Note: I don’t know if I’m posting this in the right community, I joined Lemmy recently.

I use KDE Neon on my desktop, and I recently decided to install Linux on my laptop. I don’t want to install KDE Neon onto my laptop though, because it only has fairly up to date software through Flatpak (at least for me).

Is there a good distro with very up to date software that doesn’t require me to check on it often, and that I can probably make it work within 15 days? (I have the list of apps I need.) I prefer an Arch-based distro that lets me remove a lot of distro specific customization. However, if there is some other distro “base” that has software up to date like Arch and the AUR, please also let me know.

(I tried Arch already, but it seems to be too hard for me to configure, and it has multiple weird issues for me, so I don’t really want to use it.)

  • Dotdev@programming.dev
    9·
    2 years ago

    Endeavouros would be recommended if you like arch , if you want an rolling relase you could try Opensuse Tumbleweed, or fairly updated but stable then Fedora.

  • Matthew@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    I’m gonna vouch for EndeavourOS on this one. It’s Arch based but it has very sane defaults. It’s the spiritual successor to Antergos.

  • Sentau@lemmy.one
    4·
    2 years ago

    Like many here have said, fedora or opensuse seen to be good options for you. Both are stable and the packages are up to date

  • aspitzer@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Ubuntu is a good starter distro. It is up to date and has the most documentation/examples on the web. It is the most likely to “just work”. Install it and test it out.

    • nik282000@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      100% Ubuntu. They have great hardware support and spend a lot of time making sure the user’s experience is smooth. The snap package thing is annoying but can be worked around.

    • ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works
      01·
      1 year ago

      I’m a fan and user of Ubuntu, but I would never recommend it to someone coming from Arch and looking for bleeding edge updates. This user isn’t that green. Ubuntu repos absolutely lag in up to date versions of things, which isn’t usually a problem, can usually be fixed by adding the app developers up to date repo, and is still more up to date by default than other Debian stable type releases. But bleeding edge out of the box, it absolutely is not. But, in my experience also, it does just work. And the documentation is pretty straightforward and easy to digest. Also, as package managers go I prefer apt. I just wish ubuntu distro upgrades were more stable and less prone to ruining my weekend.

  • s20@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m going to recommend Fedora Workstation. The Gnome desktop is fantastic on a laptop with a touchpad, Fedora is very up to date without being unstable, and between Flatpak, the Fedora repos, and Copr, you’re probably going to find everything you need.

    • SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      The pain with Fedora is the short support cycle, so you have to reinstall/upgrade it every year.

      That and dnf/yum stinks.

  • Gecko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Fedora has a KDE spin and gets some updates faster than even Arch (e.g. new Gnome releases) while also being considered stable. Heck even the the Asahi Linux project switched from Arch to Fedora as a base recently.

    If you really need something from the AUR you can just use distrobox to generate an arch container and install the AUR package in there. You can then export it from distrobox to your application list with a single comment so that the fact that it’s running inside distrobox becomes completely transparent.

    That way you have a stable but up-to-date base while also still having access to AUR.

    That being said, in my 7 years on Linux I never needed something that was only accessible in AUR but maybe that’s just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    Yes, Linux Mint. Very stable, low resources, great UI, rock solid. Best overall distro out there.

    • s20@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      I don’t mean to argue, but is any LTS a good recommendation for someone looking for more up to date software than Neon?

      Don’t get me wrong - it’s stable and all that, I guess (although I haven’t been a fan of Ubuntu over Debian in a long time), and it’s definitely noon friendly. I’m just saying when one of their specific requests is “up to date” an LTS might not be the best choice.