edit: Fedora it is then!

He will be running the AMD 9800 X3D w/ RX 9070 XT, B850 motherboard.

I am deciding between either Fedora (probably KDE) and Bazzite (also KDE), but I’m not sure whether an atomic distro would be better/worse for a newbie.

As far as I understand, atomic distros can be easily rolled back after an update, but you are unable to use apt/dnf/etx, you need to use Flatpak, I think. Would that be limiting for the average user? Also, does Bazzite have better driver support for newer AMD hardware compared to Fedora?

  • grue@lemmy.world
    9·
    14 hours ago

    Fedora if he’s not gaming.

    Bazzite if he’s gaming. Or CachyOS.

    Specs are a 9800X3D and a 9070XT. He’s definitely gaming.

    Or if he isn’t, he bought the wrong computer.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
      5·
      14 hours ago

      I’d do CachyOS. It’s a very new GPU. They even have packages specifically optimized for that CPU, and fixing stuff (other than simply rolling back) isn’t such a pain.

      But I’m biased, as I like CachyOS.