First off, I want to apologize for my first post here being a rant, but i stumbled across a thread trying to find some comparisons of a few different distros for everyday desktop use and just ended up angry. I mainly use Kali on my laptop, and have a few distros i play around with on an older desktop, but Kali isnt the most pleasant when trying to install and use everyday software and is causing things to get overly cluttered with pictures and all that. It also helps I got my hands on a KVM and can switch between the two easily and still use the laptop if needed. I like the stability as far as releases and the community goes, i fear too sharp of a bleeding edge of rolling releases that can go down from something as small as a buggy update or Fedora which I loved, i had a few minor problems, they but left a bad taste in my mouth after something to do with Gnome Tweaks caused the system to repeatedly crash a fresh install, but not the second box I had yet to start adjusting. It seems like a solid middle ground between staying up to date, but without rushing out faulty updates. Has anyone noticed any pro's/con's for either Mageia or other distros? I'm still shopping and messing around with live disks, but any feedback would be great. I like to hear people's subjective opinions about what they like and what they'd change to see if that's something I like/dislike too. Or there is something you miss about aptitude vs yum. Whatever positive or negative.
A little history of my PC use, over the years. Rare occasions, I'll use Windows, I can't stand OS X. I'm very comfortable with the terminal and wont hesitate to get my hands dirty, or RTFM. I've used openSUSE, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, Fedora workstation and server, Raspbian for small Pi projects like VPN's, and NAS. Open-WRT routers, BackTrack and Kali Linux mostly the last year or so. Planning on a low level distro like LFS, Slack, a BSD or Gentoo in the future when things are less hectic for the challenge.
It's a pleasure to meet everyone! Look forward to hearing from you all.
Mccabee