Hello community!

I come to you for advice. Using an m1 macbook air since 2020, I installed popos on my old 2013 macbook pro and I was quite happy with it but… I bought a steamdeck two weeks ago and exploring its desktop mode made me reconsider some choices. Using distros based on different systems, with different commands, desktop environment, etc. gets a little confusing for someone like me, who doesn’t use linux as my main machine. Do you have any advice for me? From what I understand, steamos is debian-based while popos is ubuntu-based: is that the biggest part of how a distribution works, ie commands, etc.? Good ui/ux is important for me so i should maybe use nitrux or deepin, that are debian-based, or is it a bad idea to choose a less common distro for a amateur like me?

Thanks in advance, I’m a bit lost.

  • iHUNTcriminals
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    1 year ago

    Personally I like fedora with gnome as the desktop. It always felt slick on a laptop. I haven’t used anything else in a long time… But kde plasma looks like it might be worth checking out if gnomes not your thing.

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      1 year ago

      I used gnome a long time ago and didn’t really like it, but it might be worth a try. A lot of things change in ten years!

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        1 year ago

        @thethirdobject @iHUNTcriminals I would say its a no brainer if you mainly use a laptop with a trackpad. its feels like the de is setup for laptops and has great gesture support. the desktop experience is also good though once you install a handful of extensions and configure the keyboard shortcuts

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        1 year ago

        It’s improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years! Definitely worth a second look imo