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PikaOS vs Fedora Workstation
PikaOS
75 positive (94%) · 3 mixed (4%) · 2 negative (3%)
Trust + time weighted: +92%
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PikaOS is good, if you don’t like rolling release I’d go with mint or Pop.
The kernel has some pretty aggressive optimization, may even have a slight performance edge over the CachyOS kernel. Debian sid will give you a more steady flow of updates, not quite as bleeding edge as an arch based distro but not far behind. You also will have the pikman package manager which draws from Debian, arch, fesora, and alpine repositories.
If you prefer something ready to game right after install and dispense from the above, Cachy (Arch-based) or PikaOS (based on Debian, same modified kernel as Cachy).
PikaOS is as fast as Cachy, but based on Debian. Also a rolling release, but updates a little slower than Cachy.
Otherwise, Fedora, PikaOS are quite stable.
Fedora Workstation
42 positive (93%) · 2 mixed (4%) · 1 negative (2%)
Trust + time weighted: +92%
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Fedora Workstation (being based on Gnome) is probably along the lines of what you're after, others mentioned it too. It has good dev tooling and has a reasonable update cycle that I like a lot more than a lot of Debian-based
I'll recommend going with Workstation for new users.
Fedora workstation. You get the latest packages in a stable build.
Choose Fedora if you want new featured early but tested while Debian is known for rock solid stability.
It is highly smooth, reasonably stable and popular solution.