We had almost everything else working perfectly before, but the samba/windows networking stack was still in development. It's perfect now. This distro runs in < 1gb of ram. It is the prettiest, fastest, cleanest distro possible as it is built on devuan ceres, with compiz. It has built in themes that can make it look like Windows, Mac, or several other options. The ISO is < 1.6gb. It has a real time voice assistant that can search the web, move files, dictate in libre office or email, and also control every other aspect of the desktop.

Come on in boys. The water's fine!

I often play games, sit in the browser, make a 2D game for Godot, and generally do other everyday tasks.

Hey, some time ago I bought a new laptop. Specs: Model: Lenovo Legion 5 OLED 10TH (15AHP10) Screen: 15” 2560x1600 165Hz OLED OS: W11 PRO 24H2 (ATLAS OS 5) Drive 1: SKHYNIX_HFS512GEM4X182N (NVME 4.0x4 2242 512GB) Drive 2: LEXAR MN620 1TB (NVME 3.0x4 2280) CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 260 RAM: 16+8GB (Micron + Samsung) GPU0: RADEON RX 780M (iGPU) GPU1: GEFORCE RTX 5060 Max-Q 8GB (130W) PSU: 245W Lenovo Brick Wi-Fi Card: Realtek 8922AE Wi-Fi 7 NIC

And I switched from:

Model: ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 (AMD) Screen: 14” Multi-touch And Privacy Guard OS: Nobara 43 (KDE Ed.) Drive: Lexar MN620 1TB CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U RAM: Samsung 32 GB 3200MHz CL22 GPU: Vega 7 (iGPU) PSU: 65W / 135W (from Ultra Dock 40AJ)

I really enjoyed using Nobara on the ThinkPad For a few months, but on the Legion, it has trouble running in a dual-boot setup—as do other distributions (there's an issue with installing the bootloader).

My requirements for a distribution: stable, out-of-the-box experience with no post-installation configuration needed (since I'm not good at tweaking those things) unless there's a script that handles it without breaking the distro right away. I also want to use this laptop as a portable laptop, so it needs to have good battery life, functional GPU switching, and Windows game emulation that runs with similar performance.

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I'm currently trying different Linux distros until I find one that I really like. So far, I've tried Ubuntu, Fedora, and EndeavourOS.

Here's what I think about each one:

Ubuntu

- Simple and beginner-friendly.

- Comes with more built-in features and customisations than vanilla GNOME.

- Feels like a complete desktop experience right out of the box.

Fedora Workstation

- Offers a relatively up-to-date Linux experience.

- Uses GNOME with fewer customisations compared to Ubuntu.

- Feels closer to vanilla GNOME while still being user-friendly.

EndeavourOS

- I really like its appearance, especially KDE Plasma.

- Offers lots of customisation options.

- However, I encountered a few issues while trying it. Maybe some of them were caused by using the live environment instead of installing it, but I'm not sure.

I'm still a beginner with Linux, and I'm enjoying exploring different distros and desktop environments. I haven't decided which one to settle on yet.

I'd like to know:

- Which distro would you recommend for someone like me?

- Are the issues I encountered with EndeavourOS likely to disappear after installation, or could they persist?

- Is EndeavourOS worth using as a daily driver, or would Fedora or Ubuntu be a better choice?

- What other distros do you think I should try?

I'd appreciate your honest opinions and experiences. I'm interested in real-world user experiences, not just distro rankings!