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i picked Ubuntu. i figured for a windows guy like me. i should be able to google Ubuntu easier since its out much longer

smackeyacky 5y ago
Ubuntu is a solid choice, its online support is good and as you said easily googleable for help. I wouldn't get too wrapped up in alternatives until you know what you want. There is a strong streak of contrarianism running through the linux community that I fall prey to occasionally, where the cool kids push some obscure distribution like it is superior, but I would ignore that. The innovation does come from those impulses sometimes but the hidden truth about linux is a lot of corporate developers work hard on the gnarly tech improvements while the broader community works on fluff like animated windows burning. I like to get stuff done, and mainstream distros allow you to ignore the noise and get on with producing stuff.
- MangoCoffee 5y ago
  >I fall prey to occasionally, where the cool kids push some obscure distribution oh i did. i'm using vmware workstation pro. i tried Kubuntu, pop_os and mint. i prefer Ubuntu. i use Ubuntu for programing .Net. it work flawless with .Net 6 and Jetbrains rider. I have problem setting up SSL. it was easy to fix by goolging. i'm loving programming .Net on linux. i still find something that i can easily do on Windows but not linux for example, mouse scroll speed. this is the answer that i found https://askubuntu.com/questions/255890/how-can-i-adjust-the-mouse-scroll-speed https://askubuntu.com/questions/255890/how-can-i-adjust-the-... it seem like a lot just to adjust mouse scrolling
  - sph 5y ago
    > i tried Kubuntu, pop_os and mint These are all Ubuntu derivatives. I agree on the sentiment that there's a lot of push for obscure distributions, but it's worth trying the major ones. I recommend Fedora, it's another first-class distro for workstation and people that have work to do, and has nothing to do with Ubuntu or Debian at all. Why I prefer Fedora to Ubuntu/Debian, in my personal opinion: * Ubuntu GNOME is a frankenstein of patched GNOME software (some from GNOME 40, some from GNOME 3.38), Fedora is stock vanilla upstream GNOME. * Maintainers of Debian and Ubuntu derivatives tend to be liberal with patching upstream software, often introducing bugs not present upstream. Fedora adopts an upstream-first approach (patch only if absolutely necessary) * I'm not a fan of apt, rpm is slightly better * Ubuntu snap is a dead man walking, often disabled on its own derivative distros (mint, pop_os, etc.), while Fedora/Redhat uses Flatpak which has first-party support pretty much everywhere and it's not under control of a single corporation like snap is. * Red Hat actually pays people to work on major Linux user-space libraries (wayland, GNOME, pipewire, kernel development), while Ubuntu often goes its own way to create its own solutions that aren't adopted by anyone else. * Fedora is probably the most stable bleeding-edge distribution, where the future of Linux is being promoted and tested slightly before than anyone else. We've got default Wayland, btrfs, a functional app store, pipewire, soon GNOME apps distributed as Flatpak. -- That said, Arch Linux is another worth exploring to learn how all Linux user-space fits together, has the best package manager and documentation in all the Linux world, but IMHO it's more for tinkering than having a rock solid workstation (I've used Arch for a decade before moving to Fedora)
    - blindmute 5y ago
      Having used Fedora for about 6 years, I don't know if my tolerance for breakage has decreased or if their frequency has worsened, but it feels like every 4th time I update packages, something breaks on Fedora. I'm getting tired of tracking down the offending package and rolling back, if it's even that simple. Been thinking I should just move to debian stable, but in the meantime I update things a lot less frequently than I did before
mysterydip 5y ago
I'm running Chicago95 theme on top of Xubuntu for extra windowsyness

smackeyacky 5y ago

Ubuntu is a solid choice, its online support is good and as you said easily googleable for help. I wouldn't get too wrapped up in alternatives until you know what you want. There is a strong streak of contrarianism running through the linux community that I fall prey to occasionally, where the cool kids push some obscure distribution like it is superior, but I would ignore that. The innovation does come from those impulses sometimes but the hidden truth about linux is a lot of corporate developers work hard on the gnarly tech improvements while the broader community works on fluff like animated windows burning. I like to get stuff done, and mainstream distros allow you to ignore the noise and get on with producing stuff.

MangoCoffee 5y ago
>I fall prey to occasionally, where the cool kids push some obscure distribution oh i did. i'm using vmware workstation pro. i tried Kubuntu, pop_os and mint. i prefer Ubuntu. i use Ubuntu for programing .Net. it work flawless with .Net 6 and Jetbrains rider. I have problem setting up SSL. it was easy to fix by goolging. i'm loving programming .Net on linux. i still find something that i can easily do on Windows but not linux for example, mouse scroll speed. this is the answer that i found https://askubuntu.com/questions/255890/how-can-i-adjust-the-mouse-scroll-speed https://askubuntu.com/questions/255890/how-can-i-adjust-the-... it seem like a lot just to adjust mouse scrolling
- sph 5y ago
  > i tried Kubuntu, pop_os and mint These are all Ubuntu derivatives. I agree on the sentiment that there's a lot of push for obscure distributions, but it's worth trying the major ones. I recommend Fedora, it's another first-class distro for workstation and people that have work to do, and has nothing to do with Ubuntu or Debian at all. Why I prefer Fedora to Ubuntu/Debian, in my personal opinion: * Ubuntu GNOME is a frankenstein of patched GNOME software (some from GNOME 40, some from GNOME 3.38), Fedora is stock vanilla upstream GNOME. * Maintainers of Debian and Ubuntu derivatives tend to be liberal with patching upstream software, often introducing bugs not present upstream. Fedora adopts an upstream-first approach (patch only if absolutely necessary) * I'm not a fan of apt, rpm is slightly better * Ubuntu snap is a dead man walking, often disabled on its own derivative distros (mint, pop_os, etc.), while Fedora/Redhat uses Flatpak which has first-party support pretty much everywhere and it's not under control of a single corporation like snap is. * Red Hat actually pays people to work on major Linux user-space libraries (wayland, GNOME, pipewire, kernel development), while Ubuntu often goes its own way to create its own solutions that aren't adopted by anyone else. * Fedora is probably the most stable bleeding-edge distribution, where the future of Linux is being promoted and tested slightly before than anyone else. We've got default Wayland, btrfs, a functional app store, pipewire, soon GNOME apps distributed as Flatpak. -- That said, Arch Linux is another worth exploring to learn how all Linux user-space fits together, has the best package manager and documentation in all the Linux world, but IMHO it's more for tinkering than having a rock solid workstation (I've used Arch for a decade before moving to Fedora)
  - blindmute 5y ago
    Having used Fedora for about 6 years, I don't know if my tolerance for breakage has decreased or if their frequency has worsened, but it feels like every 4th time I update packages, something breaks on Fedora. I'm getting tired of tracking down the offending package and rolling back, if it's even that simple. Been thinking I should just move to debian stable, but in the meantime I update things a lot less frequently than I did before

mysterydip 5y ago

I'm running Chicago95 theme on top of Xubuntu for extra windowsyness