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I can tell you why it is a good idea for me. After having tried most (major) distros available over and over again, I decided about 2 years ago that I will jus

I can tell you why it is a good idea for me. After having tried most (major) distros available over and over again, I decided about 2 years ago that I will just stick with Ubuntu in the future. Why is that? - Stuff just works (better). No matter which hardware I used, Ubuntu was always the best out of the box configuration. I am getting to old to spend 2 days on setting up an obscure printer driver on arch e.g. These days I just want to be able to print as soon as I boot the first time and use my time for better things. - It's polished. It just has the best desktop experience of all distros. The fonts look good. The theme does not look like a mess of things jumbled together. - Most software is available in the repos or you can download a .deb package or use PPAs. The rest I can as usual just build myself. The only "downside" for me is that it is not a rolling release.

denysvitali 6y ago
Then probably Debian + nice theme is already enough for you
loopz 6y ago
Ubuntu UI, snap, search, some small design decisions is annoying though. So I'd recommend try Fedora or Mint first, for a more polished experience.
- fileeditview 6y ago
  Well I disagree. As I said, I basically have tried them all. I like the Ubuntu UI. I have customized shortcuts a lot but I like the current gnome. I am still undecided about snaps. I have only a few installed and I am glad they were available as snaps (emacs 27 e.g.). Not sure what you mean with search.
raffraffraff 6y ago
Same. I use xfce + plank + autorandr with hooks, and a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for tiling. Don't really care which distro is underneath but Ubuntu has been my choice for about 13 years straight. I removed snap after a very short time because I hate it's while also. It's easy to get around the requirement for snap by repackaging them in .deb packages. Just install the snap a vm, find apt packages that provide the deps you need (examine the snap, use ldd/strace). Once they're added to the DEBIAN/control, build. If specific versions are required and aren't available in apt, bundle them and set an LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Use strace if shit still doesn't work). I'm probably not gonna bother updating those apps very often.

denysvitali 6y ago

Then probably Debian + nice theme is already enough for you

loopz 6y ago

Ubuntu UI, snap, search, some small design decisions is annoying though. So I'd recommend try Fedora or Mint first, for a more polished experience.

fileeditview 6y ago
Well I disagree. As I said, I basically have tried them all. I like the Ubuntu UI. I have customized shortcuts a lot but I like the current gnome. I am still undecided about snaps. I have only a few installed and I am glad they were available as snaps (emacs 27 e.g.). Not sure what you mean with search.

raffraffraff 6y ago

Same. I use xfce + plank + autorandr with hooks, and a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for tiling. Don't really care which distro is underneath but Ubuntu has been my choice for about 13 years straight. I removed snap after a very short time because I hate it's while also. It's easy to get around the requirement for snap by repackaging them in .deb packages. Just install the snap a vm, find apt packages that provide the deps you need (examine the snap, use ldd/strace). Once they're added to the DEBIAN/control, build. If specific versions are required and aren't available in apt, bundle them and set an LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Use strace if shit still doesn't work). I'm probably not gonna bother updating those apps very often.