I had to change the USB port from my Oneplus 7, after 4 years of use. I changed the USB port, the battery and the back cover (seriously using glass for that…). Oneplus didn’t sell spare parts for it anymore, I had to buy them from aliexpress.

One year later, the USB port died again, the back cover too, without dropping the phone…

I bought a fairphone after that. No more struggle to find spare parts, or with the back cover, I hope I’m fine for a looong time.

For gaming and having it work out of the box ?

• Based on Debian : pikaOS
• Based on fedora : Nobara
• Based on Atomic fedora : Bazzite
• Based on Arch : CachyOS
• Based onUbuntu : PopOS (not so sure about its current state, their cosmic desktop isn’t released yet)

Beginner friendly : Mint, most of gaming distro (cachy might be a bit more advanced )

I do not know much about the current state of snaps, so I won’t recommend Ubuntu and derivatives (kubuntu, Xubuntu…). I guess it is easier to use .deb now, but I can’t call beginner friendly a distro that require terminal or tweaks to change packages you can install on it.

Snaps make sens from the Ubuntu side.

Only one package to maintain for an application, even if they have different distributions to maintain. If snap is officially supported by the creator of the application, then it’s less work for Canonical. Well, it would have make more sens if flatpak didn’t exist.

From user side, it makes way less sens :

• the closed source application shop
• if snaps are not officially supported, then Canonical try to create one, and they may be not that great …
• …

What I love the most from bazzite team, is their work with distrobox . Install the distribution you love, follow their tutorial, boom, you get access to the AUR, and it has a minimal impact on your system.

Bazzite felt great to me, but too slow on my computer to enjoy it, so I hopped. But still, I love what they do.

7 months distro hopping sober here ! All thanks to CachyOS.

The installation is seamless thanks to calamares, there are some graphic tools that can help for beginners on arch. Their kernel might be one of the most optimised one to have a smooth experience while gaming. I do not play ressources hungry games, so I can not really tell.

After setting snapshots, I decided to experience it totally blind folded, just to see how long I can last on it. I update the system around 2 times a week, never read any changelog, just like any of the other distro I used… And for now, I’ve never had any trouble.

My system seems to be way smoother and more responsive than with fedora or tumbleweed.

I use my computer mostly for steam, heroic, librewolf and LibreOffice.

Why not ? There is so much mods that you can play new adventures, with the feeling of being at home.

The base game is full of flaws, but the community makes it really enjoyable.

The balance of skills, the graphics, even the story can be changed. That’s why I like to play it again and again. I can play a Skyrim that people built. And with the perks mod, I can build so much differents characters, I really love that.

And with skyblivion coming this year, I’m not even close to stop playing it.

Skyrim… First try with adamant perks.

But do you know about chimeraOS ?

If I remember correctly, valve took inspiration from it for its OS. If steamOS takes too long for you, take a look at it.