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"SO proof" distro (self.linux)

submitted 6 days ago by Hozerkiller to c/[email protected]

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Any recommendations for a linux distro that i can set up and be reasonably sure my non techy SO won't break accidentally? The set up doesn't have to be easy it just has to not break once I leave her alone with it. My first thought was popOS.

My plan is to have 2 profiles and not give her access to sudo. I just don't want to have to go into it unless she needs a new program.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Linux mint is a good, "click first" distro that won't break without root + will be easy for her to use. For something with a more modern desktop and more recent updates, Bazzite is really good at just working and (in my experience) has never broken

[–] Hozerkiller 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bazzite might be what i go for the more i look at it. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like bazzite!

[+] [email protected] -10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Here's the bazzite attempt at viral marketing, everyone.

Remember when we saw it for MX Linux?

Be careful about what you install on your computers.

Edit: The incessant, vehement backlash against calling out shilling is always a telltale sign of shilling. Shills are not allowed to let people accuse them of shilling without going through their playbook of what to say next.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Its popular rnow because of all the handhelds I think

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Bro I'm the lead developer and I'm just now seeing this, just accept you called the viral marketing wrong.

We've grown to the point that when I market something, I tell people not to listen to me because I'm biased.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean it's not perfect but what is?

I tried MX Linux for a while, it was okay. did I miss something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I tried mx for 7 minutes. it installed nvidia drivers and that killed it. off to the next distro I hopped, knowing the problem could have been easy to fix. shame, it seemed interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

You know the build scripts which turn Fedora Kinoite into Bazzite are all open on GitHub, right..... 🤦

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

For me, Mint borked the network after an update. I never got to figure what was wrong - the local network worked, the Internet connection was there and other devices worked through the same router, remote IPs were unreachable so it's not a DNS problem, etc.

But I might have had an edge case.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I have tried most known distros but not bazzite, yet. might be the next one on my distrohop journey since everyone recommends it. hope it works better than fedora kde, it does not get along with my hardware AT ALL