What would you reccomend/use for an alienware laptop m17r5 with amdcpu (idr) and gpu 6850mxt. Idc about adjusting the keyboard lights, I changed it once and never touched it again. I play games like cities skyline, noita, etc. and some vr stuff rarely like vtolvr and warthunder. I use blender and houdinifx.
I’ve seen PopOs reccomended for Blender users but I think thats because it comes with a lot of stuff you need for Nvidia, which isn’t relevant to me with an all amd setup.

Cachyos seems to be the move for best performance with rendering and simulating, was wondering about other options I have since I dont need to worry about nvidia drivers.

I dont like the idea of using ubuntu because of snap packages, but its not a big deal.

While I like tinkering, I do want it to be relatively stable, not suprising me with issues when I need it.

Currently Interested in: CachyOs Debian (leaning towards here if I go the stable route) EndeavorOs Mint (seems popular, is it just simplified?)

EDIT: Went with CachyOs for now, works well, only issue was auto install didn’t work and I needed to manually partition and set the flags for boot and the os drive, other than that it’s been very fast and intuitive using KDE plasma. Recently tried Hyprland with the JaKooLit config, since ML4W didn’t want to work and had bugs, , I like it more than I thought I would.

Might try EndeavorOS and Bazzite on another ssd, they also look interesting.

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    5 days ago

    but I wouldn’t recommend it on a computer you’re actively using

    Debian is my daily driver on all my computers. Servers, desktop, laptop. Its called the universal operating system for a reason

    Packages are regularly updated with bug fixes for security issues. Do you absolutely need the latest features for every software? Debian is fine unless theres some killer new feature you absolutely need.

    Hardware support is mostly fine unless you have the absolute latest hardware (which OP doesnt). And backport kernels should take care of newer hardware

    • carzian@lemmy.ml
      21·
      5 days ago

      Debian 12.9 was released a few months ago based on kernel 6.1 LTS, the latest kernel is 6.13, with 6.12 being the new LTS.

      Debian packages are updated for bug fixes and security updates, but they generally don’t update to new versions.

      If you’re running KDE Debian, your version is plasma 5.27, meanwhile 6.3 was just released.

      There are a massive amount of quality of life improvements that debain 12 stable will never get. Sure you can backport some, but then it’s not really debain stable is it?

      Meanwhile there are plenty of other distros that are almost just as stable, but have newer versions of everything. Not to mention the stability improvements of the newer software (one example is plasma 6.3 is a massive improvement over 5.27)

      Like I said, I love Debian, but if you’re doing daily driving of the computer, I think there are better alternatives

      • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        5 days ago

        There are millions of people out there who do 99% of their stuff in browser, and never need the newest shiniest features for graphics, or gaming or whatever. Plasma 5.27 works great for years. People only get fomo if they follow this stuff constantly. And most people dont. Lemmy/linux is a very niche gathering of nerds

        To say that debian is not a good daily driver for most people, i still disagree for the above reasons

        I’m not a professional or anything, but i get my basic photo and video editing just fine on debian.

        For example, i used to chase all the latest and greatest digikam versions because “ooooh! New features!!”… In hindsight, there was nothing really that groundbreaking each update, and i just go back to using the core features that have been stable for years.

        • carzian@lemmy.ml
          21·
          4 days ago

          But we know based on OPs usage requirements, he’s not one of those people doing everything in the browser.

          Updates are important regardless of fomo. They’re not only for adding new features, they’re for fixing bugs and improving stability and these changes rarely get backported unless their critical.

          The core Debian might be stable, but, for example, plasma 6.3 is much more stable than 5.27

          Debian is stable and will work, but there are other options that are basically as stable and have much newer packages - improving desktop stability and user experience