Besides size and looks, nowadays is there any significant differences between distros that might make one “better” than the other?

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    The difference between them is becoming less relevant but most of what you want from a distro are good defaults and stability. Some people don’t want to have to make 100 changes every time they download a distro to tune it to one specific task, so you have distros like Nobara which is tuned for gaming and productivity, distros like Endeavor which are Arch-based but with a ton of things set up for you, distros like ZorinOS which are tuned specifically to be beginner-friendly and have helpful popups, etc.

    I think it could be argued that most distros out there now are “just Debian/Arch but with [thing]” but I still think the distro choice is important to people who don’t like messing with their system and want things to just work.

    • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
      3·
      10 months ago

      I still think the distro choice is important to people who don’t like messing with their system and want things to just work.

      I’d argue the reverse is true as well:

      Distro choice is important for people who enjoy messing with their system and want to meticulously set up every piece.

      • simple@lemm.ee
        21·
        10 months ago

        I think if people want to set up every piece they’re better off downloading Arch and just installing packages they want