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When I first began researching Linux, for my needs, I found the number of different Distros to be overwhelming. So I made this flow chart, with the intent to help new users find a starting point for choosing a distribution.

I'm open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.

EDIT: Chart updated based on suggestions in the comments.

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Is the graphics card really that important when picking a distro? I think most distributions I used over the years had all the drivers available. But I didn't try gaming ones except Batocera and Lakka and that was on an Intel iGPU. Or is a GPU faster on one Linux and slower on another?!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 12 minutes ago)

AMD has released official Linux drivers, while Nvidia has not. So I believe they were reverse engineered or some shit, so some users have reported issues and/or instability.