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I would probably recommend Bazzite as a gaming (and user-friendly, in many ways) OS alternative instead of Pop!_OS.
It is very simple to set up and use, and comes with multiple gaming-related tweaks by default.
I installed Bazzite on a spare SSD (USB-C NVMe enclosure) I had at home to test-drive it on my gaming rig and I'm almost using it daily now. I will likely get rid of my Windows 11 install on my larger SSD. Some of my games that were stuttering for some unknown reason aren't stuttering at all on Bazzite.
On a technical level, I really like the concept of atomic images for the OS. The installation process has sane defaults, but it nonetheless let me set up some stuff like LUKS encryption, and other stuff the average user wouldn't bother with.
Only thing that doesn't work with it is my ancient Logitech G13.
Yup. Saw the Bazzite group presentation at SCALE a few weeks ago. Very impressive.
I think that Librewolf should be on that list for browsers. Also, Pop!_OS is a great choice for gaming if you are running and Nvidia graphics card. Otherwise, it doesn't really have an advantage over Mint.
EDIT: For a gaming exclusive distro, I agree with the other comments that Bazzite is probably a better choice than any other distro listed in the infograph.
Yeah, Librewolf is recommended but only in the deepdive guide (https://lemmy.world/post/27983334). It just isn't easy to pick up for the average user, so rather keep it for the advanced users.
For gaming, most distros handle it fairly well! I’ve gamed on Ubuntu and Fedora 42 (my current distro) the most. Steam’s Proton Compatibility Layer helps so much in this case, making Linux Gaming less of a struggle. Pop_OS is based on an older Ubuntu base 22.04 with software several versions behind what’s currently available. The NVIDIA drivers are at least current.
I’d not recommend that for a gaming OS until they update the Ubuntu base, when COSMIC DE is done this will likely happen. Bazzite or Nobara are solid recommendations as well, if a specific gaming distribution is desired.
How can I get my Samsung Galaxy mobile off Android? (Safely for banking and such?)
Check if your model is supported by lineageos. There is also microg for lineageos if you want a little google play services still.
Weird support list. S10 and A21, but not my S20+5G
:(
Edit: what about E OS. (French based degoogled android branch?)
Is there a reason that opera isn't listed in browsers, or that OpenOffice isn't included in office suites? I thought they had a relatively decent userbase.
Also Reddit -> Lemmy/Mbin could be added in social media.
Well Opera is owned by a Chinese parent company. IMO this is much worse than using a US product.
So I've not paid close attention to opera in over a decade, clearly, because I just checked wikipedia and didn't even know that it was chromium now.
I don't have a problem with using a Chinese owned app - I'm neither tankie nor sinophobe, an increasingly lonely position - but I can see now why opera wouldn't be included. Thanks!
And even if ownership wasn't a concern, Opera completely lost me when they let go most of their original developers at around the same time. Vivaldi is the spiritual successor with many original developers. I count that as a win in the ethical direction anyway (even if they still run chromium under the hood as well.)
OpenOffice for all intents and purposes has been dead for a decade, but LibreOffice (included in the graphic) is a fork which remains active and has community and is the de facto successor.
Since this was posted to Lemmy, seems like a definite miss! Real nice info graphic though, thanks OP.
Nobara and Bazzite should be next to Pop!_OS
What makes OSes like these more suitable for gaming?
Nobara (my personal choice) is run by Glorious Eggroll, the dude that develops Proton-GE, a custom version of Valve's Proton compatibility layer that enhances the ability to run Windows games on Linux. Its got additional patches and fixes that improve game compatibility and performance compared to the standard Proton.
fwiw, kobo is ultimately owned by walmart through rakuten
Kobo via Rakuten is not owned in any way by Walmart. They merely had a retail and marketing partnership in the US
oh! wonderful to hear!
Anyone have suggestions for podcast hosting platforms? Seems like they're all American as far as I can tell.
I've been using Antennapod forever. Podcasts, historically, are just some media files dumped on some website and released. Recently platforms like spotify and others have made them easily browse-able, but it's still largely an open platform.
Sorry, I mean hosting platform as in, provides ad insertions for those that want to go that way, submission to multiple platforms easily, RSS generator for your podcast, etc. Like Libsyn, Podbean, Acast, etc.
Not all Canadian, or even non-usa. But great options!
This kind of chart will never be full. You can call it updated, yes. But calling it full is wrong
Bazzite, or even Nobara is far better of a choice for gaming than Pop!_OS.
Thanks for making these guides!
These lists are always missing Murena, they do the degoogled android OS but also offer all the email and cloud things too with a free tier.
browsers: Librewolf (privacy stuff), Floorp (very customisable)
search: SearXNG (the all of all worlds, no ads, self-hosted!)
music: Navidrome (self-hosted)
office suites: OnlyOffice (it works well for me and is pretty decent)
OS: Fedora (is also user-friendly...)
What, no OpenBSD? (Just kidding!). Are there no decently friendly Canadian Linux distros? I miss Vector Linux.