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Have a look on distrowatch
If you want to go for traditional distributions that don't have native rollback mechanisms, I would suggest using btrfs along with something like snapper.
I installed Endeavour OS today and I'm liking it a lot.
I think the best way to decide is to fire up a bunch of VMs and install a distro on each. Going through the installation process for arch is a great way to start learning more about the OS IMO so if you're interested in that then that's a very beneficial thing to do anyway. I use Debian on my laptop and dual boot arch and Debian on my desktop. I've only ever used fedora for servers so I can't comment on how it serves as a daily driver. Here's a few distros I've used and recommend to try out. Debian Arch Manjaro ParrotOS(if you're into security) Centos
The top 10 in Distrowatch. I don't even know which they are, but odds are that you'll find something good in it.
If you like Linux Mint, you might wanna try Feren, but it a bit bloated tho
I absolutely agree with this guy: Chris Titus's distro tier list.. But you can try absolutely anything with this hardware.
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Hannah Montana Linux
NixOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobara Linux. Fedora's better looking younger brother.
Why not using Fedora and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of Nobara over Fedora?
Why not use Linux from scratch and customizing it yourself? What's the advantage of a distro over Linux from scratch?
The only reason stated above my comment is that Nobara looks better than Fedora. I asked because I genuinely don't know what's in Nobara that is not in Fedora and why is better Nobara.
No need to be an ass, leave that for Reddit users.
I wasn't being an ass, I just jokingly pointed how a bit limited sighted your comment was: the way I see, a distro exists to save your time by already doing a pre-customization of the system for the user, even if it's just comestic.
Oh sorry. I hate working early in the morning so I didn't catch your tone!
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NixOS, makes it easy to have the same setup because it's all in one config file. I didn't check it out until last year when they released a graphical installer, now installing/using NixOS is a breeze.
Even if I didn't install NixOS, I'd use the Nix package manager (which is separate, but part of a NixOS system) since it has more packages than the AUR. It's easy to contribute to, so I've been maintaining a package.