Best Linux distro for content creators?

Open-Source Dodonpachi

Open-Source Dodonpachi

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I have been a Windows 10 user for a long time, but I have to admit that no matter how good hardware I have, it will always be a piece of dogshit operating system. Using it makes it feel so bad, so basic, so slow, so limited, so autistic and I even feel I have a virus on my PC. Not gonna start on windows 11.

I've been playing and testing on virtual machines with Linux and I think I'm already sold on the idea of moving to one of their distros. (I was playing with linux mint, fedora and pop!)

However, I am looking for one that is suitable and perfect for 2D animation, 3D work, video editing and graphic design. I've seen the entire catalog of distros and it overwhelms me. Do you have any suggestions?

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It doesn't matter. It's all the same shit. I like Ubuntu based distros. I find they're the best at keeping things fairly up to date without regularly breaking things. A lot of Linux software seems to be moving to snap, flatpak or appimage packages anyway making choice of distro even less important.

Linux mint is fine. It's quick and easy to get setup and configured and there should be a good selection of software you'll need available in the repositories. Though they may be out of date and better downloaded from the developer's website.
 
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Open-Source Dodonpachi said:
However, I am looking for one that is suitable and perfect for 2D animation, 3D work, video editing and graphic design.
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What software do you use? If you're reliant on new versions of Adobe products or AutoDesk, I would honestly stick with Windows. Older versions might work with Wine if you're willing to fiddle with the command line. If you're already using software with a Linux version, Mint is a great choice.
 
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What software do you use? If you're reliant on new versions of Adobe products or AutoDesk, I would honestly stick with Windows. Older versions might work with Wine if you're willing to fiddle with the command line. If you're already using software with a Linux version, Mint is a great choice.
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As my nickname says: "Open-source Dodonpachi". I only stick with software like krita, blender, kdenlive, shotcut, scribus, natron, inkscape, etc. I already had my experience with Adobe and Autodesk products and its a meh from me.
 
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It doesn't matter. It's all the same shit. I like Ubuntu based distros. I find they're the best at keeping things fairly up to date without regularly breaking things. A lot of Linux software seems to be moving to snap, flatpak or appimage packages anyway making choice of distro even less important.

Linux mint is fine. It's quick and easy to get setup and configured and there should be a good selection of software you'll need available in the repositories. Though they may be out of date and better downloaded from the developer's website.
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Is Kubuntu a great option, then? I was checking it out just a few minutes ago and I think it looks very respectable.
 
Don't be overwhelmed by distros. Most are small experimental and pet projects.

Mint is what I recommend to newbies because there is going to be a learning curve and Mint is the most newbie friendly (both design and community wise). And it is a great overall system. Very popular so lots of community support if you have problems.

For heavy duty applications I'll recommend Pop! because it has a CPU scheduler that prioritizes focused applications. When they released it the difference was dramatic on my old system. When I play certain games I'll get max FPS while the window is focused but maybe half when unfocused, so it gives you better control over what you want your system to divert processing power to. Also my personal experience is Pop! almost never lags even when doing a ton of shit.

Just my 2 cents.

Open-Source Dodonpachi said:
Is Kubuntu a great option, then? I was checking it out just a few minutes ago and I think it looks very respectable.
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I've never used it myself so I can't speak to its performance, but it's a popular Ubuntu derivative that's been around forever so it has good support. Seems to be preferred by power users. Should be fine if you're willing to deal with the zillion customization options it has.
 
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Open-Source Dodonpachi said:
Is Kubuntu a great option, then? I was checking it out just a few minutes ago and I think it looks very respectable.
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I used to use kubuntu, I switched to KDE neon after kubuntu 14. It's pretty similar to kubuntu except it's built on the latest long term support Ubuntu release but keeps KDE and plasma up to date with the newest versions. I like KDE. I've tried other desktop environments and I don't bother with that shit any more. You can configure it to look and act exactly the way you want and it offers you a lot of options that you can use as many or as little of as you want. I prefer most of the KDE and QT apps over their GNOME and GTK counterparts.

KDE also doesn't seem to get involved in gay Linux politics shit, at least from what I can tell, and they don't do fuckedy shit like just fucking changing everything like the GNOME devs.
 
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if you are unable to administer your current windows system to a degree that it does what it needs to do and nothing else how come you think jumping into a completely different environment of which you know nothing where lots can bork your system and where apps are usually crude at best will not lead to distress and dysfunctionality
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look into 10 ltsc. none of the bloat no store no ads updates are only for system matters and optional. support for years to come. then set it like you mean it. it is not their fault your shit don't work.
 
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As my nickname says: "Open-source Dodonpachi".
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No offense, but what is a "dodonpachi"? And the other guy had a point about "content creator" being current year fag speak.

If you're new, go with Mint or Cinnamon (basically Mint dressed up more like Windows for newbies). Get a Knoppix live image and boot that too. You can sample several desktops and tons of packages without installing anything or having to waste time installing in a VM.
 
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Just use Linux Mint. It has Ubuntu's large selection of packages but without the bad parts of Ubuntu. Distros are, at the core, just a package manager + repository, and sometimes a slightly modified kernel, generally. As long as you use a reasonably well-known one, you'll probably be fine. Just make sure to install the separate proprietary Nvidia driver if you have an Nvidia card.
 
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Linux Mint, and then move to Arch once you want to ascend to the next tier of insufferable Linux autist.
 
I find mint puts a bad taste in peoples mouth because of a lot of software needs to be added into apt sources, but it's been a minute since I've used it. PopOs was bretty good when I installed it for my mom and it handled proprietary novideo drivers well if you are on team green. I'll recommend Manjaro as it's arch but for retards.
 
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