On 2022-05-02 04:36, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
Thanks. Ugh.
Your timing is perfect, because I'm just about to do a fresh install and this would be the time to decide on something else.
I'm looking for an alternative that will offer support for a KDE version as well as Steam and my fairly-new AMD graphics card (RX 6500 XT). I'd also prefer to live snap-free.
Mint and Pop don't support KDE, SuSE has problems with Steam and I'm exhausted enough that I don't want one more learning curve wrt the Arch way of doing things. Right now my best choices appear to be MX, KDE Neon (if I install the 32-bit libraries for Steam) and (if I want to go back to an RPM-based system for the first time since Mandriva ceased,) Fedora KDE.
Any suggestions, either from these choices or something else? Thanks again.
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56
I have had very good luck with Fedora. I am extremely happy with YUM/dnf and RPMs. Mixed feelings about snaps. They are kind of like docker containers but seem to have a bunch of extra stuff with them. I have found great utility in containers to solve all kinds of problems with otherwise unresolvable software dependencies. YMMV. I run Gnome. I tend to do bunches of software testing and installation. I never run games ( The last one I tried was a Sikorsky LHX helicopter simulator and nothing yet has come close ). Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 alvin@netvel.net ||