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November 15, 2020 09:55 am GMT

Suggest me the right Linux distro

Hello, good people of Dev! I need some help from the Linux users out there.

I've been thinking to switch to Linux (again) after being fed up (again) with Windows' constant lagging on my PC. I'm a web developer and just want a distro which is performant, good looking and has an abundancy of all the required packages (without any workarounds).

The distros in the banner are the ones I've been considering.

  • Linux Mint Cinnamon: I've heard it's very good for web development. It's lightweight and performant and I've heard some good things about Cinnamon. I've used Mint in the past (like 5-6 years ago).

  • Ubuntu 20.04: I've used Ubuntu and have been considering it only for: familiarity and availability of a large user-base. My main pet-peeves while using Ubuntu 18.04 were the unavailability of these following features:

    • In Windows, the clipboard is at my disposal when I pressed Win + v. I didn't really search for a clipboard manager that does this.
    • Blue light filter. I tried using Redshift but for some reason, I couldn't get it to work.
    • Hibernation
  • Manjaro: I don't know anything about it.

  • Peppermint OS: I was considering it because some people claim it to be super performant.

  • Pop!_OS: Super pretty! Lots of support for it on the comments below! I'll probably end up using this.

So, suggest me anything that you think will suit me!

  • Web Development
  • Kinda done with the lag-ful experience in Windows.
  • Will run on Dual boot alongside Windows (which I'll mainly use for Photoshop, Premiere, etc).
  • Wants small important features which were mentioned as pet peeves of Ubuntu above.

Laptop Specs:

  • 1 TB HDD
  • Intel Core i5 8th Gen @1.60GHz
  • 8GB RAM
  • Nvidia GeForce MX130

Thanks!

Edit: add laptop specs

Update

Thank you everyone for the suggestions and inputs! By far I've cut the list short to Mint Cinnamon and Pop!_OS. I looked at Fedora too but as I'm not really familiar with it, I doubt if I'll be using it.

Thanks for your inputs on Manjaro and letting me know about other cool distros like Zorin OS and Elementary OS. I'll surely try them out in the future!

P.S. I researched a bit and found out that the hibernating feature is not available out of the box in any Linux distribution(?).


Original Link: https://dev.to/kretaceous/suggest-me-the-right-linux-distro-4ane

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