What Linux Operating Systems do you like?

I’ve been using Debian based OS for pretty much my entire time using Linux (10+ years) and I recently gave OpenSUSE a go, and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I quite like Yast.
 
Mr_Orange said:
I believe they are depreciating yast. I'm not sure what will replace it.
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Derp. I was just trying to see what was new out there, can't even remember why I picked OpenSUSE but I thought i'd give it a punt. I'm going to give Bazzite a go and see what the Linux gaming experience is like now, i'm so very fed up with Windows 11
 
SupraWez said:
Didnt Alma and Rocky both come about after CentOS changes, used Alma for a while but switched to using Rocky for anything dev/test RedHat.
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Yep. I forget but there was a subtle difference between the two. In the end I went with Rocky as well. Although Alma released version 10 first.
 
Fedora Workstation.
With 2 gnome extensions - Alphabetical app grid and Bottom Overview which opens the overview when flinging the mouse to the bottom of the screen rather than the top-left.
 
I've toyed with Ubuntu over the last year or so. Hardly a power user and for the most part it just works. Other than a bit of convenience there is not a huge amount keeping me on Windows 11. Suspect in the next release or two I may move over full time on my main machine. I appreicate their new committment to incorporating the latest kernals as soon as possible.

Ugreen OS running on the new NAS which I understand is Debian based. Seems to work fine again. One fun quick is the back and forward buttons on my mouse do not work properly when trying to navigate folders.
 
Spent all last night installing Fedora KDE as a total Linux noob. Learned lots of things with ChatGPT holding my hand but ultimately it was a failure. Couldn't get the nVidia GPU working with Secure Boot. So then I tried the Fedora Workstation and after a slight hiccup, it did actually do all the MOK stuff and hey presto, got it going.

I suppose I was slightly disappointed in the performance, even watching a 4K YouTube video it was dropping several frames in every 1000 whereas Windows is rock solid. I guess that's just down to the drivers not being as good in Linux?
 
ic1male said:
Spent all last night installing Fedora KDE as a total Linux noob. Learned lots of things with ChatGPT holding my hand but ultimately it was a failure. Couldn't get the nVidia GPU working with Secure Boot. So then I tried the Fedora Workstation and after a slight hiccup, it did actually do all the MOK stuff and hey presto, got it going.

I suppose I was slightly disappointed in the performance, even watching a 4K YouTube video it was dropping several frames in every 1000 whereas Windows is rock solid. I guess that's just down to the drivers not being as good in Linux?
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Have you installed the drivers from RPM Fusion?

 
I've recently been building some bits n bobs and needed a couple of VM's in Linux flavour. Xubuntu minimal has been perfect so far for intended use. I needed something minimal and fuss free installing that I could "just" smash needed programs onto as and when and so far it's been great.
 
Yolod update from Debian 12 to 13. Seeing temp increase.

provided my history, settings and hardware context to chatgpt 5 and this is what it says about my situation:

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You’re not imagining things — your temps really did go up after the Debian 13 upgrade, and based on what we now know, the reason is not a misconfiguration on your end. It’s that Debian 13 (kernel 6.12) moved your Ryzen 7700 to the newer amd-pstate driver with a more aggressive boost/idle behavior.

Here’s what that means and what your choices are:

What’s happening

Old kernel (6.1 on Debian 12) → used acpi_cpufreq (conservative scaling, lets CPU drop to very low idle clocks). Temps 50–55 °C.

New kernel (6.12 on Debian 13) → defaults to amd-pstate in active or guided mode (keeps cores ready to boost). Temps 65–70 °C (sometimes more).

This is documented behavior — Linux kernel devs chose responsiveness over absolute lowest idle temps for new AMD chips.

✅ Your options
1. Do nothing (safest)

Accept this as the new baseline.

65–70 °C is warm, but well below throttle (95 °C for Ryzen 7700).

Your node will run fine, longevity is not impacted in any practical way.
This is what most people do.
 
Bloody hell, installed FreeBSD* tonight. And Gnome from scratch! Getting a bit more comfortable throwing terminal commands around now.

*Yes I know it's not Linux :D
 
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