DaftBlazer

I've been using linux for around 10+ years now, I've daily drove every main branch of Linux (Debian, Ubuntu Fedora, Arch) except for OpenSuse. So a little while ago I decided to give it a try, idk why I never really considered it before, just overlooked it I guess. But the more I've been using it the more I wonder how this distro doesn't get a lot more attention.
There's a Rolling Release (Tumbleweed) similar to arch except the packages are more thoroughly tested, making it a lot more stable to use as a daily driver. And also the traditional release (Leap) which gets a minor release at least once a year if you need something a lot more stable or just want less updates, which IMO is much more usable than Debian Stable for a daily driver. There's YaST which is like control panel in Windows so for a lot of things, you don't need to use a terminal (Linus complained about this). There's also BTRFS as the default filesystem and Snapper which automatically takes snapshots of the filesystem, So if you install/change something and your system breaks (Linus did this), you can just rollback to the last snapshot on boot, which is amazing. If you choose KDE as the DE, OpenSuse has an option to open Dolphin as SuperUser (Linus complained about this).   
I know the Ubuntu-based distros get a ton of attention and the Arch user base is extremely vocal, I just wanted to bring attention to this lesser known distro because there's so many QoL features and It's rarely mentioned and almost all the big linux youtubers don't really even talk about it. I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts 🙂
 
 

I would love to see Anthony do a video on installing Arch, but I wouldn't want to see Linus or Luke jump into daily driving linux with Arch. Arch is something you work your way towards, starting on Arch would give people the wrong idea that linux is really complex and deter people from giving linux a shot as a daily driver. In my opinion there are 3 "levels" when going down the linux rabbit hole. 
 
Level 1 - Beginner Friendly Distros
Super simple, easy to find community solutions, package support
Pop!_OS - My Preferred, Has better Quality of Life features over Ubuntu Ubuntu  Linux Mint Level 2 - Intermediate Distros
These aren't necessarily harder to use, they just aren't debian based so finding solutions online might not be as common, and they may use other package formats (ex. rpm)
Fedora - One of my favorites, could arguably be in level 1, idk why its not more popular tbh Manjaro OpenSuse Debian Unstable - Better for desktop usage imo, debian stable is better for servers Level 3 - Advanced / Power User Distros
For those who want a distro specifically designed for their system and needs, love tinkering and customizing literally everything. 
Arch - Every linux users "rite of passage" Gentoo  
Everyone is going to have their own opinions, but this is what I've seen and experienced. If you're a linux enthusiast it's worth trying out each of the major branches. 
 

I would love to see Anthony do a video on installing Arch, but I wouldn't want to see Linus or Luke jump into daily driving linux with Arch. Arch is something you work your way towards, starting on Arch would give people the wrong idea that linux is really complex and deter people from giving linux a shot as a daily driver. In my opinion there are 3 "levels" when going down the linux rabbit hole. 
 
Level 1 - Beginner Friendly Distros
Super simple, easy to find community solutions, package support
Pop!_OS - My Preferred, Has better Quality of Life features over Ubuntu Ubuntu  Linux Mint Level 2 - Intermediate Distros
These aren't necessarily harder to use, they just aren't debian based so finding solutions online might not be as common, and they may use other package formats (ex. rpm)
Fedora - One of my favorites, could arguably be in level 1, idk why its not more popular tbh Manjaro OpenSuse Debian Unstable - Better for desktop usage imo, debian stable is better for servers Level 3 - Advanced / Power User Distros
For those who want a distro specifically designed for their system and needs, love tinkering and customizing literally everything. 
Arch - Every linux users "rite of passage" Gentoo  
Everyone is going to have their own opinions, but this is what I've seen and experienced. If you're a linux enthusiast it's worth trying out each of the major branches. 
 

As someone who uses and helps develop Fedora Linux, I was really sad and hurt to hear @LinusTechcompletely laugh off Fedora Linux as if it was ludicrous. As one of the folks who helps develop Fedora Linux and uses it as a daily driver specifically for desktop and gaming, I was really shocked to hear that neither Linus nor @Slick would even consider it.
 
In the past year alone (with Fedora 33 and 34), we've done a ton of work around the desktop and gaming:
Btrfs by default with zstd transparent compression to simplify storage and improve I/O performance Swap on ZRAM, desktop process resource reservation, and adding systemd-oomd to improve responsiveness in situations with low memory and high memory pressure DXVK for Fedora Wine to match Proton for non-Steam Windows games (and non-games!) Adding thermald to improve thermal and Intel CPU performance for ultrabooks and other laptops Routing all audio through PipeWire to simplify audio and improve the quality of life for pro-audio setups And with the upcoming Fedora 35 (releasing at the end of the month, beta out now), we've got a bit more in the pipe:
Adding power-profiles-daemon to extend battery life and enable easy power management flexibility Using a shim library to have old SDL1 games use SDL2 to improve game performance and compatibility with newer technologies Easier user third-party repository enablement to easily access third-party software like Steam, Google Chrome, and the NVIDIA driver Select Flatpaks from Flathub made available so stuff like Zoom, Discord, etc. are all just a click away Even with that, there's more coming down the pipe in the future, as Red Hat and the community work with folks like Valve, NVIDIA, and others to make the desktop and gaming awesome. Christian Schaller (the manager for the Red Hat Desktop team), wrote a blog post about what his team is working on for improving Fedora Workstation. He's written plenty of blog posts about the state of things and where his team is working to move things.

I wish they would consider using Fedora Linux, because I think we've done a stellar job trying to make an awesome easy to use Linux desktop and I think they'd love the stuff we've done to make gaming on Linux awesome.

I feel like Valve may have just put SteamOS on the backburner for now. I think that once game compatibility with proton and native linux game support grows much larger, They may bring it back into focus for people wanting a console experience. I think they were too ambitious at first, hoping game devs would make linux ports because there were "game systems" running linux. I think they learned from that, So now they are focusing on bringing more games to linux first 

I guess you could always go the VM route...

I feel like Valve may have just put SteamOS on the backburner for now. I think that once game compatibility with proton and native linux game support grows much larger, They may bring it back into focus for people wanting a console experience. I think they were too ambitious at first, hoping game devs would make linux ports because there were "game systems" running linux. I think they learned from that, So now they are focusing on bringing more games to linux first