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Hello,

I just purchased an AMD framework 13 and while I wait (im)patiently for it to arrive, I was wondering what Linux distros people here are using.

I've only ever use Ubuntu on desktop, but I think I'm ready to move away from it now, which I guess leaves fedora and mint as officially supported distros.

What have you tried? What are your experiences?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mint is my goto for newer Linux users, and users that want something that #justworks.

I use Mint on all my personal laptops with the default Cinnamon desktop environment and it's always incredibly stable.

Mint just announced a few weeks ago that they are partnering officially with the Framework team to make sure compatibility is top notch, so the already good compatibility will become even better over the coming months and years.

The only real downside with Mint, and specifically Cinnamon, is that it looks a little dated. You can get it looking pretty modern and clean, but it doesn't look nearly as modern and sleek as KDE Plasma or Cosmic. It doesn't look bad though, and honestly, when I need to just get work done, I don't need it looking ultra sexy-sleek.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is Mint using Wayland? If not, how well does it work with touchpad gestures? I'm asking because at least on Fedora, when I try it on X11, it does not have the same level of advanced touchpad gestures as on Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They have an experimental Wayland session, but it is still in early beta and not ready for regular use.

I don't use any special touchpad gestures on my laptops, so unfortunately I don't know that one.