Should I Switch Linux Distributions? A Guide...

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KDE Plasma Desktop

This one's a bit trickier. Usually, what newer Linux users are told is that what they're probably after is a new Desktop Environment or Window Manager. If you're frustrated with the way Gnome Desktop (https://www.gnome.org/) works, then looking at KDE Plasma (https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/) may be a good idea and vice-versa. Some users find that they prefer working almost solely with the keyboard rather than a keyboard and mouse combination. For these users, a tiling Window Manager such as i3 (https://i3wm.org/) might be interesting. Additionally, you can download and install many shell extensions that change the way your particular Desktop Environment works.

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EndeavourOS

I personally haven't seen any use case where Manjaro was the best option. Not only will it break more often than similar distros (Endeavor or Arch itself for example), the way the Manjaro team handles said breakages aren't exactly the best for a distro of their size.

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Ubuntu

If you're currently using, say, Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/) and want to try Pop! OS (https://pop.system76.com/), remember that those are both derived from Ubuntu Linux (https://ubuntu.com/), which is itself a derivation of Debian Linux. You're not going to notice a tremendous difference between them.

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Pop!_OS

If you're currently using, say, Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/) and want to try Pop! OS (https://pop.system76.com/), remember that those are both derived from Ubuntu Linux (https://ubuntu.com/), which is itself a derivation of Debian Linux. You're not going to notice a tremendous difference between them.

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Linux Mint

If you're currently using, say, Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/) and want to try Pop! OS (https://pop.system76.com/), remember that those are both derived from Ubuntu Linux (https://ubuntu.com/), which is itself a derivation of Debian Linux. You're not going to notice a tremendous difference between them.

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i3

This one's a bit trickier. Usually, what newer Linux users are told is that what they're probably after is a new Desktop Environment or Window Manager. If you're frustrated with the way Gnome Desktop (https://www.gnome.org/) works, then looking at KDE Plasma (https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/) may be a good idea and vice-versa. Some users find that they prefer working almost solely with the keyboard rather than a keyboard and mouse combination. For these users, a tiling Window Manager such as i3 (https://i3wm.org/) might be interesting. Additionally, you can download and install many shell extensions that change the way your particular Desktop Environment works.

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Garuda Linux

A good example: When Garuda Linux (https://garudalinux.org/) first started gaining traction, many people were excited by its new look and wanted to switch to it.

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FLATHUB

If you can't immediately install that new app from your package manger, check https://flathub.org to see if it's available as a Flatpak.

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Arch Linux

This is a fairly good reason for switching to a new distribution. Different distributions have different ways of handling package management, administration, and security. Remember, however, that they all sit on top of the Linux Kernel. There's not going to be profound difference between the way Debian (https://www.debian.org/) and Arch (https://archlinux.org/) work when compared to, say, Windows and MacOSX.

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