Tinker Distro/setup for everyday use

So i want to setup my new Laptop for everyday use.

I use it mostly for browsing, notes, game Dev (via Godot engine), light gaming.

I like Tinkering and have experience with arch and a bit with hyprland i am open to try anithying out.

The Laptop has a AMD CPU and 16GB of DDR5 Ram.

I would like some distro and de/wm recomadations.

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 day ago

A Setup for my Laptop

So i want to set my laptup up for my school (i dont need speacial software) it is more about produktivity i want to use somthing like hyprland or niri or mango but i dont know what distro whould be good.

I like tinkering and am open to learn new stuff.

I have already configured niri and hyprland and mango.

Specs:

Memory:16GB DDR5

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 - 7535U

GPU:AMD Radeon™ 660M (integrated)

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u/Bananaking593 — 11 days ago

A distro for my HP 255R G10 Laptop

So i am looking for a distro to put on my laptop that i want to use for studying (i dont need special apps that are needed from my school) i like a bit tinkering and i dont care how hard it is to setup i like wm’s but kde is also very great.

Specs:

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 7535U

Memory:16GB DDR5

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u/Bananaking593 — 14 days ago

Find me a distro.

So i am in search of a distreo that fit my needs have been on my linux journy for about 1-2 months.

I use my Pc mostly for everyday stuff and Gaming like i dont have any hardware that would probaly be a problem but here are my specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon 9060XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory 16GB DDR4

So i like kde but gnome is also great i use my pc for studying so i like a good workflow i dont really want to use arch right now i now that the aur is optional but with all the stuff going on i dont really want to go there so if somone could give me some recommandations that would be great.

I do some prgramming as a hobby so i am not scared of the terminal.

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u/Bananaking593 — 17 days ago

Help me find a Disro to settle on

So i have a big choise problem what i mean by that is really dont know what would be the best for me i have already tryed some distros and have been using cachyos for a wile (i am using cachyos with hyprland and caelestia shell) i am not sure if its the right for me since i need to do school stuff on my Pc and i am a bit scared of instability of hyprland and cachyos.

I am just looking for somthing i can game and do some normal daily stuff on and also maybe some video editing with davinci.

Specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

RAM: 16GB DDR4

So like i said i have been trying some distros and have been on my linux journy since about half a year i like kde or a window manager but like i said because of stability i would be fine with kde

i am still open to learn so nothing like mint or somthing.

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u/Bananaking593 — 26 days ago

Help me find a distro

So i am currently using cachyos with a pretty janky self made mangowm setup and i want to setup something that i can use for school and gaming i am fine with doing some tinkering but i dont want to tinker every time i need to do anything.

I would like some preinstalled things or the option to install them also i would like to use a window manager but kde is also totally fine with kwin scripts so i dont want it to break on me when i need it and like i said i am using my pc mostly for school and gaming and some video editing somtimes but rarely

Specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon 9060XT

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory: 16GB DDR4

And i want to address i am not new to linux so i dont mind if its harder to setup and i dont want something immutable like bazzite

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

A distro for my Laptop

I am seting up my laptop and i dont know what distro to put on it i already have some expierience and want to put a window mananger on it probely niri or hyprland but mango is also an option

I will use it for some light gaming and school work plus coding and video editing so very general

Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5700G

GPU: Integrated Grapics

Memory: 16GB DDR4

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

Distro

So i am already using linux for about half a year mostly cachyos.

I just want to know what would be the best distro if i want to use niri or hyprland with noctalia shell i also need to use my pc for gaming and school work.

Specs:

GPU: AMD Radeon 9060 XT

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory 16GB DDR4

I also like to learn and tinker.

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

Help me find a Distro

So i am looking for a Distro (maybe with hyprland or niri) i have been using cachyos for about half a year but i am looking for something that isn't a rooling release because i need my PC for school and Gaming

Specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

RAM:16GB DDR4

I am running Cachy with hyprland and caelestia shell right now i don't know if it maybe is stable enough.

Please give me some recommendations and also why they are good

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

Help me decide

I cant really settle on a Distro i have been in my linux journy for about half a year now and i have been from Bazzite to Cachyos but never really had a distro where it just clicked i was already considering just using arch or something Cachy i had the best experience yet but still i cant say why wasn't it yet i really want to use something like hyprland or niri but kde is also good maybe someone can help me.

I use my Pc mostly for gaming and just daily stuff and also some video editing.

Specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon 9060 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory:16GB DDR4

Edit: I also use my pc for learning and doing programming i also do school stuff

Update:I now am hopefully settling on cachy since i think i can customize it enough for my liking if you still recommend something else be free to tell me

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

Help me choose

I am trying to settle on a linux distro i have in mind nobara and cachyos i cant diside what would be better for me i use my pc mostly for gaming and school and some video editing i am fine with tinkering and learning so can somone help me diside or mayby recommend somthing completly diffrent.

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u/Bananaking593 — 1 month ago

Help me Find a Distro

I need a distro and i have some time right now to set somthing up i use my pc mostly for gaming and school and some video editing i like some tinkering but i dont want my system to break on me i like tiling window managers like niri and hyprland i have been using linux for some time (distors i used:Bazzite, fedora, nobara, pikaos) i am fine with using the terminal and like leraning but i dont want somthing to break when i need my system for school or somthing.

Specs:

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory:16GB DDR4

I would like to hear some recomandations and why they are good.

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

Long term Distro

I have been looking and testing some distros to use for my pc i use it mostly to game and edit videos and also for some school i like tinkering/customizing a bit also i like tiling window manager i have tried hyprland and niri but i also like kde.

Distros i tryed:

Cachyos

Fedora

PikaOS

Pc Specs:

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory:16GB DDR4

On cachyos i have tryed niri and hyprland.

I want to hear some recomendations.

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

A Good setup for school

I have some free time soon and i want to setup my pc for school and gaming i like hyprland or niri but i dont know what or how i should set it up can you give me some recomendations.

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

Help me choose

So i am using Cachyos as my Distro right now and i dont now to if i should stick with it, its good but i am not sure if its stable enought since i need to use it for school so i wanne know if i should use somthing more stable (if yes what) or if cachyos is stable enought.

Specs:

Cpu:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Memory: 16GB DDR4

Edit I am using Hyprland

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

Gaming Distro for my gaming PC

I want a New Distro for my gaming PC I have been using PikaOS for some time but i had some issues and i just would like to try somthing new i already have some expierience with Linux and i have already used CachyOS for some time but i don’t know if it is worth going back too after the aur thing I would also like to try Niri i have already have tryed it in a VM.

Specs:

Memory: 16GB DDR4

CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

GPU:AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

I dont really want to spent like 5h setting things up but i would still be open to do it i like a bit of tinkering.

Mostly I want to do gaming on it but also some Studying for School and a bit of coding.

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

A Distro for my Gaming PC

So i am looking for a distro for my gaming pc where i dont need to troubleshoot a lot i have tryed i have some expierience with cachyos and i am just looking for somthing not arch based.

My Specs:

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Memory:16GB DDR4

I would like to be able to costimze a bit

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago

A Distro for My thinpad T430

I want to install a linux distro for school on my thinpad T430.

Specs:

CPU:Intel i5-2520M

Memory:12GB

I want to use it for school and for a bit of programming and also some very lite gaming.

I have already used Distros like Cachyos and fedora.

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u/Bananaking593 — 2 months ago