I need to switch distros (i'm using Funtoo at the moment) because compiling takes too long on my old school laptop. Basically I want to be able to use a really quick package manager and init system so that I can spend less time compiling and configuring when I chance things. I was thinking something like void or maybe fedora. (arch would be fine if it was a tiny bit more stable, same with Debian testing.)
What OS would you run on a 10 year old laptop?
Yeah windows is possible but I can't really be bothered getting all my software to work on it, and I like to be able to change how things look.
Picture related.
>>54832723
Ubuntu MATE
>>54832733
I've tried Ubuntu mate and I like it, I just don't really like apt that much. and If I wanted to use mate I could just install it on another os.
>>54832723
Arch, Xubuntu, Debian. Chose depending on your needs, since you come from funtoo Arch would be probably best. Maybe opensuse tumbleweed.
>>54832769
How is Suse compared to something like.. Debian, or Fedora?
>>54832769
Nevermind this, you don't want to Arch. Debian testing is stable as fuck idk what are you talking about. Used for years, never had problem. I wouldn't bother with Fedora, not worth it.
>>54832782
So would you say Debian testing is as stable as Arch or maybe Gentoo?
>>54832781
Tumbleweed is bleeding edge rolling release, similar to Arch. It also has it's own version of AUR. I only used it briefly so I don't know how stable it is in the long run. Honestly I think Arch is better. I never used other versions of OpenSuse.
>>54832796
Debian testing is much more stable than Arch. Gentoo is as stable as user makes it so can't say. The only issue with debian testing is that it gets delayed security updates, since ALL updates get pushed after certain period of time (I belive week) from the unstable, so if there is some potential security breach then have fun waiting 1 week for fix. This problem does not exist in stable since they have separate security patch team and in unstable since it gets all updates first. Other than that testing is actually great.
