Distro advice
As a long term (non-technical) windows user I want to switch to Linux. And would like some advice on a distro. I have tried many and have found some things that I like and dislike. Also, NVIDIA drivers are not an issue, I have an AMD card.
Things I know I want:
- KDE Plasma, hands down my favorite DE
- Ability to play steam games (Ik this is most distros)
- Support for containers (I will need to run Siemens NX in a windows vm, it has to be this CAD program as it’s the one my school pays for)
- Something that I mostly don’t have to tinker with to get working everyday. Thinking comes with Linux, but I’m not a coder, (AKA no arch btw)
Things that would be nice:
-Debian based, this isn’t necessary art but I would prefer to move away from red hat. However, if fedora is the way then fedora is the way.
- no or opt-in telemetry
- online community that can provide support if asked nicely enough (or better yet has docs I can read)
From these criteria I think I am left with three options, Zorin OS, Debian, or Fedora. I have tried all but zorin. Debian was good, but it felt constraining in its philosophy of stability over usability. Debian has incredible community support and documentation. However, I am not knowledgeable enough to understand all of its documentation (though this is probably my fault.) as for fedora I really liked it, up to date with lots of support. I don’t love red hat and I did have some issues getting containers and some steam games to work on it. Zorin seems like a good option but I know little about it.
If you all can provide some feedback, suggestions and help it would be much appreciated. I will try to answer any questions as they arise. May the war in the comments not be too bad :)
TLDR: want system with KDE for beginners that runs containers for CAD programs with relative ease.