Note: I don’t know if I’m posting this in the right community, I joined Lemmy recently.

I use KDE Neon on my desktop, and I recently decided to install Linux on my laptop. I don’t want to install KDE Neon onto my laptop though, because it only has fairly up to date software through Flatpak (at least for me).

Is there a good distro with very up to date software that doesn’t require me to check on it often, and that I can probably make it work within 15 days? (I have the list of apps I need.) I prefer an Arch-based distro that lets me remove a lot of distro specific customization. However, if there is some other distro “base” that has software up to date like Arch and the AUR, please also let me know.

(I tried Arch already, but it seems to be too hard for me to configure, and it has multiple weird issues for me, so I don’t really want to use it.)

Edit 1: (Late edit because lemmy.world was down for the day) I am going to try out Fedora KDE, Endeavour KDE, and Manjaro KDE out. Might also check out Kinoite. Will update after I have tested each.

    • @s20@lemmy.ml
      4•11 months ago

      I don’t mean to argue, but is any LTS a good recommendation for someone looking for more up to date software than Neon?

      Don’t get me wrong - it’s stable and all that, I guess (although I haven’t been a fan of Ubuntu over Debian in a long time), and it’s definitely noon friendly. I’m just saying when one of their specific requests is “up to date” an LTS might not be the best choice.

        • @s20@lemmy.ml
          1•11 months ago

          I don’t disagree with any of that. I’m not saying it’s a bad recommendation overall. LTS releases are good for people that don’t want to get their hands dirty and just want something that works.

          But OP was specifically looking for something more up to date than KDE Neon… which is based on LTS. So while all your reasoning is valid as to why OP should use it, it’s not what they’re looking for. In fact, it’s exactly what they’re trying to move away from.

          Plus, they’re looking to expand their horizons. It’s hard to do that by playing it safe.

    • karrbs
      3•11 months ago

      For those about to read this you should not use alcohol “anything above 70 percent” on monitors.

      Edit:

      TLDR: OP’s guide said to use alcohol, I disagreed. Comments felt harsh and condescending to me. I replied just as harsh and it became a breif circle jerk of arguing about alcohol or water. In the end I realize that I am semi wrong and op in the comments were right is write but their guide was wrong and doesn’t list any of the addition information he put in the comments below.

      How to clean screens:
      Ben Q Monitors Guide
      Zd Net’s guide on cleaning monitors

        • karrbs
          1•11 months ago

          Be careful when you don’t fact check what you are spewing out.

          Any type of alcohol on any type of LCD or modern panel screen can cause the screen to discolor or damage the screen. Any amount of alcohol hasn’t been recommended since the late 2000s. Even manufactures DO NOT recommend any type of alcohol or rubbing alcohol.

          Using alcohol, rubbing alcohol, or bleach can leave permanent scars on your screen and or ruin your monitors screen coating.

          Edit: alcohol is alcohol, don’t use it ever on a modern display.

            • karrbs
              1•11 months ago

              Good for you, everyone has “their” tried and true. I don’t give a crap if you do photography, I have done design and photography for 10+ years in my free time and unless you are using color accurate monitors you will always have pixel discoloration to some degree.

              I came at you with the same energy that you came at me with. You are however missing the point.

              Rubbing alcohol is diluted alcohol and manufactures, especially if you are using glossy screens, recommend that you don’t use alcohol or rubbing alcohol.

              I can say from experience not all monitors react the same but it shouldn’t be in a recommend guide and if it is going to be in a guide helping people then it should have a note stating that you shouldn’t always use alcohol and the risk that come with it. Working in the tech industry for over 15+ years we haven’t recommend using alcohol on monitors since CRT monitors. The risk isn’t worth the reward and the user should always start with just plain water in a mist bottle and a microfiber.

                • karrbs
                  1•11 months ago

                  I don’t know why you came after my comment so harsh on the first thing I mentioned. I understand its your guide that you created and put time into but take the criticism when you can because it will only make it better. Your guide doesn’t state any of what you just stated it just tells people to use alcohol.

                  at some point it was told to me to not use alcohol and that is still a true statement but it seems if you do use rubbing alcohol you need to make sure its 70 at the very most.

                  you should also probably state that the user should use a fine microfiber close to suede like not the fluffy kind.

                  I am done with this circle jerk. there is not right or wrong between us as we are both correct there is just one thing to make sure is update the guide to reflect what you wrote above.

    • Chewy
      1•11 months ago

      KDE Neon uses Ubuntu LTS as it’s base, so if the former’s packages aren’t up-to-date enough the latter won’t either.

      For more recent packages I’d recommend Arch, Fedora and OpenSuse.

      Edit:

      Doesn’t require me to check on it often doesn’t sound like Arch to me, at least if big changes are made to the system.