Suggestions for my next distro

[hellfire103@lemmy.ca]

Ah, I stand corrected.

[isokiero@sopuli.xyz]

Ubuntu or something based on it

I would not recommend ubuntu, specially on this case. System updates, snapd mostly, have gone downhill and it's nearly impossible to avoid reboots for extended periods. Debian seems to be still as solid as it's always been.

[riscwarez@feddit.online]

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Project#Governance]("The Fedora Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Red Hat retains liability for its actions.")

[asap@lemmy.world]

Sure, I was just expanding on OP's Kinoite comment.

Aurora can however go weeks or months without a reboot (you don't HAVE to update), so that's still ok.

[riscwarez@feddit.online]

"The Fedora Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Red Hat retains liability for its actions."

[lordnikon@lemmy.world]

It's like people forget Ubuntu is based on Debian but I guess with Snapd that may no longer be true.

[muhyb@programming.dev]

I mean, if you are already on openSUSE, why not just use Leap? You won't need to update it a lot hence you won't need to reboot.

[irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Also Canonical has added a lot of problems to promote their monetization strategies lately. Mostly aimed at business rather than regular users, but still causes problems for home users.

I generally prefer RHEL based distros over Debian based ones, so Rocky Linux for servers is my current go to and Fedora for desktop, though Fedora is heading in a similar direction as Ubuntu I feel...

[zucca@sopuli.xyz]

Just settle with Gentoo, like I have since 2004.
No need for switching.

[coldwater@lemmy.ca]

Vanilla Debian is very stable, it can keep running for years without a reboot

[eugenia@lemmy.ml]

I've been using Linux since 1998 on and off, and in the last few years, exclusively. I like Debian-Testing, and Linux Mint. Nothing else seems to work as I want it, it seems.

[churbleyimyam@lemm.ee]

If I were you I would definitely use Debian 12.

[monovergent@lemmy.ml]

When maximizing uptime, Debian is the no-fuss way to go.

[j4yt33@feddit.org]

Just installed Pop! OS and am very happy with it, very stable, no problems so far! In the past I've tested Mint, Manjaro and openSUSE I think. Switched back from windows as I don't need remote access anymore and there's nothing that makes me want to go back

[eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I think almost any distro would be good at uptimes for days or weeks on end, but personally:

If you have newer harder, Fedora will have newer packages and drivers for that hardware.

If you have anything older than 2 years, Debian should be fine as long as you don't mind older editions of your favorite desktop environment.

I think something to consider is that most distros don't care when you update, as long as you update properly.

Arch for example doesn't care of you update daily, weekly, or monthly. They just want you to update all packages at once instead of partial upgrades to help solve errors and ensure everyone is on the same page when needing help.

My personal vote would be Debian, as that can stay up for months without issue, but I get distracted by new bells and whistles on KDE releases so I use Fedora.

[utopiah@lemmy.ml]

Debian... but also to clarify it's not "old" at all. I'm using Debian on my servers, yes, but also on my desktop that use daily, to work and to play video games on, including VR. So... don't think because it's "old" and "stable" it means it's outdated.

[lordnikon@lemmy.world]

Very true I have been a Debian user since 98. I have tried other distros but it only lasts a month or two before I come back. Debian just works and if you need something newer testing works great got home use. I can wait a little when freeze happens and worse case I have flatpak and distrobox to fall back on.

[isospandy@lemm.ee]

LFS is the only true distro

[jestzer@lemmy.world]

I don’t agree with the first half. I’ve upvoted comments mentioning Debian because it’s the one I would recommend, but it’s not my favorite and none of my daily drivers use it.

However, I agree with the second half. OP seems to be avoiding actually fixing the issue and is hoping that rolling the dice on another distro will fix at least the USB issue. Fixing the issue on OpenSUSE will likely guide them to learn something helpful along the way and they won’t need to re-setup everything else.

[mnbychoice@midwest.social]

Debian and a BSD (FreeBSD is nice) can run for years without a reboot.

Certain activities will often push a machine to crash. 3D gaming, network drive mounts on an unstable network, and some drivers.

No distro is going to fix a true hardware problem.