First, thanks for reading and commenting.

I would appreciate any\all feedback from all of you, if there are recommendations for a stable, consistent setup - both hardware and OS. Or comments that I am asking for something unrealistic. Either a desktop or a laptop connected to a docking station.

a. I would like to suspend the machine at night and continue working in the morning.
b. To be able to support three monitors. c. VM app to test stuff - virt network to test varied apps\code on different clients and servers. d. Libre Office to create docs and presentations. e. LTS.

Currently using a System 76 laptop w\ Pop OS and a docking station. The first laptop was warrantied to poor construction (keyboard and bezel weren’t flush, they separated and you could see the motherboard…) and now the second one is having the same issue - let alone sporadically working with suspend or the docking station (will have to reconnect the docking station, most times rebooting).

I’ve distro hopped for years, so I would consider myself a beginner\intermediate user. I am more than willing to pay\donate for consistency, and right now that leans towards MS and Windows (sigh).

What are corporate users using? I think that is my standard, as I’ve worked at places that were primarily windows shops, And it is pretty easy to come in in the morning and resume from yesterday. “RH for workstations” ?

Thank you!!

  • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
    7·
    1 year ago

    +1 for Debian, if you just want a stable, reliable system and don’t care about the latest and greatest features there is no better choice

  • superterran@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Another vote for Fedora. I’m a docker user so I find regular ol Fedora Workstation 40 to be a damn near perfect Linux distribution

  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’d say that if you want a stable, “just works” experience, try fedora. It’s the only distro I’ve had truly 0 issues or complications with…

    • BobbyShmurda@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve always liked Fedora. I think I messed up in the past by trying to ‘tinker’ with different WMs instead of just doing my work. My next install will mostly be Fedora.

    • BobbyShmurda@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for the reply. Many moons ago I tried to spin up a Arch lappy, but failed. I haven’t tried since (complaints about no free time and such), but I kinda took that fail that I always wanted to go back and try again!

    • BobbyShmurda@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I was mostly using Fedora desktop with CentOS servers many years ago. Though, will soon spin up Fedora again.

  • GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 year ago

    Linux Mint Debian Edition would be a pretty solid, pre-customized distribution.

    I’ve had great experiences with Linux on Lenovo over the years: would be my first recommendation.

    I currently use a Dell Inspiron, while it’s works great, I had to do some extra work occasionally. I love that I can get fingerprint login with it on Linux though.

    • BobbyShmurda@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      I have a fondness for Mint. I was able to build a desktop and a laptop with Mint for my parents. They’ve been using them for years now, at least over 5. It just works for them.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
    22·
    1 year ago

    nixos is great - as long as the software you need is in nixpkgs, and it usually is. reinstallation is almost never necessary. You can switch your system to the unstable channel, and if you get tired of that, back to stable again, no problem. Experiment with software and remove it without a trace left in your system. If you mess up your config, you can roll back to the previous config in the bootup menu. Your system config is in a text file which you can put into source control if you wish, which allows you to replicate your config onto another machine, or revert to what you had 6 months ago, etc.