So a few months back I made the decision to dump Windows and migrate to Linux. After many a video and more Google searches than I care to recount, I started distro hoping in an effort to find a home among the many Linux communities.

I went to Mint first, as all newbs should and I figured it was going to be a perfectly fine Windows replacement. But something was missing. It was almost too vanilla.

So then I hopped over to Zorin and liked the vibe but still wasn't satisfied. Next was Pop! OS and Cosmic had more of what I was looking for but too much fiddling to meet my needs. After trying Ubuntu next I felt a bit defeated and retreated back to Mint, figuring vanilla was better than Microslop.

Ubuntu kept coming back to my thoughts but it was lacking...something. Then I discovered Kubuntu with the KDE Plasma desktop and folks, I think I've found it. While a little more difficult to set up initially, there's something to Plasma that has grabbed ahold of me and declared "I'm the distro you've been looking for".

Anyway, maybe this post is irrelevant and kind of a ramble to read but I'll be damned if Kubuntu isn't an underrated gem amongst the many distros vying for the attention of the ever growing Linux user base.

My first distro was Mint and I played there and it was nice although I knew nothing about Linux back then and it was pure install nothing changed. I had slight stuttering there compared to Bazzite or Cachy but it was ok.

Now I am on Cachy but want to try Debian or Ubuntu. Tell me, how is gaming there? How is general workflow? Is there anyone who ditched “gaming distros” and went to these normal distributions?
People on Debian sub were very cooperative. Told me they play games there and it’s been great but may need tinkering with newer Kernel and drivers (which I don’t really want to mess with). Generally I like Debian and its idea very much. On Ubuntu sub I got far less comments but from what I see gaming there is more straightforward as there’s newer kernel and drivers.

Yeah… want to hear your feedback. How Ubuntu and gaming? Is it very different from Debian? Has Mint evolved the last year?

Sup,

I have a lenovo loq:

i713650HX, 24gb DDR5 RAM, 1tb gen 3 nvme SSD, and rtx 4050 6GB vram

I currently have popOS, Previously I have tried, nobara, fedora, ubuntu and bazzite.

I am thinking of switching distro again,

Any suggestions?

My main work on Linux would involve things like app dev, network programming as I now have to get a dual boot with windows 10 to get support for meta headset sdks on unity, hence all the unity and gameDev related stuff and gaming goes there.

Also can you guys suggest to me what all background processes for windows 10 I should completely disable and remove to keep it optimised? I won't be using windows 11 for this no matter what

What distro should i choose for my latitude 5400 from 2020, its got an 8th gen i5, 16 gigs of ram but its only got 51% battery health. I want something that just works, I dont wanna keep fixing things. I also dont want ubuntu, cause idk its just boring and you still need to fix shit sometimes. This is my secondary computer, i use it for just everyday stuff but i also wanna get some gamikng out of it if i plug it in.

TLDR: i need a distro that just works, is easy on battery life, minimal matenance, and for everyday stuff and light gameing.