Hello, i am currently looking for a Linux distribution with these criteria:

-it should be more or less stable, comparable to Ubuntu with or without LTS // -it should not be related to IBM to any way (so no fedora/redhat) // -it should not feature snaps (no Ubuntu or KDE neon) // -KDE plasma should be installable manually (best case even installed by default) // -no DIY Distros //

I’ve been thinking about using an immutable distro, but if anyone can recommend something to me, I’d be very grateful //

Edit: I’m sorry for the bad formatting, for some reason it doesn’t register spaces

  •  Luffy879   ( @Luffy879@lemmy.ml ) OP
    7•8 months ago

    With diy distro I meant arch, gentoo, and nixOS The distro is meant to run on a PC which is mainly used by non tech sawwy people. And even tho I will be doing all administration tasks on it, I would like it to be as easy to manage themselves as possible, so they become familiar with Linux more.

    •  𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬   ( @Dirk@lemmy.ml ) 
      7•8 months ago

      The distro is meant to run on a PC which is mainly used by non tech sawwy people. […], so they become familiar with Linux more.

      In this case I always suggest trying out Linux Mint. It is not “too heavy” and not “too specific/niche”. It’s a good all-purpose distribution for desktops/laptops where basic maintenance can be performed by the user.

    •  Nyfure   ( @Nyfure@kbin.social ) 
      2•8 months ago

      I dont see how e.g. arch would be super hard to maintain.
      There is a nice GUI program for installing programs and updates. (like many modern distros)
      If you dont want to set everything up, go with Endeavour or Garuda.

      I find rolling release to be easier to maintain and keep up to date than non-rolling.
      Specially if you want up to date packages for desktop use.

    •  BCsven   ( @BCsven@lemmy.ca ) 
      1•8 months ago

      The answer then is OpenSUSE Leap or SlowRoll. OpenSUSE has YastGTK GUI for all config tasks ( think windows command center ), they won’t have to use CLI for anything, and if an update does go weird ( which is very rare due to their automated QA ) then you have inatant rollback at the boot menu

    •  Pantherina   ( @Pantherina@feddit.de ) 
      1•8 months ago

      Could you elaborate? Children, family members?

      I would recommend Fedora Kinoite from ublue for anything you dont manage yourself. Even if it breaks and your damn kernel doesnt boot, you can just reboot, choose the old version and have a working system.

      All changes can be reverted using rpm-ostree reset and updates on ublue versions are done in the background.

      Ublue takes the Fedora base and adds packages they cant, like restricted video codecs or drivers. Give it a try, I broke every other distro before and dont want to use something else anymore