Thinking about installing a Linux distro on my home computer as the second OS. Any recommendations on which distro to use? I'm not a total beginner, I just haven't used any desktop environments for Linux yet. I'm currently having a look at Arch + Budgie - any previous experiences?

If you haven't used a Linux OS first Ubuntu is generally people's go to for their first foray into it although people will tell you that it's very bloated (and they will be right). However, it makes things incredibly simple for new people to use.

I noticed the elementary tag. Elementary is essentially if Ubuntu and MacOS had a love child. Again, their focus are people new to the Linux ecosystem but are familiar with Macs.

I'm personally a big fan of Manjaro and it's the easiest arch based distro I think, but I've had a few problems here and there that might be difficult for newer people to solve.

@lights-a5 @Ancalagon @RantSomeWhere Thanks guys, I appreciate it 😊 Will definitely have a look at Manjaro and Antergos. I used elementary a while back, but had enormous problems installing it as several things crashed. Heard about Ubuntu being a bit bloated, but it's still in my list 😀 Any specific reasons, for why to go with an arch based distro? Heard a lot of good stuff about it 😃

@RantSomeWhere Wow, thank you really much for the detailed explanation - Sounds good to me! 😃 I've been using some Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu installations for a while now (only CLI, no DE, mostly server stuff), so I'm not a complete beginner, I'll think some arch-ish distro will just do fine then 😊