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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 82 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Every couple of years I think to myself "You know, I can't actually remember why I don't like Ubuntu. It must have just been some weird one-off thing that soured me on it last time. Besides, I've got N more years of Linux experience under my belt, so I know how to avoid sticky situations with apt, and they've had N more years to make their OS more user friendly! I pride myself on not holding grudges, and if this distro still gets recommended to newbies, how bad can it possibly be, especially for someone with my level of expertise?"

And then I download Ubuntu.

And then I remember.

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu sometimes gives me Windows vibes.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Try Ubuntu Mate, it's actually ok. I'm alot not the biggest fan of snaps. I try and get .debs or apt get, where I can. App Images seem a little odd to me, but Flatpack seems alright.

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Try Ubuntu mate

'straya!!

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

When you login does it say "G'day!" ?

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I am happy on opensuse TW with only a window manager. So I am oke but dont like when i have to use ubuntu. Also gnome is not my thing.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Recommending ubuntu to newbies is the product of either incompetence or malice when Mint, zorin and nobara exist

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't recommend Nobara, maybe in a few cases but otherwise it's not the best to enter into Linux with.

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Totally agree, are difficult to do and require following complex instructions on their Discord server (that you have to pay attention to)

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Would you mind to explain why? I have yet to try it, but the concept seems nice: predisposing a set of tools useful for linux gamers/creators for those who are not technical

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

While it has a bunch of patches that can boost gaming performance and such it's stability takes a hit in some areas. It's also not quite as user friendly as other options. It can be better for those looking for a fedora base if that's what they prefer, tho.
It's also extremely opinionated & while it's a great fit for those who have a matching use case, for general uses it's a bit too opinionated.
It's neither the worst, nor the best. It just highly depends on use case.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 3 points 11 months ago

I've watched a few comparison videos, and the performance gains are negligible when compared to other common distros, so that's definitely not the point in installing it.

The good part about nobara is the set of tools that come preinstalled and the wecome program which lets you update the system, the drivers and the codecs.

Nothing you couldn't replicate in a few minutes on another distro of course

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you expand on that? I've never used Linux as a daily driver, interacting with Ubuntu systems via SSH.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

i don't like how Ubuntu feels (gui) so idk about cli issues

it's not a problem with Gnome btw, it's just the colours are yuck vomit and snap 🗿

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago

Ah yeah, I've never used the GUI for long enough to care how it looks, and no snap in CLI.

Good to know if my company forces my work laptop to windows 11! (I will not use an OS without a side taskbar)