*Desktop linux distro.
Also, nothing to back up the assertions.
The best Linux distro for 2017
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#12Re: The best Linux distro for 2017
#13*Desktop linux distro. Also, nothing to back up the assertions.
Especially the ones about openSUSE's supposed inadequacies. openSUSE is my distro of choice for computer users switching away from Windows XP, and I've had very few problems with it even on Tumbleweed, let alone any Leap version. YaST alone is a killer feature; zero other distros (AFAIK; I'd happy to be corrected here) have anything like it.
The DE might have something to do with it, though; I typically set people up with Xfce, whereas KDE - as fantastic as it may be - can be a little overwhelming for new users.
The complaints about Fedora are spot-on, though, even if lacking specificity in this article. Every time I've used Fedora, it's been a nightmare of kernel panicking/oopsing and weird user-facing software bugs that are just plain absent even on other "bleeding-edge" distros on the same hardware.
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#14I'm for Elementary OS
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#15It should be noted that Manjaro is phasing out x86. From Manjaro v17.1 Hakoila onward they will only be supporting ARM[1].
[1] https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-...
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#16For me it's Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It started not really well but after 2nd and 3rd update is working flawlessly. I'm wondering and looking forward for the next upcoming fedora release also. However, for me (till march 17) the best distro gonna be Ubuntu 16.04.
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#17For me it's Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It started not really well but after 2nd and 3rd update is working flawlessly. I'm wondering and looking forward for the next upcoming fedora release also. However, for me (till march 17) the best distro gonna be Ubuntu 16.04.
^^ It's already April 17 ...
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#18It should be noted that Manjaro is phasing out x86. From Manjaro v17.1 Hakoila onward they will only be supporting ARM[1]. [1] https://manjaro.org/2017/04/01/phasing-out-x86-architecture-...
You do realize that's an April Fool's right?
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#19I'm gonna throw my vote in for Antergos a less barbones Arch distro, with i3wm of course because tiling with shortcuts is so much more productive
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#20Is there any Linux distro out there that supports sleep/hibernate flawlessly ? I've got a very plain Asus notebook (no Nvidia card, just Intel Graphics!) running Debian 8 and the situation is unacceptable atm. I didn't have to reboot for weeks in the past. At the moment I am lucky if my laptop doesn't freeze thanks to sleep/hibernate within 2 days.
My recommendation for any kind of serious desktop use is always Gentoo. Problems like the one you mention are much easier to solve when you can pick which versions of all packages to install and which kernel flags to enable.
I can't tell whether you are being sarcastic. Seriously.
I hate Gentoo with a passion. Being able to pick versions and set flags means that, between any two Gentoo installations, the difference is likely bigger than any two Ubuntu 16.04 installation.
I think it just creates more complexity for support scenarios.
I'd definitely not recommend it for "serious desktop use" unless you are a hardcore graybeard.