I mean, base Debian should work out fine.
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I'm fond of Linux Mint: Debian Edition for most of my computers, but run Solus on my travel laptop (recent change), though both of those might be problematic for your needs. Perhaps regular Linux Mint?
Not enough people here saying Debian. /j
You're right! We need more ~~cowbell~~ Debian. I've got a fever and the only prescription is Debian!
Another vote for Debian.
Devuan or Debian is great.
Debian with some low spec DE like xfce or Debian basic DE
Debian is rock-solid! A very low maintenance and comfy system in my opinion
Since you're experienced, I think Debian is appropriate. Rock-solid, well-supported, and comes with a decent variety of DE options. I personally rock GNOME and have Timeshift set up for rollbacks if necessary.
Debian base with Sway.
What do you do for a volume icon/volume control?
For volume control, I use Wireplumber:
- To raise the volume bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 1%+
- To lower the volume bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec wpctl set-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ 1%-
- To mute/unmute the volume bindsym XF86AudioMute exec wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@ toggle
- To mute/unmute the microphone bindsym XF86AudioMicMute exec wpctl set-mute @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SOURCE@ toggle
For icon I have configured the swaybar. I don't use notifications, thus they're simple to set for bindsym (above) if needed.
Thanks! By configure the sway bar, do you mean that it has a way to display the volume? I couldn't find that last time I tried to get things configured and ended up just going back to i3
I have 4 icons displaying the current amount of volume with white background and for mute I use red background. It was super easy to set in the config file even I don't speak C++.
Pop OS works well for me.
Xubuntu would be a nice easy one to install. Look into Arch as well. I actually run Arch just about everywhere and really like it.
I haven't had an arch update go bad since 2016, other than a few things that had instant fixes on the home page/mailing list, whereas with Ubuntu I have trouble with every distro upgrade.
I like Fedora's dnf package manager though, it's similar to Pacman. It's been a while but last time I used Fedora I got annoyed by packages being out of date and went back to Arch
Arch updates going bad is much more likely to happen if the system goes without updates for a long time. So I'd really not recommend it for a seldomly used laptop.
But regularly updated Arch is fine. Even if something breaks it's usually easy to deal with.
I should have added that I update one of my arch computers like once or twice a year, and the other maybe 4 times a year. The reputation for having update issues is just as out dated as Ubuntu's reputation for not having update issues
I say... Debian
I'm probably the only one here who doesn't like Debian for desktop lol, stable doesn't have to mean out of date
Fedora
I like fedora, and I don't like how apt handle rollback in debian, so I'm same on desktop, I would rather use Fedora, and on Critical Production Server, I use RHEL/Fedora/RHEL Clones (Alma).
Got with Fedora, Fedora Kionite, Silverblue, anything. rpm ostree, and if you need other things, go with distrobox. RPM OS Tree will be standard near future, I think.
But I will stick with XFCE Spin tho
Silverblue is cool if you want to explore an immutable base and install most apps with flatpak or in a container. If you want to install packages in a "normal" way you "overlay" them, it's the only major difference
I found the GUI interface for firewalld on OpenSUSE was beneficial for travel. You set your open services and ports per zone: Public, Trusted, Home, work, etc. And when you connect to a network just move adapter to the appropriate Zone in the network dropdown settings. This way you arent a single zone and changing ports all the time.
Do they use yast or is it the general firewall-config gui?
It is a yast firewall module to config it all. Then your regular network manager settings to move wifi network to an alternate zone when you connect to various networks
I too use Arch on my desktop (on a daily basis). I think you will find MX Linux to be a great fit for your secondary device. It works like a charm on my laptop.