Is there a reliable, easy to use Linux OS? One with decent package support?
I am tired of Linux shenanigans and want something that works. I left Windows because it doesn’t work plus all the bs they have pulled recently. Now I am finding that many Linux are still difficult, broken by default mess.
Currently trying NixOS but I already have concerns.
Aren’t linux mint, popOS, and openSuse Tumbleweed just working on your machine? All of them offer you a nice driver management gui very easy to use. I don’t know what shenanigans you mean? Are you trying a dual GPU setup or what?
In all seriousness I have reasons not to use Mint and PopOS for my desktop. I’ve not really played with tumbleweed much. I would have to look at what stuff it can run. I have some lengthy requirements and prefer things with as much software support as possible, though that is becoming easier with tools like distrobox.
By shenanigans I mean things like: problems compiling kernel modules, fixing other broken things, dealing with some ridiculous install processes and problems (looking at you nix, slackware, crux, gentoo, etc.), dealing with packages not being available with a given distro, etc.
I see, I would say the software support is similar to Arch, where you have a pretty active community creating install packages for everything I need ( https://software.opensuse.org/packages )
But as I read your comments I think your needs are just very much greater than mine, so maybe there is still something missing. But you can search using link above without installing 😇