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So it sounds like Ubuntu with different default GUI apps. I would almost consider recommending something like that for brand new users but it would have to be
by edoo 8y ago
So it sounds like Ubuntu with different default GUI apps. I would almost consider recommending something like that for brand new users but it would have to be rather established. If you have the slightest experience installing packages and editing the occasional config file you can switch your experience to match this fairly easily.
Vanilla Ubuntu tends to include the mid range GUI, the one that performs OK and doesn't look too bad. Plasma should likely be the default unless you know you want a lighter weight GUI. Unity and GNOME just don't cut it for serious multiple monitor usage. I always find myself on Plasma or xfce4. One example is in Ubuntu 18.04 it is impossible to move the top taskbar off your 'primary' monitor. That is so ridiculous.
- pbrb 8y agoI recently bout a new laptop (X1C6) and dual boot ubuntu 18.04, running the kde plasma desktop. It's the first truly out of the box dual boot Linux setup I've ever used that is actually really good. The one problem I have is that the laptop won't sleep automatically (it's an easy fix, but I'm lazily just clicking the suspend button manually if I unplug and take the laptop with me without shutting it off). The only reason I even installed plasma was because the scaling on gnome looked like crap and I didn't want to fiddle with it. tldr; Ubuntu + Plasma is a great setup.