Installing Linux on friend's new PC, which distro should he use? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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edit: Fedora it is then!

He will be running the AMD 9800 X3D w/ RX 9070 XT, B850 motherboard.

I am deciding between either Fedora (probably KDE) and Bazzite (also KDE), but I'm not sure whether an atomic distro would be better/worse for a newbie.

As far as I understand, atomic distros can be easily rolled back after an update, but you are unable to use apt/dnf/etx, you need to use Flatpak, I think. Would that be limiting for the average user? Also, does Bazzite have better driver support for newer AMD hardware compared to Fedora?

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[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

The Bazzite docs really recommend against rpm-ostree, saying it could break stuff and such

[-] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

I don't use it as a primary, but for me it's been fine for some one-off tools.

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