Note: I don’t know if I’m posting this in the right community, I joined Lemmy recently.

I use KDE Neon on my desktop, and I recently decided to install Linux on my laptop. I don’t want to install KDE Neon onto my laptop though, because it only has fairly up to date software through Flatpak (at least for me).

Is there a good distro with very up to date software that doesn’t require me to check on it often, and that I can probably make it work within 15 days? (I have the list of apps I need.) I prefer an Arch-based distro that lets me remove a lot of distro specific customization. However, if there is some other distro “base” that has software up to date like Arch and the AUR, please also let me know.

(I tried Arch already, but it seems to be too hard for me to configure, and it has multiple weird issues for me, so I don’t really want to use it.)

Edit 1: (Late edit because lemmy.world was down for the day) I am going to try out Fedora KDE, Endeavour KDE, and Manjaro KDE out. Might also check out Kinoite. Will update after I have tested each.

  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
    12·
    1 year ago

    A newbie needs all the stability and Windows-tier accessible community support. Ubuntu LTS means you install the distro for 5 years and forget most of the worries other than 5 anti cheat games that do not work. Companies, developers and script kiddies on GitHub always prioritise Ubuntu/Debian over anything else.

    Ubuntu LTS is a polished version of Debian Unstable, whigh means you get the LTS support with the freshest repository packages you can get. Debian Stable is the one with delayed, ultra stable packages. I use Debian Stable. Used Ubuntu LTS for 6 years until June.

    • s20@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t disagree with any of that. I’m not saying it’s a bad recommendation overall. LTS releases are good for people that don’t want to get their hands dirty and just want something that works.

      But OP was specifically looking for something more up to date than KDE Neon… which is based on LTS. So while all your reasoning is valid as to why OP should use it, it’s not what they’re looking for. In fact, it’s exactly what they’re trying to move away from.

      Plus, they’re looking to expand their horizons. It’s hard to do that by playing it safe.