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I think the whole works part is the most important part, Linux can be janky (and by that I mean obsolete information and deprecated or outdated packages are often recommended and there are a thousand different ways to do anything with only one of them actually working (don't have an aneurysm)) on the best of days, If something just works you can change what you want later.
This is why I switched to Mint. It just works. It's broken less than vanilla Ubuntu did. So thats what I use.
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This is crazy. You shouldnβt use Ubuntu for anything desktop related. Thereβs nothing vanilla about vanilla Ubuntu.
(Custom Gnome extensions, patches on top of Gnome, custom sandbox packages that donβt always work, custom apt that refuses to install the real packages in place of snaps, paywalled security patches, should I keep going?)
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Um, acktually some of us went from vanilla Debian to Nobara to vanilla Debian.
I use arch, btw
A vegan, crossfit, arch user walks into a bar. Which do they tell you about first?
Kubuntu for modern systems, Xubuntu for older systems, Lubuntu for older, low-end systems with limited RAM, Ubuntu server for headless servers.
Stay mad, Ubuntu haters.
I'm fairly new to using Linux, is there an Ubuntu for every letter of the alphabet?
It depends on the desktop environment.
Ubuntu is the base version and uses GNOME.
Ubuntu + KDE (the most superior of all DEs) = Kubuntu
Ubuntu + XFCE = Xubuntu
I will now refer to base Ubuntu as Gubuntu
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Gubuntu, is in fact, Gnome/Ubuntu, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNUbuntu. Ubuntu is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Gnome system made useful by the Gnome libs, utilities and vital system apps comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the Gnome system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Gnome which is widely used today is often called GNUbuntu, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Gnome system, developed by the Gnome Project.
There really is a Ununtu, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Ubuntu is like he kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the Gnome desktop system: the whole system is basically GNU with Ubuntu added, or GNUbuntu. All the so-called Ununtu distributions are really distributions of GNUbuntu!
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I quite like Kubuntu with the Snap-free minimal install. That said, Snaps are so bad and Canonicalβs repos are so dangerous that I cannot recommend it to anyone any more. Itβs a shame how greed has ruined Ubuntu.
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I use fedora because I dont feel like waiting 6 years for new features ;P
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This is seriously a hot take
Mint, because Ubuntu Cinnamon sucks
Ewbuntu
Legitimate question as I'm gonna move from Windows 10 within the next couple months. Is there something wrong with Bazzite or Nobara? I had narrowed my decision down to those two since they seem to be an easy transition, they do the things I need, and they're popular enough that I can probably find fixes to any issues I experience. I pushed off my plan to build a desktop, but I still have an aging laptop that is losing security support in a couple of months.
Also, my wife needs Excel specifically for school. Can Excel work on these distros or are there just good alternatives? She might need to keep a Windows 10 partition just for Excel stuff if she can't run it in Bazzite or whatever she picks.
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Thanks everybody for responses! School is not flexible about using Excel specifically, and she has to share her screen during exams to show that she's just using regular Excel. It's not a hill we're willing to die on lol.
We aren't super interested in doing anything beyond gaming and basic browsing type stuff with our computers, so I'm not sure that Bazzite being immutable really means anything to us. There were some good tips like a /home partition to easily swap distros when needed without losing everything, plus some people pointed out that some of these distros come and go over time so it would be harder to find fixes and continue getting updates if we get too entrenched in something that won't be around much longer.
Overall, I don't think we'll be too picky. We just want a pretty simple process to get something that's like an unbloated Windows, and we don't want to rip our hair out looking for a new distro and starting over every six months. Most people are not power users. I can do pretty much all of my computer stuff on my phone and all of my gaming on my PlayStation, so I really won't notice the difference between most of these recommendations probably.
I landed on Mint because it's a simple no fuss distro that feels familiar to Windows refugees. I game on it just fine and use my computer for a lot of things so wanted something general. I bounced off Ubuntu because it has some decisions that are trying to protect you from actually learning Linux, which is a priority to me.
As a professional spreadsheet pusher, I can confidently say that LibreOffice (the Linux version of MS Office) has been able to do everything I needed that word/excel can, and then some.
But really any distro will be able to install the software you need, and it's easy to switch. Just try it and have fun.
Nothing wrong with them, surely better than Ubuntu, despite the meme.
I went from Nobara to Bazzite and it feels way more polished, although the immutable thing may not be for everyone
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Mint users make it sound like the distro will literally suck your dick. It's a cult at this point. Forums are filled with issues (which is normal obviously) but nope, "it just works". When it doesn't then that's too bad because as easy as it is to find a vocal Mint user it's much harder to find one who knows anything about Linux.
They should have named Fedora something like "red hat personal" or anything else that doesn't sound like only smelly neckbeards use it and maybe that would be more popular but here we are.
I believe Fedora was named that before the association with neckbeards was a thing. It's hard to believe, but back before the 2010s fedoras were mostly known as the cool hat Indiana Jones and old timey detectives wear rather than the stupid looking hat slobby idiots trying to look cool wear.
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Any rolling release will do, doesnt actually matter the flavor.
Steam has been investing into Arch (btw) which is nice but really all you want is quick updates. Graphics drivers on other distros may not be updated quickly enough for you to enjoy the newest releases.
Ubuntu. The only distro I was able to kernel panic. Multiple times. It just doesnβt like power users.
I mean, LMDE is working out pretty nuke proof for my (humble) gaming rig.
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Never Ubuntu. Kubuntu is as close as I am willing to get, and even then I'd rather go for Mint or Debian.
Using pop OS for 5 years. Never tried any other, never seen the need to. I picked at mostly random and don't really understand the differences.
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