Skull_Angel
[H]ard|Gawd
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Hello all. Finally looking into moving onto Linux for my primary build and trying to sponge up all the info I can about different distributions. I'm trying to find something simple and stable to get started with and thought Debian or Ubuntu Mate would be top choices. Current Pros for Debian are stability and relatively bloat free, while the main Pro for Ubuntu is up-to-date software/applications (rolling updates?). Can Debian's software/apps be manually updated to "current stable builds" with little hassle?
I've looked into Arch, and while it is very tempting, I don't believe I will chose it at this time because of the necessary involvement it seems to need. I have no issue putting in the time learning, but would like to keep time troubleshooting low. I enjoy tweaking and tinkering, but in the end I want things to work when I want them to since I don't have the free time that I use to.
I've taken a look into some of the different DEs that are available as well and really enjoy how Mate is setup. I've heard that trying to get a particular DE to work with a distro that doesn't come packaged with it can be a hassle, so I'm putting that option aside for now (doesn't mean I'm not open to other DEs).
Currently, I use my main rig for media/streaming, web browsing and gaming. Moving to Linux, I plan to add a bit of dabbling into development and/or playing with servers; likely use VMs for gaming (preferred) or have a secondary drive.
I've looked into Arch, and while it is very tempting, I don't believe I will chose it at this time because of the necessary involvement it seems to need. I have no issue putting in the time learning, but would like to keep time troubleshooting low. I enjoy tweaking and tinkering, but in the end I want things to work when I want them to since I don't have the free time that I use to.
I've taken a look into some of the different DEs that are available as well and really enjoy how Mate is setup. I've heard that trying to get a particular DE to work with a distro that doesn't come packaged with it can be a hassle, so I'm putting that option aside for now (doesn't mean I'm not open to other DEs).
Currently, I use my main rig for media/streaming, web browsing and gaming. Moving to Linux, I plan to add a bit of dabbling into development and/or playing with servers; likely use VMs for gaming (preferred) or have a secondary drive.