posted in Asklemmy
If you were to install Linux on a laptop for someone, what distro would you use?
My head tells me Linux Mint, but my heart says listen to your head. Why is this hard? 😂
Replying to @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
Fedora Atomic.
Updates are stable.
They can’t fuck it up.
Replying to @doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml
Respectfully huge disagree. Standard Fedora would be better (and is my personal recommendation) since a bunch of administrative command syntax would be different with Atomic. The internet’s going to show troubleshooting advice for the former 9 times out of 10.
Replying to @bleustenns@lemmy.ml
You just described exactly why I would install an Atomic distribution.
So they can’t run something they don’t understand, and end up nuking their install.
The biggest differences in usage (dnf vs rpm-ostree) essentially function as a filter to prevent fuckups.
Everything I value is against “how long it will work without issue”, “how quick is an update”, and finally “how much effort do I need to help maintain it”.
Atomic systems have netted me positives on all my values. The people I know who used atomic, have only approached me due to edge cases such as specific laptop fan issues, which weren’t hindered by the atomic system.