Reliable distro for My daily use..
by Voied from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4Q2ST)
Hello, I need some recommendations for a distribution, I'll try to get straight to the point. Posted this on a subreddit, didn't get responses.
Seeking: Lightweight daily driver
Daily Use:
- Programming (software and gamedev > sunvox + krita)
- web browsing via pale moon (I barely use the internet, only for reading and torrents)
- Virt via kvm (win7, Nixos, plan9 and possibly macos if i can get it working)
- factorio
I'm on a T420, with 8gb ram and I only use the win7 VM for school so I plan to use DWM as my WM to keep the host as light as possible, and also cause I find the abundance of choice in DEs to be overwhelming, since i care little for customization.
Linux knowledge: average
I find there to be too many variables and opinionated distributions, so I'm having some trouble picking one. Figured since I will be treating this system like a workstation, I'd want something reliable regardless of its release schedule. With regards to my interaction with others, it will be through the win7 VM or host web browser, so my host system itself is rather unconstrained in terms of choices.
I have previously used arch, but not long enough to evaluate its reliability over time as the updates roll in. Besides, I did not touch the AUR at all. Arch packages tend to combine the dev packages with the lib itself as compared to debian so I find myself unable to uninstall what I don't need, to keep the host light.
Used debian too. The age of the packages don't really bother me, I mean at its core it does the same thing, but what stood out was the custom patches applied within debian. Compared to arch, they were just somehow different, touched and I'm not too sure about whether I'd be using the raw package/lib or the debian patched version that is edited to work on debian.. I did not investigate it. Yet I wonder if that really is a valid variable as majority of the linux binaries out there work fine on debian just as they do on other distributions. Also debian tends exclude certain packages, and so it does seem a bit unrealiable in that sense. Apt seems a little weird in how it does not really remove all that was installed when I remove or purge a package..
I recently looked at void but its a rather liminal distro.. Most of the packages I need are there but the community seems underpowered and the distribution seems rather experimental so I'm not sure how reliable it is over time and as updates roll in.. yet its rather unbiased and one of the more efficient distributions ( in my opinion ).
The above are just my experience with distributions I am considering but I don't really want to populate the post with more of my biased views so I would appreciate some advice and recommendations for my use case. I've spent quite some time thinking about this, I could possibly be paralyzed (unable to make a choice) due to a lack of objectivity.
Seeking: Lightweight daily driver
Daily Use:
- Programming (software and gamedev > sunvox + krita)
- web browsing via pale moon (I barely use the internet, only for reading and torrents)
- Virt via kvm (win7, Nixos, plan9 and possibly macos if i can get it working)
- factorio
I'm on a T420, with 8gb ram and I only use the win7 VM for school so I plan to use DWM as my WM to keep the host as light as possible, and also cause I find the abundance of choice in DEs to be overwhelming, since i care little for customization.
Linux knowledge: average
I find there to be too many variables and opinionated distributions, so I'm having some trouble picking one. Figured since I will be treating this system like a workstation, I'd want something reliable regardless of its release schedule. With regards to my interaction with others, it will be through the win7 VM or host web browser, so my host system itself is rather unconstrained in terms of choices.
I have previously used arch, but not long enough to evaluate its reliability over time as the updates roll in. Besides, I did not touch the AUR at all. Arch packages tend to combine the dev packages with the lib itself as compared to debian so I find myself unable to uninstall what I don't need, to keep the host light.
Used debian too. The age of the packages don't really bother me, I mean at its core it does the same thing, but what stood out was the custom patches applied within debian. Compared to arch, they were just somehow different, touched and I'm not too sure about whether I'd be using the raw package/lib or the debian patched version that is edited to work on debian.. I did not investigate it. Yet I wonder if that really is a valid variable as majority of the linux binaries out there work fine on debian just as they do on other distributions. Also debian tends exclude certain packages, and so it does seem a bit unrealiable in that sense. Apt seems a little weird in how it does not really remove all that was installed when I remove or purge a package..
I recently looked at void but its a rather liminal distro.. Most of the packages I need are there but the community seems underpowered and the distribution seems rather experimental so I'm not sure how reliable it is over time and as updates roll in.. yet its rather unbiased and one of the more efficient distributions ( in my opinion ).
The above are just my experience with distributions I am considering but I don't really want to populate the post with more of my biased views so I would appreciate some advice and recommendations for my use case. I've spent quite some time thinking about this, I could possibly be paralyzed (unable to make a choice) due to a lack of objectivity.