I’m trying to figure out primary distro for framework 16. Currently using fedora for about year. I’ve package installation automated through ansible so technically using new distro is not big hassle still want to see if there is any other way of easily distro-hoping on bare metal.

I’m long time user of Ubuntu and now pop os so that’s one option and other is bazzite (or similar immutable). I would like to try at least those 2.

  • CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I’ll preface my comment with I understand my setup is no where similar to yours, but I’ll share my setup to hopefully give you an idea as to what you can do.

    My desktop is running Unraid, and I’ve set it up with GPU pass through. This lets me spin up a machine with its own virtual drive with the OS installed. My other main folders (Documents, pictures, etc…) connect via network folders.

    Pro: Can try out a bunch of OSs easily, and I don’t really care if I nuke my OS drive.

    Con: The GPU passthrough can be very finicky. Admittedly, It was a struggle to get everything setup initially; but I think Unraid is working on streamlining that process.

    I’d also recommend looking into setting it up in Proxmox first if you want to try this route. Proxmox is free, and Unraid is paid; so if you just want to play around with the idea, try the free version first.

    Hope this helps!

    • rando@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 days ago

      I actually run proxmox on my homelab. What does unraid bring over pve? I didn’t think of running proxmox on desktop

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      You can just spin up VMs on any Linux distro. Running unraid as a desktop (or proxmox) is kinda ridiculous.