[Discuss] Is there a BLU recommended distro?

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:23:31 +0000
Kurt L Keville <kkeville at mit.edu> wrote:

> I have to do a reinstall... do we have any general consensus at BLU
> on (free) distros? I suspect you get good enough security with most
> distros these days, true?

Whatever suits your needs.

IMO, Debian is good for servers, Mint is a nice desktop for new/novice
users and for technical users who want something that just works for a
daily driver, Arch is ideal for tinkerers. If you're just interested in
gaming then Bazzite or Steam OS v3 are worth looking into. OpenSUSE
offers enterprise-like stability without the enterprise-like price tag.

But you can run Mint or Bazzite as servers. Steam OS has a desktop mode
which is KDE on Arch. You can tinker with OpenSUSE at the cost of that
enterprise-like stability.

If you're looking for a general purpose distro then Fedora and OpenSUSE
are good picks.

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