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> What distros do you feel have a poor experience for new Linux users? I've had blocking problems with these 3: ElementaryOS, Ubuntu, OpenSuse. The problems in

by g_b 5y ago

> What distros do you feel have a poor experience for new Linux users? I've had blocking problems with these 3: ElementaryOS, Ubuntu, OpenSuse. The problems include: - Crash reports every 10 minutes - Segmentation fault error or something when opening the notifications section - Bricking my USB stick - Poor rendering in remote desktop - OS crashing unexpectedly and not starting at all afterwards - Noticeably poor performance for all apps (going full-screen for browser videos happens in 1 second and you see it freeze, in windows it's instant) - Desktop freezing if I press keys too fast (opening and closing the Ubuntu Dash menu quickly). Forced to restart the machine - Visual glitches during every boot - I don't remember now, but the list goes on

gavinray 5y ago
What versions did you use out of curiosity? Maybe my experience has been partially luck due to compatible hardware. I had some pretty bad experiences 10 years ago (install the OS, and the wifi driver doesn't work/wasn't installed, now can't get online to download it LMAO). In the past 3 years I've had 2 issues: 1. I bought a laptop that had an NVIDIA RTX 2060 when they had only been out for a while. The LTS version of Ubuntu + Pop_OS didn't have the kernel updates with compatibility, so I had to upgrade kernel from the boot menu. 2. I connected two external monitors, one through HDMI and one through DisplayPort <-> USB <-> HDMI. I wanted to have one monitor vertical and one horizontal, I could not get it to work with a mix of vertical and horizontal layouts with 3 screens -- only with 2 screens. This would have been Pop_OS! 20.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. See here for writeup on the NVIDIA thing: https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1199#issuecomment-683229234 https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1199#issuecomment-68322...
rackjack 5y ago
Can you recall which ones you hit on OpenSUSE? I'm using it now and I'd like to watch out for them.
- g_b 5y ago
  My USB got bricked on openSuse, and I got the segmentation fault error randomly. I was using the KDE edition.

by g_b 5y ago

gavinray 5y ago

What versions did you use out of curiosity? Maybe my experience has been partially luck due to compatible hardware. I had some pretty bad experiences 10 years ago (install the OS, and the wifi driver doesn't work/wasn't installed, now can't get online to download it LMAO). In the past 3 years I've had 2 issues: 1. I bought a laptop that had an NVIDIA RTX 2060 when they had only been out for a while. The LTS version of Ubuntu + Pop_OS didn't have the kernel updates with compatibility, so I had to upgrade kernel from the boot menu. 2. I connected two external monitors, one through HDMI and one through DisplayPort <-> USB <-> HDMI. I wanted to have one monitor vertical and one horizontal, I could not get it to work with a mix of vertical and horizontal layouts with 3 screens -- only with 2 screens. This would have been Pop_OS! 20.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. See here for writeup on the NVIDIA thing: https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1199#issuecomment-683229234 https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1199#issuecomment-68322...

rackjack 5y ago

Can you recall which ones you hit on OpenSUSE? I'm using it now and I'd like to watch out for them.

g_b 5y ago
My USB got bricked on openSuse, and I got the segmentation fault error randomly. I was using the KDE edition.