Hello everyone, I just installed Linux (I’m new to it), in particular Linux Mint, with dual booted Windows for games. Tinkered with it a bit, loved the way it looked, loved how fast it is, but I really don’t want to stop on one option and stick with it for a while. I want to try new stuff, new distros (that’s how you call it, right?), new customisation options etc. I really like setting up things how I want them to look like and function, and I’m not sure Linux Mint gives me the full potential of Linux.
If I’m right, please recommend something that really will impress me with options (I wouldn’t call myself tech savvy, but I like to learn), or, if I’m wrong, please suggest the way to customize the hell out of Mint, would really appreciate it.
Thank you!
edit: Thanks everyone for your replies, I’m really interested in KDE Plasma now. You are the best <3
Thanks everyone for your replies, I’m really interested in KDE Plasma now.
I agree that KDE Plasma should satiate your desire for customizing the look and feel of your system. But, note that KDE Plasma isn’t properly supported on Linux Mint. Therefore, consider switching to a Distro in which it is; e.g. the KDE Flavors/Spins of Fedora, openSUSE or Ubuntu.
Use it to install gentoo or Linux From Scratch
If it’s looks and customisation you want, search KDE plasma on YouTube
Check out a few videos on how to install Arch Linux. It will cover all your needs and then some.
I use arch by the way has evolved!
If you are talking about the arch installer. It’s still a commandline. Nothing like the popular calamares GUI installer. Anyone can follow steps to an install easy. The real juice is in maintenance of the installation.
Definitely KDE Plasma
KDE blows my mind again and again. Every corner has a Steam Workshop (as a metaphor) to download more stuff of the stuff
Just gonna drop this here incase you need it as it confused me to begin with
Kernel = core of Linux, pretty much every distro uses the same kernel and it’s got a lot of stuff built in (drivers, some command line utilities, etc)
Distro - built ontop of the kernel, the main parts that differentiate them are:
The package manager (how you install software, probably the most important part when picking a distro)
The desktop environment (the system UI, essentially just another program on Linux so it can be swapped out for another one if you fancy a change)
(There are also things called window managers which are basically just stripped down versions of desktop environments that tend to be far more DIY but also more customisable)
And the preinstalled packages, which for the most part are the same on most popular distros, plus with things like snap, flatpak and appimage dependencies are much less of an issue anyway
If you have any experience with programming and want to try something new and interesting I would recommend giving NixOS a go, your entire system is defined by one configuration file (you can split it into multiple files, but you decide how to do that)
Makes understanding and building a system so much simpler and saner, all the advantages of arch with none of the elitism
