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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Best Distro for Laptops? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to know your opinions on the best distro that is convenient for laptops. Main reason is I want to really optimize hardware performance and more specifically battery life for my University classes. I also want to try a tiling manager as they seem perfect for laptops.

Things of note:

Convenience/Performance is key
My laptop is a Thinkpad E15 w/ 16 gb ram
On my home desktop I run Archlinux w/ Open box & no DE (I've been using Arch for years but haven't used another distro since Ubuntu in highschool)
I will likely dual boot with Windows 10 for Office
I want to run a tiling manager
I don't video game
I wont be using a mouse
I don't necessarily want to use Arch, want to try something new that I don't have to rely on AUR updates for certain software

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

🧌 NixOS 🧌

~ I use xmonad/polybar/rofi/dunst and you could just use my whole config and have it up and running in a day, deleting lines and adding others. ~

Fork it and modify mine to your preferences. I even made a custom typeface to add my favorite crypto logos to my Polybar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow these seems really cool, good job and thanks for your contribution! I am gonna check it out!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Glad to help! I’m merely standing on the shoulders of the giants before me.

[–] Steamymoomilk 2 points 1 year ago

YESS!!! I just switched from vanillaOS to Nix and its been a learning curve but if you screw up you just go back a generation and rebuild. And I haven't had any package manager BS like ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

this really makes nixOs so good because I can just make others do the hard work of configing it for me and use it 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Unless you want to run a stake pool on Cardano, you’d have to fork and modify my config.