I guess people need to be reminded of the first sentence of the first post?
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Originally Posted by rupertpumpkin
Hey, I'm looking to set up linux next to my win11 (and keep win11 for steam and as a backup) and I'm looking for a distro mainly for internet browsing and photography editing (GIMP, Rawtherapee).
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Rupert knows about the available software already. That is not their question.
Their primary question is quite clear and reasonable:
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Does any of the above listed distros (or any distro for that matter) stands out when it comes photography editing (color space, application performance etc.) or any distro will be fine as long as it supports applications I'm going to use?
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i.e. In the same way as RHEL-based distros are focused on server-use, they want to know if there are any stand-out distros that focus on graphics.
Despite what many have said, it's not quite a case of "any distro will do" - whilst the software
should run on any distro, and thus
could be used, those platforms where it is actively used/tested by more people are likely to be
better choices.
(Especially if there are options where the desired software comes pre-installed/recommended - and thus likely to undergo more testing / have less compatibility bugs.; GIMP is commonly pre-installed, but I don't know any distro that includes RawTherapee.)
RawTherapee's wiki has
a page about compiling for GNU/Linux OSes - it would seem logical that the OSes that "work well out of the box" are better choices then those which "require extra steps" and that distros not mentioned at all may not be a good choice...
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Originally Posted by https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Linux
Current versions of Arch and Manjaro work well out of the box.
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CentOS 7 has very outdated packages and requires extra steps...
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Current versions of these distributions work well out of the box (Debian >=9, Ubuntu >=18.04 LTS, Linux Mint >=19, elementary OS >=5).
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Current versions of Fedora work well out of the box.
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openSUSE Leap 15 and Tumbleweed should work well out of the box.
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Thus I would
not recommend LiveSlak/Slackware here (especially not for someone new to Linux!).
MX Linux, being a Debian derivative,
might be ok, but wouldn't automatically be my recommendation. (The
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10 GHz seems to be a mid-range machine; I assume if it's powerful enough for photo editing then a lighter DE doesn't need to be a primary factor.)
The
Fedora Design Suite Subscrive mentioned might be a good choice.
There's also
Debian Blends, which has a "Multimedia" option, including
photography and
graphics metapackages. (Although neither of those include the
rawtherapee package. :/)
