Recommended Linux systems?

[alex285]

For:
http://alex285.github.io/myGNOME/docs/linux/

Prioritize
Arch, Ubuntu (Ubuntu-GNOME) and Rawhide (because of GNOME.next)

And then
Gentoo, openSUSE (Tumbleweed), Fedora perhaps?

Should we go on based systems like Sabayon or Antergos?

[hobbypunk90]

I'm an antergos gnome user ;) i think there is no need for a big split for it. It should be named as a simple installation option for arch ;)

[alex285]

@hobbypunk90 hey, if you have a recent Antergos install, can you verify whats happening with LightDM?
Last time I tried Antergos, it was using LightDM as default login manager, and they had a Shell Extension for locking screen, that you could bypass by switching TTYs.

Because if that is still the case, we cannot propose Antergos, without at least writing up the solution, for switching from LightDM to GDM. Which is one line anyway :)

[hobbypunk90]

@alex285 you are right, I forgot this everytime, this is the first thing I
do after install, switch from lightdm to gdm.
I'm not sure if there is an extension anymore, I can't remember that I
remove more then lightdm with theme things, I'll check this tomorrow if I
found a minute

[DeadMetaler]

I think Arch is the best choice for me. I am using Arch with 3.20 and 3.21+ builded manually. But it is not suitable for a beginners. It has no concept " out of the box".

[hobbypunk90]

@DeadMetaler thats why i use antergos, i used arch before, but it's not runnig as well as antergos 😄
And Antergos uses the arch repos not like Manjaro, iirc. I installed it on many systems, i had never problems with not working hardware.

[IvanJara90]

I've started using Manjaro Gnome a couple of months ago and thus far I have had no major issues, I think Antergos and Manjaro are some of the best Gnome experiences I've had. I did encounter an issue with the multimedia keys recognition in Manjaro, after the last gnome updates since 3.22, but other than that, I am glad with how fast and smooth gnome runs in Manjaro.