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| Distribution | Benefits | Drawbacks |
|---|---|---|
| MicroOS/Aeon 2024/07 | immutable (tumbleweed underneath),snapper,rolling,auto-update,current | Container-life uncomplicates the base installation at the cost of complicating app installation/operation |
| openSUSE 2019/02 | zypper,yast,snapper,rolling,Nvidia repo,current | yast/SUSE approach inherently introduces: 1) SUSE’s own way of doing things 2) a duplication of existing DE tools 3) less DE intregration |
| Fedora 2016/11 | dnf,DE-transparent,Nvidia repo,current | short support life, but not rolling. |
| Manjaro 2016/08 | Out-of-the-box brilliance, insane package/DE availability, DE-transparent, Nvidia easiest, current | feels a little unbridled for me. I like the protections offered by the enterprise-backed distros. |
| elementary (pantheon) 2016/09 | Gnom-ish but: prettier, snappier | Elementary: Ubuntu-based. Pantheon: settings/options are too limited, forcing command-line hackery for petty customization |
| Mint (cinnamon) 2016/03 | Out-of-the-box brilliance; familiar, centralized settings | Mint: Ubuntu-based. cinnamon: feels old/dated, resource hog, anti-csd |
| Ubuntu (unity) 2014/09 | good enough | Ubuntu: not a fan of apt-get, Ubuntu uses a different filesystem-framework than the other gnu/linux standards. Unity: Never truly settled into the unity way-of-things |
| Desktop Environment | Benefits | Drawbacks |
| gnome | beautiful, minimalist approach, gtk4/csd | resource hog (functions, but not as graphically snappy on older hardware) |
| xfce | light on resources, graphically snappy, runs csd apps | not as cohesive as gnome |
| budgie | GNOME-like but snappier, more cohesive than XFCE | less cohesive than GNOME, less snappy than XFCE, less mature/complete than both |
markdown extension for browser (best markdown find to date!)
PineBook PRO (laptop) <- not yet available as of 2019/03/05