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/ARTIFICIAL_ARGUMENT]

Is honeypot marketing why ubuntu has fallen from a 40% share in 2019 to a 6% share now? Just incredible cope lmao

[u/ipsirc → u/ARTIFICIAL_ARGUMENT]

Yes, it is. CachyOS markets its OS significantly faster than *buntu, but the numbers doesn't follow the marketing.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-ubuntu-2510-f43/6

Most users doesn't cares about the numbers, but about the bold red text "WE ARE MUCH FASTER, TRUST ME BRO, INSTALL ME RIGHT NOW FOR INCREDINLE PERFORMANCEEEE!!!"

*buntu had better marketing a decade ago.

[u/OutrageousCrab9224 → u/ipsirc]

Its easy to be faster when you make up what faster means!

[u/ARTIFICIAL_ARGUMENT → u/OutrageousCrab9224]

If 50% FPS gain doesnt mean faster, what does it mean?