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I get that this is suggested in every similar thread and it may not be an option for you, but I really recommend giving something like Arch Linux* + GNOME Shell
by AsyncAwait 10y ago
I get that this is suggested in every similar thread and it may not be an option for you, but I really recommend giving something like Arch Linux* + GNOME Shell a shot. With Numix it looks amazing and the usability of Linux has came a long way in the past few years.
* I suggest Arch instead of Ubuntu, as I feel that a lot of users automatically go with Ubuntu and then blame the broken stuff, (i.e. Wifi in 16.04) on "Linux", whereas in reality Arch, Gentoo, Fedora users are having no problems.
- zanny 10y agoBetter yet just use Antergos. It defaults to Gnome, even, and has a live CD. It still isn't a good situation to anyone put a power user. We would want an Arch derivative with better security (ie, MAC, package hold-back for stability, etc). And the AUR is in practice a security nightmare given anyone can upload anything as a PKGBUILD.
- velodrome 10y agoDebian is a better alternative for Ubuntu. Arch has a rolling-release cycle that incurs additional maintenance (things break).
- AsyncAwait 10y agoDebian is a good choice, but I've found the up-to-date packages and pacman to be better at showing how current Linux looks to new users. Also, the maintenance burden is largely contained to [testing], with it disabled, I've run the same Arch install since '13 with no problem.
- bbatha 10y agoJust wait until you go on vacation for two weeks and they change the init system. That was a fun `pacman -Syu`.