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Atemu ,
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Distros that don’t respect your privacy are hard to find, so privacy isn’t really a factor here. You’re just going to get everyone’s favourite distro here, regardless of whether it fits your other requirements.

What kind of hardware do you use?
How stable or fresh would you like your distro to be?
What wind of desktop experience do you prefer?

Also note that the apps you use (on your PC or in the browser) usually far outshadow the OS w.r.t. privacy intrusion.

sp3ctre OP ,
@sp3ctre@kbin.social avatar

Nice to hear, that privacy is less of a problem with linux!

  1. I'm using a "middle-class gaming tower" I think. (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB VRAM, 16 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G).
  2. Isn't fresher always better?
  3. I already found out, that it's possible to change the desktop environment, which is great I guess. So I think at first, I'd like to maybe stick to the "windows-style".
hellfire103 ,
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Not the guy you were talking to before, but it sounds like Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition) would be a pretty good place to start.

Spiracle ,
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Isn't fresher always better?

Due to the nature as a community of tech enthusiasts, normal end-users can easily get software that is a bit too fresh. You probably don’t want to be a beta-tester unless you don’t mind updates frequently breaking your system.

Usually, default settings put you a few levels down from that, depending on which distro you go for. This doesn’t keep you completely save from some developers doing stupid shit (Manjaro), but this shouldn’t be a concern for any distro I’ve seen recommended here.

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