Which distro did you stay on? I was trying Manjaro but Plasma had random freezes and stutters all the time, XFCE felt like an unfinished product and GNOME was even worse than XFCE. Solus Budgie gave me only black screens, and most others also didn’t run well on my old machine. Linux Mint runs stable so far and looks stunning and it also runs my games better than Windows 10 so that’s a win.
I wanted something with cutting edge. I like hardware upgrades. I also wanted something I could game on without a lot of fuss, because I was new to Linux. And not that it matters, because you can switch easily, I wanted KDE.
I ended up with Garuda. I’m pretty happy with it.
I’m glad I did choose something which keeps up with the kernel, because I was having power management issues and monitor issues on every other distro I tried before this one, and none of them affected me here. I’m pretty sure the combo or a newer kernel and Plasma 6.something is what did it.
Xfce is pretty polished; however, you need to theme it to look good. On the other hand, even some themes from the 2000s should just work, so there’s that. Either way, Cinnamon looks quite good, so if you’re happy with it, good for you!
I tried Manjaro for a while and had the same Plasma issues with KDE, which originate with the Nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, Manjaro is pretty poorly maintained and always manages to break itself within a couple months.
If you’re looking a for a super stable and reliable Arch-based distro, try Garuda. I’ve been running Garuda with KDE for over 7 months without a single issue.
Which distro did you stay on? I was trying Manjaro but Plasma had random freezes and stutters all the time, XFCE felt like an unfinished product and GNOME was even worse than XFCE. Solus Budgie gave me only black screens, and most others also didn’t run well on my old machine. Linux Mint runs stable so far and looks stunning and it also runs my games better than Windows 10 so that’s a win.
You don’t have to distro hop to switch desktop environments. You can install KDE Plasma (5.27 though) on LinuxMint.
I wanted something with cutting edge. I like hardware upgrades. I also wanted something I could game on without a lot of fuss, because I was new to Linux. And not that it matters, because you can switch easily, I wanted KDE.
I ended up with Garuda. I’m pretty happy with it.
I’m glad I did choose something which keeps up with the kernel, because I was having power management issues and monitor issues on every other distro I tried before this one, and none of them affected me here. I’m pretty sure the combo or a newer kernel and Plasma 6.something is what did it.
Xfce is pretty polished; however, you need to theme it to look good. On the other hand, even some themes from the 2000s should just work, so there’s that. Either way, Cinnamon looks quite good, so if you’re happy with it, good for you!
I tried Manjaro for a while and had the same Plasma issues with KDE, which originate with the Nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, Manjaro is pretty poorly maintained and always manages to break itself within a couple months.
If you’re looking a for a super stable and reliable Arch-based distro, try Garuda. I’ve been running Garuda with KDE for over 7 months without a single issue.