You know honestly mental outlaw kinda had a point, if you even ask "Which linux distro should I switcn to?"
You're already missing the point of Linux, which is software freedom, you're supposed to choose for yourself.
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Beyond that, all Linux distros are mostly the same at the end of the day. The only ones different enough to be worth switching to are Arch and Gentoo. Gentoo because it is source-based and has USE flags, Arch because it has the AUR. I find Artix to be the perfect Linux distro for me - It has everything great about Arch but without the SystemD and it has images with pre-made minimal desktop environments. I'm no stranger to the CLI and I have done my own Gentoo install many times, but it's nice to have something pre-configured for you. Saves a lot of time. I usually always go back to XFCE4 anyways.
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CharcoalBlack · 22-25, M
@BetweenKittensandRiots I've never used Kali so I can't really say much about that, but as long as you understand basic Linux concepts like the coreutils, X vs Wayland, or whether you prefer GTK or QT, you should be able to survive in Gentoo without an issue. Just make sure you follow the Gentoo handbook and don't bother doing anything other than Stage 3 install, especially as a beginner.
A properly configured Gentoo is easily the best distro out there, but I find that keeping a Gentoo system up and running takes too much time for me, so I no longer use it. But for someone who was the free time on their hands, and a good enough rig to use Gentoo, why not?
My advice would to be buy an old used Thinkpad or old computer and just go crazy on it. If the compiling times are too slow, you can always setup distcc to have it compile on another computer.
A properly configured Gentoo is easily the best distro out there, but I find that keeping a Gentoo system up and running takes too much time for me, so I no longer use it. But for someone who was the free time on their hands, and a good enough rig to use Gentoo, why not?
My advice would to be buy an old used Thinkpad or old computer and just go crazy on it. If the compiling times are too slow, you can always setup distcc to have it compile on another computer.
BetweenKittensandRiots · 36-40, MVIP
@CharcoalBlack from the looks of it it's x for now and gtk.
CharcoalBlack · 22-25, M
@BetweenKittensandRiots Really late reply, but those are typically what I prefer as well. Wayland has been kinda buggy for me, and QT doesn't tickle my fancy too much. Also about DWM, I actually used that as a daily driver for a time. It was tons of fun customizing it, and I found it to functionally be the best tiling WM. I made mine look like a vintage UNIX PC using the Symbola and Terminus font. It was quite aesthetically pleasing to use actually.
Nowadays I find XFCE4 to be absolute perfection. It's lightweight and fast enough to be run on anything that's a Pentium 4 or newer with no issue, it's really stable, never had any bugs on it or anything, and I love it's mid-late 2000's look it has. I dislike the whole "flat theme" craze going on. Everytime I use it I always set up keybinds to easily tile windows and operate everything from the keyboard. It's definitely the most productive I've ever been with a Linux machine.
One day I would love to have a go at making my own Linux distro. Make everything as lightweight as possible while keeping a functionally sound system. JWM would be the window manager of choice, SpaceFM would be the file manager, DeaDBeeF would be the audio player, so on and so forth.
Nowadays I find XFCE4 to be absolute perfection. It's lightweight and fast enough to be run on anything that's a Pentium 4 or newer with no issue, it's really stable, never had any bugs on it or anything, and I love it's mid-late 2000's look it has. I dislike the whole "flat theme" craze going on. Everytime I use it I always set up keybinds to easily tile windows and operate everything from the keyboard. It's definitely the most productive I've ever been with a Linux machine.
One day I would love to have a go at making my own Linux distro. Make everything as lightweight as possible while keeping a functionally sound system. JWM would be the window manager of choice, SpaceFM would be the file manager, DeaDBeeF would be the audio player, so on and so forth.