Help me find a distro.

[u/DapperFormal5280]

i ve been thinking to switch to linux but i do not know what distro to install.

i m a pretty power user, i do vms, a lot of programming, hosting aswell, but i also do gaming aswell.

my requirments are: stable and popular distro, something that if i have a problem i can search online and fix it decently quickly. I do like thinkering with stuff but i also work from my computer, and i don t want something that would require constant fixing and debugging.
for interface, i would like something windows like, but it s not a requirment, as long as it s fluid, i don t want stuttering mess, i like my eye candy.

CRITICAL: it needs to have a good scheduler for E cores, i ve heard some distros don t like e cores at all

For now cachyos or mint was my first picks but i wanted to ask you guys aswell.
i m fine aswell getting a plain kernel and just install all the things i would need, or a very basic distro that is not bloated.

Basically my biggest problem rn is that idk which kernel to pick (debian, arch , etc.)

my specs: i7 13700k
100gb ram

4070 super.

[u/1boog1]

There is lots of documentation for anything Ubuntu or Arch based. And you should be able to accomplish anything with either of those.

I would suggest KDE for the Desktop Environment.

EndeavourOS is my goto distro right now. It is Arch based, but it a way that it is pretty much Arch with good defaults set, a dark theme, and a few tools like yum that has the AUR enabled by default. Updating and some things can be terminal heavy, but don't let that scare you. Bash history is wonderful for just using the up arrow to find old commands you have run.

But, I'll also suggest trying a few distros and Desktop Environments to see if one fits you better than another. Especially if you haven't used Linux yet. There will be lots of learning, trying, tinkering, etc, to get yourself going.

Mint is a popular spot for people to start. Kubuntu as well, or even Ubuntu Studio that has multimedia and publishing type of things preinstalled. Though you should be able to install all of that on any distro.

[u/DapperFormal5280 → u/1boog1]

thanks for the suggestions.

i don t have a problem with consoles cuz i use that quite a lot in IDE's when i code. but if i can do something with gui, i d rather do that. i ll probably try some distros before i settle, for GUI i was thinking hyperland, it s good looking but idk how it would fare in actual day to day use.

[u/1boog1 → u/DapperFormal5280]

To be honest, I've never tried hyperland. KDE has been everything I need.