i been using linux since 2013 and my linux lite crashed after 2months
so in 2015 i installed ubuntu mate wery nice os but didnt last long,
then linux mint, only a few months, screen was black no response.
now for the last 3 days, i been trying, to install linux mint,el os,solus,fedora,open suse,xubuntu,manjaro,nix os,opensuse,zorin, but i have not succeded, most problems i encounter is coursor is frozen after restart. i have tried some linux support but have not been able to make any linux versin work properly anymore, im currently trying
to install debian for the 5th time, can somebody please help me find a os that can be used for a regular user.

If this is the same machine you're talking about; are you really sure it's Linux at fault, and not a hardware problem of some kind? Because none of that sounds normal to me.

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It would be helpful if you posted your hardware specs and told us which version of Debian you are trying to install.

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Welcome to LQ dunner,

Well we'd be happy to offer some suggestions to aid you with system diagnosis and finding out if Linux can run successfully for you.

As mentioned by others, the system hardware specs will be helpful to know.

Please do bear in mind that this seems to be not a typical experience, and instead many users are very successful with running Linux all the time.

Once we hear more about your situation, we'll be able to give you some better information.

Try MX Linux, Debian based, uses XFCE desktop, has all the usual programs most users need.

Run it 'live' from a pendrive & test your computer for compatibility.

It works on nearly every computer, 'out of the box', as they say.

https://mxlinux.org/

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It would be a great idea to run Linux via a live boot and see how well it behaves and performs, as well as have the OP diagnose their system for any possible HW faults. As far as one distro over another, they seemed to have tried a dozen, so I'm not sure iterating on different distributions is wise until they can offer more information about their system and the state of their hardware, or if this is several systems, etc, and all whether or not something like Windows does run. For all we know, it might not even be x86 and could be a Mac or an ARM board.

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First, can you get into the BIOS? And are you using an aftermarket graphics card?
Some new GPU's drivers haven't made it into the kernel yet, and will hang a boot. Remove the new graphics card, and re-install the OEM graphics card, or connect the monitor to the onboard graphics output.

Go into your BIOS settings (F2, usually, right after powerup), and hit the "Restore Default Settings" option. Make sure your first boot device is your install media, and reboot.
If no joy, you have a hardware issue. Get a copy of Hiren's Ultimate Rescue Disk, and start with memory and HDD tests.
If Hiren's won't boot, plug your CD/DVD drive into another SATA channel on the mobo, and try.

[QUOTE=dunner;6028631]i been using linux since 2013 and my linux lite crashed after 2months
so in 2015 i installed ubuntu mate/QUOTE]

Is this the same hardware you were using in 2013?

If these problems have become more frequent and this is an older system, I hate to say this, but you might have a motherboard that's going bad. I've had a few older m'boards go bad in recent years and the failure mode is that they run just fine and then just crash. They'll reboot OK and run for a while and then crash again mysteriously. Eventually they won't boot at all. Inspection of the m'board reveals bulging electolytic capacitors that are unable to perform their function in the circuitry (normally as filters for voltage supplies). End result, voltages on the m'board are out of spec (corrupted with high frequency noise, etc.) and nothing will work.

If you find that this is the case, I'd look for a replacement board that uses ceramic capacitors in lieu of the electrolytic variety (they don't have the problem with the electrolyte going "bad").

HTH...

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I'm inclined to agree that hardware is a likely suspect.

Although I can't say I'm a Ubuntu fan, I've used it extensively and found it to quite stable. The same for Mint and most certainly for Debian.

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thanks for god response, i failed to install debian,to complicated. i reinstalled manjaro xfce, the cursor/touchpad not working, after waisting
more time on this i decided to try mx, problems solved mx works like a dream. thank you.

is mx a lightweight distro?
The reason I ask is your problems seem to me to be hardware, possibly faulty memory.
If mx has a small memory footprint you may not have hit that bad memory yet.
I would boot memtest ( often incuded in the boot menu, if not the debian install disk has it )

if you do have bad ram but is only a little faulty you may get away with marking it in grub

from /etc/defaults/grub on debian
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ma...de/badram.html

confirm the ram is good/bad and we can go from there

yes.
Based on AntiX which is famous for working well with old - ancient hardware.