I used to distro hop frequently before Linux was almost supported by many things. I preferred Fedora derivatives but Ubuntu pushed those out in the dev space. I switched to Arch because it was funny then a few years ago switched to EndeavorOS because it was easy. I currently can’t get things like OBS to work smoothly (when my display sleeps, screen captures have to be deleted and rebuilt), sharing my screen with basically any tool is a nightmare, and I’m just kinda tired of compiling fixes and deeply configuring. I’m spoiled by the work experience on a Mac where all of this stuff works and it’s POSIX compliant.

What I’d like out of the box

  • Solid support of OBS or other streaming tools
  • Easy screensharing
  • Decent audio experience
  • Packages not Snaps (if I have to cave on this one I have to cave)

Linux is Linux so the rest of what I do will work almost anywhere. Godot, Rust, and a browser are basically all I need.

  • LeapSecond@lemmy.zip
    21·
    3 hours ago

    This might be wrong but I think many of screen sharing related issues actually come from wayland. If you’re on wayland and can switch to X11 on your current system I’d try that first before deciding on a new distro.

  • Evotech@lemmy.world
    11·
    3 hours ago

    I’d recommend cachyos because of cachy update which runs updates all your stuff regardless of where you got them. Flatpak, Pac-Man, appimage whatever

    I’ve used it for 3 months or so and it’s great, just works.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    19·
    7 hours ago

    Literally anything. There is no functional difference between distros at almost any level but package management anymore. This honestly sounds like an environment and driver problem to me.

    What’s your hardware set look like?

  • je_skirata@lemmy.todayEnglish
    42·
    6 hours ago

    Sounds like it might be more of a DE problem than a distro problem. I’d recommend trying KDE Plasma if you haven’t already.