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  • GreenMario@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.mlHelp me choose a distro, please!
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    9 months ago

    Leaning on SuSE Tumbleweed for a set it and forget it without the Arch weirdness. Kubuntu for “I really just need an OS and don’t wanna play with it”. Or Linux Mint. Idk I lean more .deb based distros. I love apt.

    Depends on desktop Environment honestly.

    I’ve seen arch install and I wouldn’t wish that on anybody. All the “arch,btw” people are just bragging that they went with the hard mode install setup (probably cheated and used Endeavor lol).







  • Oh it did.

    When Ubuntu first came out Debian was so far behind it was a joke. Debian… woody? Was old as fuck still running a 2.2 kernel and even sid was behind.

    Ubuntu basically lit a fire under their ass and got em to stay more up to date and has become an excellent distro, even stable isn’t that far behind anymore.

    Also I had “so called normies” asking me about Ubuntu or talking about it in regular conversation whereas a year prior I’d have to explain what Linux was if I mentioned it. It was an exciting time where Linux was about to become mainstream it seems.

    Either way I’m fine with Ubuntu (and steam deck) being the gateway drug to Linux. But I do agree they’ve fallen off since the mid 2010s. Debian is pretty easy to install and is just a better experience if you still wanna use APT and it seems everyone else does Ubuntu better like Mint or Pop.