[tde-users] Re: Recommendation for a distro

On 12/16/24 6:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano via tde-users wrote: Take your pick :) But NOT Arch... If it were me, I'd probably use Debian or if you want to be closer to the bleeding-edge, then openSUSE Tumbleweed. As long as the distro packages TDE -- you will be fine -- it's all the same Linux under the hood. The only differences between distros is what package manager they use and slight config and file location differences. From that standpoint, it doesn't really matter which distro you choose as long as it provides TDE (or provides a build-system, if you want to build it from source -- you don't want to be writing your own). The only reason I say NOT Arch is there is no consistent TDE packaged for Arch and any packages are only provided through user-supported AUR. (Arch is a particularly difficult challenge as it follows current upstream releases, including kernel, gcc, glibc, Qt, gtk, ssl, tls, png, jpeg, etc... which means packages break first on Arch -- and the poor packager is left to patch TDE before it can build again...) So as long as the distro you are thinking about packages TDE, then go with the one your familiar with, or take the challenge of learning something new. You will ultimately find, there is very little fundamental difference between them. Good luck! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.