depois dessa numca mas publico minhas isos no bitTorrent tem que manter o PC ligado o dia todo eu não sou uma empresa grande antes as verções eram baseadas em 24.04 LTS AGORA É 26.04 LTS por que o programa q uso pra gerar ISOs o cubic não tem muita compatibilidade com verções antigas do ubuntu toda vez tento buildar a iso dar varios erros mas agora no github chegou a nova verção a beta 0.2.1 com o codinome illumi zoldyck agora pra você baixar essa verção e as que vão lançar mas pra só no SourceForge agora o github virou mas um atalho pra quem quiser baixar

Bom faz alguns dias que estou atras de um novo linux pra usar então eu quero algo assim minimalista ou moderno simples e leve (PC fraco) e so instalar pronto pra uso

Ah que tambem seje um pouco mais facil de usar tipo eu ja usei distros como Arch linux e tals mas não quero um linux MUITO dificil de usar como o Gentoo linux e tals.

Hello.

I've been distro-hopping since the beginning of the year, trying to find a Linux distribution that will keep my 10-year-old HP ZBook 15 G3 running reliably for the next two years.

For the reference, these are the specs of my machine:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6820HQ at 2.7GHz
iGPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
dGPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
Memory: 16 GB
Storage: 256 GB

For the most part, I've managed to get all my hardware working, including my NVIDIA graphics card.

My GPU requires the NVIDIA 580 driver, which I can obtain on almost all the distributions I've tried.

Debian is an exception. The 580 driver isn't available in its Stable repositories. I've also looked into version 550, but that branch is no longer maintained and the available 590 driver is not compatible with my card.

Although I've managed to get my hardware working on most distributions, my main concern is that the NVIDIA 580 driver is already on a legacy support branch.

I'm worried that future kernel updates may eventually introduce compatibility problems, particularly if distributions stop providing the necessary patches to keep the driver working. At that point, the driver might no longer compile against newer kernels.

What I'm looking for is advice from people who have previously dealt with NVIDIA graphics cards requiring legacy drivers.

Which Linux distribution would you reasonably trust to maintain kernel compatibility with legacy NVIDIA drivers until the end of its support lifecycle?

In my case, I'm looking for a distribution that will remain supported until at least October 2028.

Thanks in advance for you advice!

I have a question—I imagine most people here "distro-hop" to explore or try out different distributions, but surely I can’t be the only one who does it because I’m just not satisfied, right? 😭

About a year or so ago, I started taking my first steps with Linux on an Acer Nitro laptop, but it wasn’t a great experience (I had to hunt for drivers on GitHub—lol). I tried out a few different distros (Nobara, CachyOS, Pop!_OS, Fedora), but I eventually gave up—mostly because of the laptop’s drivers (f*** Acer).

I’ve been trying out Linux for a few months now, with every intention of sticking with it—I’ve really tapped into that rebellious, digital-anarchist spirit of the Open Source movement. Plus, my studies (in Web Development) require me to learn Linux in depth—something I was already keen to do. The problem is, I’m just not satisfied with anything 😭. I’ve spent weeks testing different options because, for me, it has to have it all: it needs to be stable (I don’t have much time to spare, for starters), it has to work well with Nvidia hardware (RTX 2060) and gaming, and it must support the entire programming stack I need. On top of that, all of a sudden, I’m running into issues with Ethernet on several distros—it turns out that having a Realtek network card is now a problem (even on distros I had previously tested).

I don’t mean to ask for the impossible, but I’m tired and my ADHD is making it hard for me to think clearly; so, if it’s not too much trouble, I would really appreciate it if you could share some of your experience with me and suggest which distro you think might help me...