A Zorin and Pop_OS question

Hi,

Not here to cause any arguments but just interested in getting more information as I was considering three distributions to eventually fully switch from Windows.

  1. KDE NEON
  2. Zorin Ultimate
  3. POP_OS

Now I've dropped KDE NEON from my list recently not because it isn't good but because I think GNOME has better mobile device support. So my two choices now are between Zorin OS and POP OS.

Been trying the beta of Zorin OS 16 and so far it has been a very good experience running it as a VM for the moment. POP_OS seems also a good alternative. From what I can see, and correct me if I am wrong, the only big difference here appears to be that System 76 offers a version of POP OS that includes Nvidias drivers.

But I presume that even if I would install ZORIN or POP OS (non nvidia version) is just a matter of installing the drivers and that is it unless they have done something special which I doubt or am I wrong to assume that?

Now I'm not saying I'm going NVIDIA, I'm strongly considering AMD for the future. But would just like to get your thoughts on this.

And no, I'm not a total Linux newbie, running some Debian servers right now but it would be my first time switching to Linux as my main desktop. I may still use Windows in a secondary boot from time to time for gaming until (fingers crossed) one day more developers wake up and start developing triple AAA games natively for Linux.

Thanks,
Patrick Tessier

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