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forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 day agoMakes sense. Also gives you time to learn about your choices, try out different live USB versions of distros, all that fun stuff.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 day ago
Yeah, I’ve installed a few different distros already on spare devices I could get ahold of. PopOS! was cool, I liked the feel of Kubuntu better but it wasn’t as reliable for system stability. Another fun method windows users can try is HyperV virtual machines for running different distros quickly. Something that surprised me is that very recently a lot of maintstream distros have been dropping support for x32 devices.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
A little fun fact you may not know is many of these distributions are typically based off of another. Pick a base distro to learn off of and if you ever decide to switch to another many of the shell commands will be the same.
Debian Based Distros:
Arch Based Distros:
Fedora Based Distros:
forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Virtual machine is a good place to start I hadn’t even thought of. Live USB is a good follow up, though, as that allows you to check out driver compatibility.
I currently can’t offer much on which distros to try, I’m afraid; for various reasons, my Steam Deck is my daily driver, and SteamOS is good enough for my needs. I have tried Bazzite, but it was more buggy on the deck; that said, it is quite popular. Nobara install images aren’t done cleanly, it seems, and I was not impressed with the community support (basically got told I was imagining things when I asked for help). CachyOS looked interesting, but I want stability over bleeding edge features.
But wish you luck on your journey!