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Discussion on: Recomendations in choosing a Linux distro

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I would highly recommend using Fedora 26 with KDE. It's been a dream. I've been a Linux desktop user for ~4 years, and gone from the bare metal (1 year using Awesome WM with Arch), to Gnome, to Cinnamon, to Mate, to Unity, and nothing compares to KDE or Fedora.

Modern Fedora is beautiful and easy-to-use, and I love DNF. KDE Plasma somehow feels the lightest and yet contains the most features of any DE around. The themes are sharp and it scales well at any resolution (I use a 4k monitor), providing a significantly better experience than Cinnamon (my second favorite DE). It has an application launcher similar to Unity's HUD, and the canonical start menu, giving you the best of both worlds. The layout and defaults are superior to GNOME, and Wayland support is excellent.