linux for an immutable distro, but only on my gaming handheld
1w agoThe Linux gaming distro that refused to join the Open Gaming Collective is now dominating the Steam charts
1w agoLinux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed
1w agoLinux gaming needs immutable distros more than it needs freedom
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Most people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried
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I tested every Linux desktop and realized fragmentation isn't a problem anymore
…Yes, there are still a ton of Linux desktops and distros, and I've tried a lot of them. Distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint , Arch , Fedora, as well as desktops from GNOME…
Most Linux regret is actually distro regret, and you probably gave up too soon
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I spent a year on an immutable distro, and the one thing I miss is being able to break stuff
…Sign in to your XDA account I love immutable Linux distros. I made the jump from Windows to Linux about a year ago, and since then, I have settled and made a…
I stopped distro-hopping after Linux finally standardized on what actually matters
…Related Picking a Linux distro is the wrong first question — here's what you should ask instead Before you settle with a distro, you have to learn how to wield it. The…
openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros
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Immutable Linux distros are not the only way to build a system you can't break
…Sign in to your XDA account Immutable Linux distros absolutely deserve all of the attention they get. It's a read-only base, atomic updates that either fully apply or not at…
The Linux community's next big fight isn't about Wayland anymore; it's about whether AI belongs in your distro
…does AI have a place in a Linux distro? Some Linux groups are cautiously adopting AI... Big emphasis on the word 'cautiously' There are a handful of big players in the "yes…