I've tried a few different distros that always seemed to have one issue or another, and they were all based on Debian. So I just tried Debian instead and it's good, I'm not sure what the other distros are adding.
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same, there is only one reason to get Ubuntu over Debian, if you have a Nvidia gpu, they make it easy to just work.
But, if you don't need cuda, I recommend an AMD gpu and stick with Debian or Fedora. It is trouble free.
PS: I will try immutable distros some day, pinky promise ^^
Even then, if you're switching, just give installing drivers for Nvidia on Debian a go. If it doesn't work, just move onto the next distro
I’ve never tried silver blue, but I can confirm that fedora in general has a very good balance of “Just works” and “Tinkerability”
E: I’m a little worried about red hat with their history, but if something happens I’m totally prepared to jump ship to an ArchOS, probably endeavor or manjaro
I'm more concerned with the current ownership.
Truly a shame, there are a few really talented and knowledgeable folks I knew at RH are no longer there. Even recently there was an RTO push(to drive people away) about a month ago, and then a round of layoffs just a few days ago.
IBM has an unfortunate history with acquisitions, and I fear RH will be just another footnote in a series of IBM mergers and acquisitions.
That's sad to hear
If you go Arch-based, just go Arch at that point. It's beautiful.
fedora's declaration that they're officially okay with including "ai" generated code in the project has me shopping around for a new distro. CachyOS seems like it's really soliid choice these days.
"AI code" is being added to the Linux kernel for years now.
Are you shopping for a different OS?
I am willing to bet more than 80 % of programmers nowadays have AI assistance. It works. It saves time. Code is still public, reviewable.
You can either accept the new reality or hide in the woods.
But, but, AI, reeeeee!
Its been downhill since compilers. People just script these days. No knolage of low level systems. Bring back assembly.
Bring back paper tape! Hell, bring back setting switches on the front of the machine.
Oh come on, they added guidelines on how AI generated content has to be marked.
The alternative would be people committing their AI generated code anyway and just not telling anyone.