how to stop distrohopping?

>>105598659 (OP)
install manjaro kde

>>105598659 (OP)
Fedora did it for me. You need to find what you need your distro to do. Look into that.

>>105598659 (OP)

Linux mint+Distrobox
rock solid host to try all distros

>>105598659 (OP)
These are your major distros:
Fedora
openSUSE
Debian
Ubuntu
Arch

Write down your needs/wants, then try them all and then pick one.

>>105598659 (OP)
get a macBook.

>>105598765
Why distrobox instead of gnome boxes?

>>105598774
Basically this. Decide what packages you want then find the distro that most closely matches it.

installing windows 11 and de-bloating it

>>105598795
They will all have more or less the same packages. Their differences lie elsewhere.

>>105598659 (OP)
Unironically install gentoo with wayland and either KDE or XFCE

I got shit 2 do amigo can't be tearing down and setting up my work environment over and over. What do you use your computer for anyways? I have Arch and XFCE and that works for me.

>>105598806
>Windows 11
Mark of lesser being.

every OS and DE suck, remember that and just pick whatever works best for you and stick to it

>>105598807
Packages is literally the only difference between distros, anon

Get a hobby for which you cannot afford to have non-working computer. Programming/Digital music creation/Writing and so on. At some point having a constantly broken OS will annoy you so much that you just stop. The distro really doesn't matter. My choice is Debian+Xfce, but it can be whatever, because it doesn't matter, it's about the fact that you cannot afford having a broken computer, because you want to do something useful on it.

M4 MacBook pro
Time to come home.

i stayed so long on my archlinux install that when i wanted to update, i discovered that the whole repositories structure had changed and now i can't update anything anymore. it's like a ghost os that i avoid while using microsoft windows. a $400 ssd sitting in my desktop computer for nothing. i don't have the motivation to learn everything again to install a new distro. i am so fucked.

when you side load apps you usually only get certain options. For me that was enough to just pick Fedora because almost everyone that gives a Linux option for their app will include an rpm package

>>105598774
>Debian
>Ubuntu
Why do you separate these ones, because of snaps?

>>105599011
Reply to >>105598807

Linux distros do this and that. You want general purpose OS. Windows or MacOS

>>105598659 (OP)
Install CachyOS

>>105599021
Normally I would not mention any derivative distro, but Ubuntu is a special case because of its industry/ecosystem support.

>>105598659 (OP)
Manjaro KDE

>>105599021
Snaps, upgrade cycle, various other things like the interfaces file. They are similar but very different beasts at this point.

>>105598659 (OP)
What distros have you tried? I stopped hopping once I used Arch and i3wm, but I'm autistic.

>>105598681
>>105599114
sametroon

>>105598659 (OP)
Depending on what you're looking for, eg:

>muh just werk, don't care how. My interaction with the operating system is just superficial at best
Linux Mint lts/lmde, Pop!os lts, PCLinuxOS, Openmandriva rock, Fedora atomic (Silverlight, Kinoite, etc...).

>minimal configuration required, most of it has to work ootb and has to be rock solid but i need some leeway in choices
Debian/Devuan, Alma/Rocky linux, Slackware

>minimal configuration, less stable but with more cutting edge software
Fedora, Opensuse

>Advanced configuration, i still prioritize stability over cutting edge software
Gentoo, Void, Nix/Guix, Alpine

>Advanced configuration, i prioritize cutting edge software over inherent stability
Arch/Artix

>>105598659 (OP)
Fedora kinoite cured my distrohopping
If you want it even more just werks there's aurora, but it has a lot of bloat

If employed then Fedora. If unemployed then Arch.

>>105599111
>>105599122
Fair enough. I've reluctantly moved from debian to ubuntu becasue so much of the scientific computing is set up assuming ubuntu.

>>105599150
Depends where you're employed

>>105599159
As a Debian user I feel that.
>Ubuntu
For better or worse, it is still King Linux.

>>105598659 (OP)
Get a job

>>105598781
gnomebox is a virtual machine, distrobox is podman container but its pre configured with the main distro drivers, file system etc

>>105599009
Nigger fucking format the disk and install a fixed release distro, it's not rocket science nor requires you to relearn anything. Why the fuck you choose to install arch to begin with if you weren't interested in keeping updated a system that by design requires constant updates is beyond me to understand.

>>105599249
the obscure programming tools i needed were available on AUR. i maintained a few packages myself for a moment.

>>105598659 (OP)
Debian cured this for me.

LFS is the only answer

>>105598659 (OP)
here's a solution for you

Stop having ADHD

Install Linux Mint Windows 10 edition

>>105598659 (OP)
Arch is the way OP, if you're smart. It's not hard to set up, but there will be bugs. You don't have to be smart to fix the bugs but it certainly helps. What makes it worth it is the fantastic wiki (which could be used on a lot of distros so long as they aren't Debian or Slackware) and the AUR.

>>105602741
How'd you set this up? I'm gonna have to do this soon for my little brothers since their computers are starting to struggle with Windows and they need more frames in Gmod.

>>105599150
I unironically switched to Fedora Silverblue from Arch after I got a full time job.

>>105598659 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjGSMUep6_4

>>105598659 (OP)
You don't. You are a hoooper. Just embrace it.

Are you employed?

If yes -> Fedora
If No -> Arch

gentoo

>>105598659 (OP)
get a job or install linux mint.

>>105602859
In the theme application of Cinnamon, you can download everything

>>105598659 (OP)
>Luke Smith syndrome
Increase IQ by 40 points and the feelings of inadequacy go away.

Bath
Get a job
Install windows
Enjoy life

>>105598659 (OP)
Use NixOS

>>105598827
>>105603180
>>105602926

>rolling release
>able to mix bleeding edge packages into a stable system without becoming an involuntary bug tester for some random dependency
pretty fucking based*

* the average usecase

Which is the most stable distro without all the tranny bs? Id imagine xfce is still uncuckked so that's gonna be my de

>>105598659 (OP)
every night before bed
tell yourself 10 times, "i am enough"

>>105604724
I just ignore them and continue using their shit while being a ""bigot"" and sometimes modify stuff to strip out their politics. They really hate when you ignore their identity.

>>105600780
Good choice but I'm more of a mint guy myself.

>>105598659 (OP)
>how to stop distrohopping
By getting yourself an AMD card.

debian or fedora? which one should I hop to?

>>105598659 (OP)
>>105600780
>>105605053

Just use Fedora/Gnome/Wayland. The industry standard. You don't want to use those chuddy X11-based distros in 2025.

you'll grow out of it. I've successfully baby-ducked myself to a distro at this point

>>105598659 (OP)
Linux From Scratch

>>105598659 (OP)

I justed needed a gaming distro. I had Garuda Dr460nized but didnt work with my new amd card so i switched to nobara . Ill stick with it until it breaks

>>105598774
Slackware

>>105605517
Fedora for corporate vibes
Debian if you are careful enough to run a testing-unstable mix

>>105608045
No

>>105598659 (OP)
If you have to ask, the answer is always Mint. Install it and start doing some actual work on a project. You produce nothing noteworthy by reinstalling Linux over and over.

>>105598659 (OP)
Get a job or a life?