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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works part is the most important part, Linux can be janky (and by that I mean obsolete information and deprecated or outdated packages are often recommended and there are a thousand different ways to do anything with only one of them actually working (don't have an aneurysm)) on the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 seriously a hot take
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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Debian since 1998. No reason to change.
that should be their mission statement.
Use Debian. No good reason to change.
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Ubuntu is just Debian with extra steps.... and snaps
Which is reason enough to go with Debian (I have an unreasonable issue with snaps).
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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?
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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
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Fedora on the right tbh. Even when you chill and get wisdom Canonical and Snap are just a bit too far.
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I use fedora because I dont feel like waiting 6 years for new features ;P
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Ewbuntu
If you're a programmer: NixOS.
Define your OS config, which programs to install, and dotfiles in one repo. Install a fresh OS, pull in the repo (nix-shell -p git, because NixOS doesn't come with git >_> ) and run the command to install the whole thing (sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#wodan for me. wodan is just the name of a config - I have multiple all combines into one repo, so I can share configuration between machines).
Took me 17 minutes to set up my laptop exactly the same as my Desktop. Same configuration, applications, and OS settings. It's so fucking nice.
With Windows, that used to take 2 days to download and install everything manually.
Only downside: You'll need to learn Nix-the-language, nix-the-os, and nix-the-terminal-program, which took about a month of deeply digging into the Vimjoyer and LibrePhoenix channels.
Mint, because Ubuntu Cinnamon sucks
Just checked my Mint. Why Cinnamon uses so much VRAM? I have over 1GB idle, without anything running. In my Windows i usually have 400Mb with all things closed.
I remember this site
https://www.linuxatemyram.com/
But honestly, although I can't check it, 1GB idle is still far more ram than what I get idle, so you might have some weird program auto-starting and actually eating your ram.
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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.
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