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As someone who has used too many distributions and window managers to count (over the course of many years), I've settled on Ubuntu and whatever their default U
by Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 6y ago
As someone who has used too many distributions and window managers to count (over the course of many years), I've settled on Ubuntu and whatever their default UI. And I quite liked Unity as well after a while.
Of course if there was a major reason to switch away from Ubuntu or their default DE, I would, but it's the pragmatic choice. The constant "finding" of the perfect fit gets in the way of actually doing stuff. Once you adjust expectations towards a system, I'm still far happier with Ubuntu I could ever be with macOS or Windows, and don't waste time having a different system to work with every two weeks (slightly exaggerating).
Is it perfect? No. Is it good enough? Yes. Is it great compared to alternatives (factoring in speed of deployment and productivity from the get to)? Definitely yes.
I'm glad popOS uses Ubuntu and Gnome as backbone and tries to give you a customized experience rather than completely reinventing everything. Though for me, as long as Canonical doesn't screw it up in a major way, stock Ubuntu it is.
- dsego 6y ago> Though for me, as long as Canonical doesn't screw it up in a major way, stock Ubuntu it is. It's not like they're not trying, with snaps and all... we shall see.
- Wxc2jjJmST9XWWL 6y agoI guess what constitutes a "major screw up" can be debated. I don't have a problem with snaps.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoThe basic idea is fine, but the obnoxious gnome-esque, "we don't care about convention or your preferences" is the main problem.
- hda2 6y agoTo me, the fact we aren't given full control over when apps update is the main problem. As far as I can tell, Ubuntu's position is still that users shouldn't be allowed to stop updates indefinitely: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for-snap-from-store/707/ https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for...
- dsego 6y agoI keep a handy script to remove old versions of snaps. I regularly retrieve gigabytes of lost storage after updates.