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Noooooob here: As title said - I don't know what distro I should choose. My needs are student stuff like Libreoffice & Videoconferences but also creative things, photo-management and cutting videos. Does it matter at all? Do I have to check for every single program I use or is there a distro that is recommended?

I was planning on getting a Tuxedo with Tuxedo OS, but my neighbour recommended another "no os"-seller and now I'm not sure. I was opting for Tuxedo mainly because of the support since I'm leaving windows after many years^^

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[-] msokiovt@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For creative use, that's very interesting. If you want something that's with systemd (a set of utilities that are forced on many), then I think something like Linux Mint or Pop_OS!. As for Tuxedo, that's Ubuntu-based if I'm not mistaken, so it will have the Snap packaging format (basically, a sort of universal package format designed for any command line apps) from Ubuntu 24.04 and beyond. Mint and Pop don't implement Snap, and use their own repositories.

Without systemd (because some don't like systemd), probably something called MX Linux, which is Debian-based might be up your alley. Another option looks to be Nitrux, which I've never heard of.

Otherwise, maybe PCLinuxOS if you want something independent, with another option being potentially OpenMandriva.

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