That's exactly why I run Linux. If you want something that just keeps running the basically the same way for like 20 years, that's your option.

May I introduce you to OpenBSD? Where uptime is measured in years.

But have you considered paying for linux pro extreme max?

thats why i use linux too

I'm 100% in this camp, ive used Pop!_OS now for years and it's never given me any grief! One PC has had it installed for almost 6 years and it still runs flawlessly.

Bazzite has pretty much been this for me for the past couple years

I bet OP wouldn't even know if gentoo, chinstrap and adelie are penguins or linux distros

Cat.

I installed arch using archinstall a few years ago just because i got sold on a custom hyperland config, never looked back.

I have yet to understand what the fuss is all about with it being difficult or not new user friendly.

Yes there are weekly updates, and on occasion they do break something, but that was never different on windows.

Ha, this is basically me. Still wouldn't recommend rolling release to newbies, but my Linux knowledge is basic at best, and I've still used Arch for 8 years without many issues.

haha imagine having to wait for an update to break your system (i use arch, and tried to config limine snapper sync)

I distro hopped for a week, and it was the little things that were dealbreakers.

I love Mint. Mint is love.

Mint's a solid choice, I used Mint as a primary or only distro for 10 years, and I've still got it on my laptop. But don't pigeonhole yourself trying to be not like the other girls. I've got Bazzite on my HTPC because Cinnamon is kind of ass at 10 feet, I've got Fedora KDE on my desktop for better Wayland support, and Fedora Gnome on a tablet because it's the only thing that remotely works as a touch-first OS that I could get to actually run on that tablet.

Im the guy who has to tell all the kids mint is run by volunteers who are not actually up to the task of running a secure OS. It's not as bad as manjaro but it is not good either. Please stop making this people's first distro, it's an ubuntu fork that hasn't needed to exist since spins came out.

It's a simple life. All you need for an OS, and no more. Only issue is the stupid installer. Disk partitioning is like handling a gun blindfolded.

Still waking up and making breakfast. They're perpetually 5 hours late.

Marduk I don't know why you chose your username but it is my favorite of all the Mesopotamian/Babylonian I forget gods so I love it when I see your name pop up. First prize! :3

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Mint Debian based these days?

And, importantly: the same applies to Windows. How many updates has Windows had that broke something essential with no user intervention?

Fact of the matter is any OS can break if you purposefully try to poke around without knowing what you're doing.

What distros that are more "resilient" to breaking do is either prevent you from easily/accidentally poking around, prevent you from applying updates willy-nilly, or set up easy rollbacks in case something breaks (or a combination of these).

Imo, if you're not a tinkerer and you have a distro with backups properly setup, you're very likely gonna be fine no matter what distro you choose.

Though Mint is still awesome and if you don't have any problems with it just keep using it.

As a someone who wanted to play around with mint after already using arch for a longer while to check out "distrohopping": easier*

(went right back to my comfort space of arch real quick, don't really get distrohopping yet, how do I actually do that properly?)

I also use "Script kiddie Arch", BTW.

I have some good news for you

If you intend on using a normal desktop distro, you will usually be able to find the command for what you want to do online. You may not even end up typing any command, I remember someone who was hyped to use the terminal being disappointed that he never got to.

The "essential" cli commands are the ones that you will definitely not use in an everyday desktop life. It's going to be about file manipulation, maybe some daemon management and networking. All of this will be either preconfigured or done through a file explorer and web browser.

If you can say what you want to do and with what distro, maybe people can try to anticipate what you'll need? I would generally advise to wait for a reason to use a command before worrying about learning it.

https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/

This is a lot of fun. Starts off pretty basic with the cli, and gets way more advanced.