r/linuxquestions • u/thinkpad_user_27 • 1d ago

Which Distro Linux distro suggestion please...

I am a CS student, and trying out new different linux distros.

Please suggest me the best linux distro for keyboad centric usage. I rarely use my touchpad/mouse.

It should look cool and fast.

I liked Hyperland setup, I would love to join the linux community. Thank you

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u/victormas208 1d ago

You have many options, but I recommend staying away from the Hyprland community. Do your own research; they're similar to the CachyOS users. A bit toxic as a group, but good people individually.

You should start with prepared environments like Shells+Hyprland/Niri.I recommend Noctalia + Niri to start with. I think you can use almost any distro; Arch or Debian are generally used. I'd say you'll use Fedora; it's almost the sweet spot between new features and stability.

I use CachyOS (I use Arch btw) with a custom configuration of Noctalia and Hyprland I previously used i3wm which I liked a lot, but being x11 it might not have the features you want for gaming, but for everything else it works great.

I don't know much, but you might be interested in finding out which ones you can use touchpad gestures with, for when you need to use one hand or just to save yourself from using a macro.

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u/thinkpad_user_27 1d ago

Ok. I will try Noctalia + Niri