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Linux distro recomendation

Hello does any1 have some linux distro recomendation cause arch haved kind of becomed boring for me

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w33t•9/14/25, 11:43 PM

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:44 PM

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AAce_Hello does any1 have some linux distro recomendation cause arch haved kind of be...

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:52 PM

-you can try tinkering around with gentoo in a virtual machine
-you can try setting up ESXi or Proxmox as a hypervisor and set up some VMs in there
-you can try setting up pfsense, vyos, or openwrt as a router if you want to try some networking stuff
-you can try setting up a server VM in something like debian, ubuntu, or almalinux to try to set up a DNS server or DHCP or web server or fastapi server or something
-you can try playing around with docker containers

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Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali -you can try tinkering around with gentoo in a virtual machine -you can try sett...

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:54 PM

no for main desktop cause i dont like windows too much and like i haved tried pretty much every linux distro

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AAce_no for main desktop cause i dont like windows too much and like i haved tried pr...

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:54 PM

is there a specific thing about arch you don't like?

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:55 PM

if you just like challenging yourself you can try setting up something like gentoo, if you've set arch from scratch you probably have the free time (to waste)

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Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali is there a specific thing about arch you don't like?

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:55 PM

i mean i customized it and everything but it becomed boring

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:56 PM

used pretty much every desktop envoierment for it that i can

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:57 PM

i mean if you just like setting up machines and figuring stuff out i feel like it'd be a lot easier for you to experiment with virtual machines

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:57 PM

so like i said, you can try gentoo or even linux from scratch in a VM

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:57 PM

if you really want to challenge yourself you can even try setting up like macos el capitan

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:57 PM

oh yeah linux from scratch

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distant•9/14/25, 11:57 PM

Get kali

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

but if you're just bored i feel like you'd do yourself a lot more favors by just buying civ 5 or civ 6 or hoi 4 or just minecraft

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Ddistant Get kali

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

already used it and kind of used it

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

changing your entire OS every time you get bored feels like a recipe for not being satisfied with what you have

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AAce_already used it and kind of used it

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distant•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

Personally i use kali for everything so i just recommend it wherever i can

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Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali changing your entire OS every time you get bored feels like a recipe for not bei...

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

yea

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distant•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

Its my fav

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distant•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

so id say

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distant•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

Use kali

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Ddistant Its my fav

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/14/25, 11:58 PM

speak for yourself :LivSip:

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:59 PM

i got it cause you are into an cyber security

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Ace_OP•9/14/25, 11:59 PM

im more into an customizing an distro

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

and building some thinks for myself

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

yea in that case you can try gentoo or linux from scratch

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

like tools and thoose thinks

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AAce_im more into an customizing an distro

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distant•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

Get void then

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

or you can try building a new distro from the ground up using the bare linux kernel if you really want to

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Ddistant Get void then

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

yea is good but used it before arch

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

xd

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

don't do that

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:00 AM

but you can!

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AAce_yea is good but used it before arch

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distant•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

Bro went through every distro

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Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali but you can!

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

yea is fun

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Ddistant Bro went through every distro

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

i dont think

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

never tried red star os

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

xd

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

but i mean linux from scratch can be good experiment

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:01 AM

ty @pls hire me

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AAce_never tried red star os

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:02 AM

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:02 AM

hahahahhahah

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guninvalid? more like stupidvali•9/15/25, 12:02 AM

can you even install rsos on a western machine? probably

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Gguninvalid? more like stupidvali can you even install rsos on a western machine? probably

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:03 AM

nah im still scared to try it

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:04 AM

i mean it wont be scary with out an internet connection

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:04 AM

but whats an os if you dont use an internet

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w33t•9/15/25, 12:05 AM

I'm not sure what you're looking to get here. If you've already tried all of these distros, then :shrug:

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Ace_OP•9/15/25, 12:06 AM

idk more expirienc