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What distro do you install on other's computers? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What distros do you install on your mom's, sister's, buddy's, etc machines?

My go-to has usually been Mint, but I wonder if there is a better set and forget, easily understood distro to install on the computers of those who will rely on you for support.

atomic distros would probably be a good option, but it seems that same disk dual boot is a no no, and that can be a deal breaker.

I'm thinlink QoL, for me, that is.

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[–] 24 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Bazzite. It’s immutable so you don’t need to even set anything up or configure things or go into the command line if you’re just doing regular computer things (web browsing, gaming, etc). Best experience on Linux I’ve ever had in 15 years.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    For somethings, it makes it harder to install so being immutable sometimes adds an extra hurdle. But for the type of people who wouldn't install the OS themselves, they aren't going to try those methods anyways and if they did, they wouldn't know enough to not break things. So this is what I was thinking.

    OTOH, it makes it harder to get find answers since its less popular than the parent OS's and fedora instructions often don't apply, so if they ever do get interested in learning more it could be a hurdle. But they're just gonna ask me to deal with it, and I'm currently using bazzite (+ windows dual-boot for work stuff).

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    You’re grossly overestimating the amount of people who want to explore around with distros and advanced stuff. The overwhelming majority of every computer user wants to browse the internet, play games, and store their files. For the average person, one can install an immutable distro (for them) and leave them to use their computer.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yeahh java is a pain in the ass to get setup on bazzite without breaking stuff when you have an os update. I spun a fedora vm up and just installed it there but I need to redo that because the program I need java for is on my main os and I can't move the license without javing java installed on the main os...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    How did you install it?
    BTW, for these kinds of things toolbox is usually a good choice

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    On the fedira ws vm, I just layered it because its easy. I tried running openjdk in distrobox on bazzite but I didn't have time to screw around with getting the program (Tunerstudio MS) that is already on my bazzite install to "find" the java in distrobox. I'm also REALLY new to distrobox so I was probably using it wrong. I'll checkout toolbox later today.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    Oh it's pretty much the same thing but IMO actually a little worse, so if you didn't have luck with distrobox it's either a limitation or a misconfiguration somewhere

    Edit: what the heck is a MegaSquirt with a dedicated forum on msextra.com?? Lmao

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