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If you're looking for something that won't give you any headaches then I wholeheartedly recommend Bazzite. IMO it's the best distro for the casual user.
I've also been interested in NixOS lately for the ability to easily transfer and back up the config, but I have yet to make that jump. It seems like a really great way to set up an OS though.
I agree. On a new machine I've been using I tried Ubuntu and then Zorin, but Bazzite just works better. Could be the Fedora base that's helping a lot, idk. But switching that machine over when I'm not lazy.
It's the first distro I've tried where everything just works right out of the box and nothing is overly bloated. All of the software I use was available from the Bazzar and my printer even worked right away. No fiddling with CUPS or trying to install from binary/tar/appimg/etc.
Agreed
Would you run it on the specs: i5, 8 - 16gb ram, intel integrated Graphics